Behind the Chutes: Filmmaker Ann Lukacs On the Art of Storytelling
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Ann Lukacs shooting from helicopter I first met award-winning filmmaker Ann Lukacs in Gunnison, Colorado back in 2004 when I was speaking at a Writing the Rockies conference. My topic, "Embracing Passion: In Our Stories and In Our Lives," seems to be a guiding motto for Ann, too. Last Tuesday, she was the keynote speaker at Dr. Ellie Greenberg's Feminist luncheon in Denver (Greenberg is the co-author of In Our Fifties: Men and Women Reinventing Their Lives and of A Time of Our Own: In Celebration of Women Over Sixty ), where she shared with us her journey as a filmmaker, and her devotion to the story beneath the photos. A Time Of Our Own A few of Ann's professional credits as a cinematographer include Pirates of the Caribbean, The Bucket List, Honeysuckle Rose, Blues Brothers, and Coal Minor's Daughter. Check out the New York Times for a list of movies featuring more of Ann's work behind the camera. photo by Ann Lukacs But the movie that se