My Time and The Sundance Directors Lab's

This summer was a great summer for a 20 year old actor looking for more experience and his name is Ryan Michael Davis. (me) I had an audition for the Sundance Directors Lab in Utah, now like some of you I was puzzled to know what it was. Basically up and coming directors get training there and get to put together short films that they want to make into big motion pictures. Once I found that out I was extremely excited. My first day I got here super early and slept in my car haha I didnt want to be late and after I signed my contract and what not I was in observing the atmosphere. Now I didn't know who I would be working with when I got on set and when I did I was upset I didnt have a camera or phone but its good you want to be professional in all settings. Luckily there was a photographer on set who was actually my photographer on disney :]. I got to work on two short films Story of Ram where I got to work with Dileep and Profirio where I got to work with Monique Gabriella Curnen aka Ana Ramerez from the dark knight...unfortunatey I dont have pics of her on set BUT believe me it was great working with her.

Now Story of Ram I cannot say what it was about but contracts and what not. But I can say that I was the right hand man of Dileep's enemy who is a government official. I might have only had 4 lines but it was still great watching Dileep work and his views on certain issues.

Dileep with a bandage over his head We throw hot tea in his face :]. This is a mock car we made because it was raining every single day outside and we were cheating to be in India. This is Dileep talking to his enemy and I.

Thats me on the stool observing and giving my lines over the boom mike :]] it was a great experience and I will always cherish it. Dileep was awesome he told me to just keep on working hard and hard work will show results. He told me avatar would be epic but thats all I could get out of him and that Sam Worthington is a great actor with great charsima, but working with James Cameron is amazing.

During the process I was talking to Gumby aka Jeremy the guy holding the boom mike and he told me that Ed Harris might stop by and i took a double take and said why?!? I then found out he was the creative director of the Shorts. O happy day! Here is Ed around the Cabins and what not.(He also gave us all a screening of Appaloosa. And told us what it was like directing and adapting the screen play and acting all at once.)

More excitement was in order. One morning I got to the set earlier than the crew haha and I bumped into Alfred Wollard. Wonderful actress we talked for 20 mins. She told me how great this experience was especially for young actors just as well for the new directors because you see how these crew do it from scratch. Seeing experience at its best. She asked me my name and asked what I had been in I told her she told me that to keep at it and that I had a great personality. That made my summer.

So many things I learned and will never forget. There is so much more but it was just too much to put in this article. And before anyone says whats this have to do with comics books. I say isnt it obvious?? Dileep is conntect to Christopehr Nolan and Sam Rami not to much JAMES CAMERON. I told him his a god 3 amazing directors. He told me Christopher Nolan has some of the best vision and I was thinking....duh...:]].

@leee ha ha there is the article you were asking me about ENJOY everyone feed back is welcomes of course.