Just out of film school and with a completed 16mm film Junior High School to their credit, four young filmmakers — Helyn Spears (24), Michael Nankin (23), David Wechter (23) and Steve "Jake" Jacobson (24) — were offered a chance of a lifetime to write, produce and direct their own feature films.
"Ron Miller, executive producer of Walt Disney Productions, had seen our movie and called us in for an appointment," explains David Wechter. "He talked about our old neighborhood in Encino and the good old days of Ventura Boulevard for about 20 minutes. I think he liked seeing us squirm. Then out of the blue he said, 'We'll give you a couple of offices, put you on salary for six months and you can do whatever you want.'"
"We had hit the big time! Making real movies is what we really wanted," adds Nankin. "Ron was true to his word. Nobody hassled us. After all, if in six months."
"Well, we've had our contract renewed for another six months," says Wechter. "and we're starting production on The All-Might Treasure Hunt in July.
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