Sam Jones (Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off | Max)
Description
Director, photographer, interviewer, and yes, amateur skateboarder Sam Jones reflects on the winding journey of directing “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off”, a definitive, no-holds-barred look at the life and iconic career of skateboarding’s greatest to ever do it. Tiller and Sam discuss why Tiller is envious of Sam’s career (2:45 ), the backstory behind Sam’s debut documentary from 2002 about the band Wilco (9:50 ), how Tony Hawk truly lives as hard as he can (21:00 ), Sam’s decision to make the film independently even though every streamer passed on it (28:30 ), continuing to find inspiration on the long lonely road of documentary filmmaking (36:00 ), and how this is ultimately film about people, not for people (44:00 ).
Produced by: Jacob Miller
Executive Producer: Tiller Russell
Music by: James Carroll, Graham Tracey & Zydepunk
Distributed by: Jake Brennan & Brady Sadler, Double Elvis Productions
United States
