Lights! Camera! Action!
Alliance High School 2004 graduate David Kuskie, who now resides in Los Angeles, has been forging a career in motion picture and television. He has worked behind the scenes as a member of the technical crew on a variety of film, TV and online projects. And as an “extra” or background performer, he has appeared in an episode of the HBO comedy “Veep” and other nationally seen productions.
Now, Kuskie is returning to the Cornhusker state to see two of his early short film productions screened at the Prairie Lights Film Festival in Grand Island this weekend. Kuskie’s short “Film Fest: We Could Do This In Sanford”, about the formation of an annual short film festival in Florida; and “Only Alliance,” a music video celebrating Alliance’s 125th anniversary, will be screened over two sessions on Saturday, October 17th.
The road to Hollywood has been a long and sometimes arduous one; Kuskie served a six year tour in the United States Navy after graduating from high school, living for much of that time in Japan. Kuskie then began his formal education in film acting and production–first at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, followed by advanced studies at the Los Angeles campus of the New York Film Academy. Since finishing his studies, Kuskie has taken a variety of assignments in the entertainment industry, and continues to write and produce independent short films like those which will be screened in Grand Island this weekend.
Success is far from guaranteed in an industry known for being competitive and difficult to break into. But living and working in L.A. has given Kuskie the strength to keep trying. Despite ocassional adversity, he continues to live out a dream that’s been with him since childhood.
Thursday evening Alliance/Chadron News Director, Kalin Krohe interviewed Kuskie. Below is the full interview.
https://soundcloud.com/eagleradio-1/film-director-david-kuskie-screening-films-at-prairie-lights-film-festival-interview
For more information about the Prairie Lights Film Festival visit:
https://www.prairielightsfilmfest.com/
For more details about David Kuskie click on:
www.davidkuskie.com