Thanks, Steve.

I'm a filmmaker thanks to Steve Jobs.

I was an actor for years, but had always dreamed of making my own films. But I didn't have the money for film school, equipment rentals or even film stock.

As a young adult in early 2000, I was doing sketch comedy in NYC. We wanted to bring our show up a notch, and wished we could treat it like a live tv show, by bridging our "blackouts" with fake commercials, short films, movie parodies, et cetera. Then a friend told me about iMovie. I immediately scraped together the money for an iMac DV and an inexpensive camcorder and dove into filmmaking with a passion.

Long story short - the films in our sketch shows were a big hit, and it wasn't long before I traded up to Final Cut Pro (and a better camera).  Now many years, many Macs and many movies later, I continue to follow my dreams -  with the real world ability to bring my stories to life.

Thank you, Steve. You truly changed my life.

Todd Faulkner