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Emmanuel ItierAn experienced feature film Producer, Emmanuel Itier directed several pictures before completing in 2012 the Peace documentary ‘The Invocation’ narrated by Sharon Stone and staring Desmond Tutu, HH The Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra as well as many worldwide peace activists. In 2013 Mr. Itier executive-produced a Drama filmed in Hong Kong: ‘Red Passage’ which won many Awards in the Festival circuit. Emmanuel Itier has also been a successful Music and Film journalist for both Rock Magazines, French TV networks and various websites for the last twenty five years. Finally Itier has been a buyer for many French and American Film distribution companies for the last twenty years. He was on the board of directors of the Santa Barbara Film Festival for a decade and he writes poetry. He is also very involved with charities and the political world. Mr. Itier seats on the board of Directors of ‘Darfur Women Action Group’ in an attempt to bring Peace to Darfur. He is also the founding President of the Rotary E-Club of World Peace ( www.RotaryEclubofWorldPeace.org ) and he is part of the U.N Association, Santa Barbara chapter. Lately he joined the World Council of Wisdom (https://thevisioneers.ca ) to bring Peace to the World. Mr. Itier grew up in France and he moved in the USA thirty years ago. He resides in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and three sons. Emmanuel Itier released in 2014 another inspiring documentary Celebrating Women around the planet: ‘FEMME-Women healing the World.’ This Documentary earned over 20 Awards around the World. Late 2017 Mr. Itier completed his third feature Documentary: ‘Shamanic Trekker’, about shamanism in Peru. Mr. Itier has just released two more documentaries in order to keep “Making Peace, One movie at a time.” These films are part of a series called ‘The Oneness Collection: Documentaries for a conscious Humanity.’ The first one is called ‘The Cure: Healing The Mind, Healing The Body, Healing the Planet’ and the politically loaded Doc: ‘We The People: A Re-Evolution of Economics and Politics’, which is sure to shake the system! Mr. Itier is a recipient of the ‘2018 Global Citizen Award’ from the prestigious United Nation Association and he was named President of The Year 2018 by the Rotary E-Club of World Peace. In 2019, just before the beginning of the Covid pandemic, Mr. Itier went to film a drama about quantum physics in Germany and in German. The shooting was stopped by the crisis and he hopes to return by mid 2021 to complete this new endeavor. In 2021 the impactful and very timely 6th documentary directed by Emmanuel will be released: ‘Guns, Bombs & War: A Love Story’. Finally, Mr. Itier has formed a spiritual and political movement in France called ‘The French Victory’ (www.LaVicotireFrancaise.net ) with the ambition to run for President in 2022. His vision is: “I, The People – We, President.” In Oneness, we shall heal the World. He is a member of The Critics Choice Association.
Emmanuel is a regular contributor to filmfestivals.com; in 2021 he covered Sundance and Santa Barbara with cutting edge filmmakers interviews.
 Interview with the director of Madness Inside Me
THE MADNESS INSIDE ME Chat with Director: Matthew Berkowitz Q: How did this film happen and what was the inspiration?
Matthew: I’m a huge fan of Brian De Palma, Hitchcock but also European master like Lars Von Trier or Gaspar Noé. Also, my mother is a psychologist and therefore I have a personal connection to the world explored in “The Madness inside me”. Some of the stories I heard as a kid from my mother left an impact on me. And I thought that it would interesting to make a movie trying to better understand the notion of “identity”, understanding the human psyche. How to connect all the dots? And one day I figured it out and came up with this script.
Q: Tell me about the various steps you had to face to make this film happen.
Matthew: There was a ton of challenges. One of the major challenge was to film this picture in New York but when I was living in Los Angeles, at the time. I thought New York was a better world for this film. It was the first movie I shot in New York and I had to get used to this city. Thanks God I had an amazing cast with actors like Merrin Dungey and Devon Graye or also Thomas Jones because it was shot on such a tight schedule and small budget. Also it was mainly shot at nights, which makes it even more complex. I was lucky to have my fantastic wife Samantha Watkins to produce this film for me and it helped tremendously.
Q: What do you think this movie is about? What does it say?
Matthew: It’s about the layers of identity that makes someone. Who we are to ourselves and who we allow the world to see. It’s also about figuring out how to free your mind, how to free yourself.
Q: How tough is it to release a film during these times?
Matthew: I was lucky to film this picture before covid and to edit during covid. But, once it was completed it was tough to find a distributor. Everyone has an agenda of their own and it’s not easy to figure out how to fit in with your film. We were lucky to get Gravitas Pictures who has been a strong supporter and promoter of our film.
Q: What’s coming next for you?
Matthew: I have a thriller in the work. But first I’m going to focus on a documentary about the French director of photography, Philippe Rousselot who did films like “Interview with the Vampire”, “A River Runs Through it” or “Dangerous Liaisons”. I’m very excited about this project! But I hope “The Madness inside me” will be successful. 01.09.2021 | Emmanuel Itier's blog Cat. : PEOPLE
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