About Greg Rabidoux

As a co-founder of ValMar Films, along with Maravillas Lencina, I work every day with finding the best ways to tell engaging stories through film. For better or worse, till death do us part, I have always been hooked on movies!

 

When I was about 10, I watched this old movie with Yul Brynner and Brigitte Bardot. The premise, something about a spy with a look-alike trying to hunt down BB in the Swiss Alps, seemed cool and exotic to me at the time. On the other hand, I remember getting a pad and pencil and basically re-writing the script the way I would have filmed it if I'd been in charge! My family thought I was a bit nuts. They probably still do. But now, quite a few years later, I am still writing movie scripts, but now I am also directing films while still continuing to perfect the art and craft of storytelling.

 

I have acted on stage and in front of the camera, both wonderful but very different experiences. I have also written and directed plays and feature films along with writing and editing several books. I have won awards for my writing and directing of documentary films. My passion is to make entertaining movies that do make you think and care about things that maybe you didn't before.  Compelling storytelling with a purpose.

 

I've been trained at NYU Film, the New York Film Academy and have a Ph.D., JD and an M.A. I learned a lot about making films as well at the Florida State University College of Motion Pictures while being involved in several different films and projects. I've worked in leisure and resort travel, politics, academics and of course, the entertainment and film industry. 

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I'm a natural teacher and motivator and I am happiest when I am working closely with actors and my film crew shooting a scene, learning from someone or about something that inspires me to write or to film or just being on set, collaboratively solving problems and helping make the vision come true.