03/12/2021
Repost @janlucanus. Today’s the 18th anniversary of my company @creativeimpulse, where I’ve been afforded the opportunity to produce and work with some of the world’s greatest talent across films, music videos, comics, animation, music, and even games, all of which led to the founding of our film technology startup, @reelwurld. We wouldn’t be celebrating this without all of the wonderful people, artists, directors, producers, writers, and investors that helped us grow, especially my father, Jan C. Childress. Quick story on why this company exists because of him:
In 1999, my father was leaving the Marvel offices and walking downtown on Park Avenue when he saw a flag that read, “New York Film Academy”. He walked into the Union Square building and got information on their first high school program, brought it home to me and asked if I wanted to try making films for a summer. I thought for a moment at how disappointed I was in my initial dream to program video games, which I did the previous summer at Columbia University’s high school program, and thought to myself that perhaps this is how I’ll be able to make the epic action scenes I wanted to create come to life. I said yes and was immediately fast tracked to connect with my purpose.
In March 2003, while a junior at NYU’s Tisch film school, my father surprised me again. Noting that I had expressed interest in forming my own company weeks prior (because every film student had vanity business cards for their production company they hoped to form one day, and I wanted mine to be “real”), dad handed me my first corporate binder. I opened it and saw inside a certificate of incorporation for Creative Impulse Entertainment. I looked at dad in shock, because he did all the work to set up the company, and I felt the weight of what it meant and the long path attached to it. Dad never put pressure on me to own a company, but he equipped me with an understanding of the value of me with an understanding of the value of balancing business and creativity, especially given the challenges his mentor Jim Shooter faced at Marvel and Valiant.
I’m so grateful to dad for being who he is, and to all I’ve met on this journey. ❤️+💪
Repost @janlucanus. Today’s the 18th anniversary of my company @creativeimpulse, where I’ve been afforded the opportunity to produce and work with some of the world’s greatest talent across films, music videos, comics, animation, music, and even games, all of which led to the founding of our film technology startup, @reelwurld. We wouldn’t be celebrating this without all of the wonderful people, artists, directors, producers, writers, and investors that helped us grow, especially my father, Jan C. Childress. Quick story on why this company exists because of him:
In 1999, my father was leaving the Marvel offices and walking downtown on Park Avenue when he saw a flag that read, “New York Film Academy”. He walked into the Union Square building and got information on their first high school program, brought it home to me and asked if I wanted to try making films for a summer. I thought for a moment at how disappointed I was in my initial dream to program video games, which I did the previous summer at Columbia University’s high school program, and thought to myself that perhaps this is how I’ll be able to make the epic action scenes I wanted to create come to life. I said yes and was immediately fast tracked to connect with my purpose.
In March 2003, while a junior at NYU’s Tisch film school, my father surprised me again. Noting that I had expressed interest in forming my own company weeks prior (because every film student had vanity business cards for their production company they hoped to form one day, and I wanted mine to be “real”), dad handed me my first corporate binder. I opened it and saw inside a certificate of incorporation for Creative Impulse Entertainment. I looked at dad in shock, because he did all the work to set up the company, and I felt the weight of what it meant and the long path attached to it. Dad never put pressure on me to own a company, but he equipped me with an understanding of the value of me with an understanding of the value of balancing business and creativity, especially given the challenges his mentor Jim Shooter faced at Marvel and Valiant.
I’m so grateful to dad for being who he is, and to all I’ve met on this journey. ❤️+💪
