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A Movie Making Nerd

By: James Rolfe
Narrated by: James Rolfe
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About this listen

James Rolfe is an independent filmmaker and creator of the Angry Video Game Nerd web series and feature film. A Movie Making Nerd is a personal account of his origins, starting with an early love of making home movies before the rise of the internet and digital video. Rolfe candidly details moments of triumph and failure in both life and filmmaking—from his time in special education school and struggles during adolescence and college, to personal relationships, finding employment, and raising children. Every recollection in A Movie Making Nerd, whether happy, funny, or painful, shows how one might turn a childhood hobby into a life-long calling.

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A great story that is well written and clearly narrated. If you have even the slightest interest in movies and movie making, you will probably enjoy this book. I could have listened for another 7 hours.

Very interesting, well written and narrated

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James Rolfe has had a huge impact on my interests when it's come to the internet, I've watched his AVGN videos since I was a child, and his trajectory as a filmmaker has served as a great inspiration for me.

This audiobook feels like a nice send off and tribute to that era, highly recommended for anyone who's even remotely familiar with his work. His thoughts on nostalgia especially I found almost profound, at the very least they resonated with me...

I only give 4 stars for performance as at times it's clear when the narration has stopped and a new session has begun, it's no big deal but I'd be lying if I said I didn't notice.

A nice capstone to the Nerd

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Endearing, intimate and entertaining from start to finish! At first, I'll admit I had full respect for, but never really took enough interest into James' old cinema works to be sure if I wanted to buy the book (especially being on a tight budget). I was more than pleasantly surprised though at how engaging and fun it was to hear about it all. It truly gives you an insight on everything James has been through and his all too relatable struggles of everyday life as a kid into his teenage years and adulthood, as well as his battles with depression. I was already a big fan of the AVGN stuff for years now, and now I'm even more of a fan and will be checking out his old projects! Thanks for all your hard work, James! Lots of love.

A MUST for any AVGN fan

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Well written, great voice and storytelling! Huge fan of James's work and personality! Recommended!

Fantastic!

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Very enjoyable and feels like a conversation with an old friend. Highly recommended for anyone who dreamed of being an artist as a child; it's not just for fans of the series. There is something for everyone to take away from this story. Thank you, James.

Great to learn more about James

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