___My latest job as Director of Photography is on a documentary entitled, “Soccermen.” It follows two Englishmen who set out to play on the “worst soccer team in the world.” After wikeapediaing that very statement, they found themselves on a remote Island called Pohnpei. This island, along with 3 others, Yap, Chuuk and Kosrae are all part of the FSM (Federated States of Micronesia), which lie in the Pacific Ocean somewhere Northwest of Australia and Southeast of Asia. Shortly after their arrival, they quickly realized that they would be much better suited to coach the team and made it their mission to transform this group of youngsters into a serious futbol club.
My job is to spend the next 10 days documenting their training and preparations leading up to Pohnpei Soccer’s 3 game tour of Guam, culminated in a match against the Fifa ranked U19 Guam Team. This game involves flying 16 boys (most of whom have never left the island) to Guam to play their first official soccer game against real competition. I will also be accompanying them to Guam and documenting their experiences there for another 8 days before returning to LA on October 8th. These next few weeks should be pretty exciting.
