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Published on: 10/6/2008
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Dov Simens graduated from Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania in 1965 with a BA in Economics.After graduating, he spent 3 years in the Army as a 1st Lieutenant in the Special Forces.Upon returning back home, he opened a bookstore in the sleepy coastal town of Carmel on the Central Californian Coast.
In 1980, he sold the bookstore, took the cash and went to Hollywood with the dream of becoming a filmmaker.He chased the deal, calling agents, meeting studio heads, pitching development executives, schmoozing foreign buyers and Hollywood stars.Finally he put his money where his mouth was and made a 90 minute 35mm feature film that went on to win many festival awards.
Over the next five years, he held jobs from Production Manager to Line Producer, perfecting his knowledge of the filmmaking process (or, as Dov says, "Writing checks") making movie after movie after movie…but for other companies.
In 1986, Dov was asked by UCLA to present a class on "How to Get High Quality on Low Budgets."
And word got around.
Next USC hired him to teach and then NYU and within 2 years, Dov S-S Simens was Hollywood's most sought-after film instructor.
In 1989, Dov took the 2-Day Film School course on the road to tremendous response and success, and now teaches the course 25 times a year around the world.From LA to NY to London, Paris, Sydney, Singapore, Toronto, Vancouver and all points in between, Dov S-S Simens' 2-Day Film School is considered the greatest film school course around and why not?
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Over the past decade, Dov Simens' graduates have made films that have grossed more than $8 billion at the box office…And that's just from one weekend of intense learning.
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"I've produced and distributed over 400 films and have never known anyone who teaches filmmaking better than Dov."