Christiancinema.com recently interviewed Freiburger. He talks about his love for underdog stories, especially stories about individuals who are overlooked by society, yet end up becoming heroes to those same people who had once written them off.
Some highlights include:
On his success he's had as a young filmmaker looks like the track record you’d expect from a UCLA grad than an alum of North Carolina School of the Arts’ film program.
"The UNCSA Film program is considered to be on the same level as UCLA’s program. The Hollywood Reporter recently ranked UNCSA the #12 Film School in the entire world... up there with AFI, Beijing Film Academy, USC, and the national French film academy, Le Femis."
UNCSA’s alumni have been making major waves in Hollywood over the past few years, not to mention the fact that one of our alum, Jeff Nichols, had back-to-back films in feature competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year and last—a feat that I don’t think any other American film school alum has reached in recent years. Just need to spread a little love for my Alma mater.
On interning with Michael Bay thanks to his win in the Doritos “Crash the Super Bowl” ad contest.
"Winning the Super Bowl ad contest with Doritos, combined with the release of Jimmy and the production of the current film I’m directing have created a perfect storm of open doors in my career this year. I’ve met with production companies all over Hollywood that I used to only dream about meeting with, and new films are being developed out of that process. I am very, very thankful for these opportunities. And I’m very much looking forward to learning from Michael Bay later this summer and fall. He’s doing a wonderful thing by taking on a mentee and allowing me access to his world."
Read full interview
