Interview with Andrew David Barker, Director of A Reckoning
Andrew David Barker is a British born filmmaker turned author, who transformed his love of horror movies into a creative legacy that is blossoming as we speak. I recently reviewed his engaging indie film A Reckoning here and was inspired to take it a step further by getting inside the creative process that birthed this unique cinematic experience. Hoju Koolander: Aside from this film project you have written two novels, Dead Leaves and The Electric. Was your first artistic ambition to be a filmmaker or an author? Andrew David Barker: Filmmaking came first. I’ve always loved movies and have always wanted to make them, right from a very young age. When we were 13/14, my friends and I used to get together every Saturday and make a film on my mate’s video camera. We’d remake whatever the film of the day was, be it Die Hard or Back to the Future or whatever, all in my mate’s back garden. So you can imagine how good they were. Anyway, that feeling