BIOGRAPHY

.: Jordan Hassay

Throughout grade school, I had no clue what I was going to do with my life. I waffled between several professional dreams, including (but not limited to) being a commercial artist, a writer, an inventor, an astronaut, an advertising agent, and even (briefly) a marine biologist, just because it sounded cool and I had a fondness for manatees. There was also a period of time where I seriously considered being a syndicated cartoonist; I went so far as holding myself to a schedule of one comic per day just to see if I could keep it up. After three months, I decided it wasn't for me.

In junior year, the guidance councilors started to seriously interrogate me on my professional desires. I had no answers for them.

Then I met Michael Koehler, now the head of Dreamchaser Filmworks. We spent a year and a half on a project called Elevator. It was produced entirely by students, the number of which eventually rose to over a hundred. We used nine locations. We got grants for funding. It wasn't for a class. It wasn't for money. It was just for fun, to see what we could do and how professional we could make it. We intended it to be a small production, but it snowballed and consumed our lives. We even failed a final exam for it, which still ranks as one of the most liberating experiences of my life. In the end, we had a half hour product with a red carpet premiere that completely overshadowed our graduation from high school the next day.

I also got something else: a professional goal. No other job would do. I was going into film. Specifically, cinematography.

Let me know if you want me to work on your project, professional or otherwise. My contact info is HERE.