Off The Lot: One Filmmaker's Best Revenge

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Off The Lot: One Filmmaker's Best Revenge

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Just because he's standing next to a cow, doesn't mean he's a farmer. Jeremy Corray is a filmmaker from the American Midwest. He says that while most filmmakers just fly over the red states en route between Los Angeles and New York, there's actually some great filmmaking happening down there in the cornfields of Southern Illinois. But Jeremy's lucky because he has a toe both in Hollywood and Middle America. He was one of 50 out of 12,000 independent filmmakers handpicked to be on Steven Spielberg's reality TV show, On The Lot. He had a chance to take a risk and make his pitch, getting some face time in front of the show's panel of judges, which included Carrie Fisher and Garry Marshall. Unfortunately, he was one of the early cuts, but Jeremy says nothing will steal his thunder. He's still bringing it, and he's one to "watch"...literally. Here's his story.

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