Often, a producer must embrace a certain degree of self-effacement for a project to reach its potential.
And you have this process of sort of selflessness as an actor in that encounter.
The way I work is its definitely not a movie mill, he says.
Producer Shane BorisPhoto by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SCAD
Despite ostensible contrasts betweenFire of LoveandNavalny, Boris identifies some similarities.
Boris got into film production somewhat accidentally.
I went to graduate school in New Delhi, India.
Producer Shane Boris with ‘Fire of Love’ director Sara Dosa (center) and editor-writer Erin Casper.Courtesy of Jocelyn Chaput
On one occasion, he booked a flight to India that wound up being canceled.
Irate passengers, he recalls, took out their frustrations on the gate agent.
I think his name was Ramon, if I remember correctly.
He was looking completely beleaguered and just horrified at what he had to deal with.
So, I bought him a sandwich.
It was the only thing I could think to do, he says.
Ramon later rewarded that act of kindness by upgrading Boris to business class.
On the rescheduled flight, the grad student sat next to a film producer, Andy Spaulding.
He was going to make a movie calledBefore the Rainsin Southern India, Boris recalls.
I helped people who were starting up medical technology businesses, or I helped conceptual artists with their pieces.
I helped musicians strategize about their career or write lyrics for their songs.
He says his filmmaking families get along well, despite what on paper might appear to present a rivalry.
