From an early age, Josh F. Huber knew he wanted to be involved with cinema. Inspired by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, he went on a path that eventually led him to film school. Amongst the novice directors, he realized most of his peers didn’t write their own scripts.
Huber noticed writing is the one thing he could do on his own and improve each session. Eventually, he produced a film with his brother called ‘Smoke Filled Lungs.’ Then, he started the screenplay for an Indie film, which became ‘Making Babies.’
The new film stars television personalities Steve Howey (Shameless) and Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings). According to the description, “After years of manually trying to conceive, John and Katie Kelly put their bodies, wallet and marriage through the ringer of modern infertility treatments.”
In this conversation, we discuss writing comedies for the Indie world, getting jokes “off the page,” choosing jobs out of necessity, how American comedies have changed, the truest form of cinematic vision and taste in Hollywood, and advice for novice filmmakers, including why you should write something “they’ll let you direct.”
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