b'Yet Beaver found his mind wandering fromworked with, he is one of the most caring the confines of the warehouse to the bigand loyal leaders Ive encountered in any time Hollywood sets a mere hundred yardssituation. away, on the other side of Marvel security. This brings me to a second pivotal actionTo current GDS students considering a Beaver took in his career. Getting creativecareer in film, Beaver offers the following about how to get past security, he loadedadvice: up a golf cart with empty boxes of lighting tubes. The security guard eyed him and theIf you have an iPhone, make something, boxes and miraculously let him pass. Afterand consider your senior project as an unloading the empty boxes onto the stage,opportunity to make something. For his a crew member, Smokey, spotted him andsenior project, Beaver produced a 12 minute shouted his way. He shrunk on the spot.video about Will Phillips 08 dreaming in The jig was up, or so he thought.the middle of a biology test before beingAlex with 1st AD Kendall Nichols on the set of The Outsiderawoken by teacher Ben Zuraws booming Smokey put his arm around Beaver andvoice. He also recommends reading the took him straight to a lighting technicianfollowing books: Making Movies by and introduced him. Beaver, this is MarkSidney Lumet, Rebel Without A Crew Graves. He needs someone like you on hisby Robert Rodriguez, and Ready When crew. You up for it?You Are, Mr. Coppola, Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Crowe by Jerry Ziesmer. Hes never looked back. Being on the campus of a competitive Now, Beaver is an assistant director inschool for 13 years taught Beaver how to the Directors Guild of America basedcompete academically with his peers. I in Atlanta. His resume includes work aswent to UNC-W, and a lot of the people in an Assistant Director on Ozark, Theour grade went to Georgetown, Duke, etc., Outsider, & Stranger Things, Key Set PAand those are the people I was competing on The 15:17 to Paris & Game Night,with [in the classroom]. I knew I wanted to and Director of two Futurebirds musicgo somewhere creative, but I still competed. videos.I cared. Alex and Camera Operator Arri Issler setting up a shot on The OutsiderEverything is freelance. You have to meetHe also thinks being a Lifer taught hima plan and execute it whether things go producers. Your current job is your next job.lifelong social skills. I am who I am todayaccording to plan (they never do) or not. If you do well on that job, that producer isbecause of the culture GDS instilled in myMurphys Law is the law, he said. Every going to hire you on another one, he said.class and me, as well as allowing us youngday is a new day with new sets, locations, Im lucky somebody told me that in thestudents so many freedoms. GDS helpedcrew personnel, actors, directors, etc. I find beginning. That is how you have to thinkhim form lifelong bonds with so manycomfort in the perpetual flux of my job. about itits all about meeting peoplegreat people, including teachers. Dr. JaneDr. Gutsell introduced him to Heraclituss and proving youre good and good to workGutsell, who taught English, was his mostidea that everything is in flux, and he has with.influential teacher. She was really hard onfound comfort in that idea ever since. us, she made us perform, Beaver said. But Jason Batemans Ozark and Clintshe also was such a kind and gentle woman.He hopes to have directed something of Eastwoods The 15:17 to Paris are two ofShed let you sleep in her class. She wouldntsubstance on his own by age 32. He is 30 his favorite shows on his resume. He workedwake you upyoud wake up an hour laternow and working on it, so stay tuned. closely with their crews and learned so muchsurrounded by a completely different class from both filmmakers, especially Bateman.of students She made us think, madeFor more information on what Beaver is up Bateman has become a close mentor ofus learn, and made us want to learn. Noto, visit his IMDb page here: https://www.Beavers. Theyve worked on four seasons oftopic was out of boundsthe two freelyimdb.com/name/nm7038132/.streaming TV and two feature films. Ondiscussed religion, philosophy, culture.every single one, I learn more and more from him, Beaver said. Not only is he oneA typical day right now for Beaver is crazy. of the most experienced filmmakers Ive everI love to be the person who can hatch GDS Magazine | 63'