Conversations with RC Krueger

Today we’d like to introduce you to RC Krueger. 

RC, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Well, I grew up making movies with my friends, who are the same friends I make movies with now, which goes to show that I haven’t grown up too, too much. I went to film school, where I met the people, I would start a band with. See, we found out that it’s really hard to make a movie, we needed millions of dollars to do that, but we all liked playing music and that’s something you don’t need millions of dollars to do. You and I could start a band and go on tour tomorrow. So that’s just what we did and I took the music industry path rather than movies. Touring and making friend bands led me to starting a small garage label and the little label led me to working at a bigger label. All of that was really great, but I felt like I had unfulfilled goals because I had abandoned filmmaking. Really all I’ve ever wanted to do is make a movie, so I jumped ship and started over with film. It turns out that technology has advanced quite a bit and you don’t need a million dollars to make a movie anymore, you can do it for almost nothing, and that’s what I set out to do. I’m not actually there yet, I haven’t made my movie, but I haven’t stopped working on it. I’ve spent the last few years making a handful of music videos and lot of shorts to really dial in the skills I need and my tone and style. I’ve put together a couple of features that have fallen apart, but that’s just part of it. All of it was to get me to where I am now, which is ready and working on my first feature film that’s scheduled to start shooting January 25th, 2023. And now that that’s in print I have to do it. 

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
No, I don’t think there’s such a thing. I have a lot of work to show and I’m proud of it all, even the bad stuff, but I haven’t actually gotten to where I want to be. I’m a 35-year-old man that hasn’t reached the goal he set for himself when he was a teenager, but that’s okay. That’s the way that it should be. I needed to live life and make bad work and have things fall apart and have me fall apart a few times to get to where I can do things that are at the level that I want them to be. Once your skill have caught up to your taste you’re sitting pretty. With any art. And that’s a hard place to get to. If I had made a movie when I was 19, I can 1000% guarantee that it would have been bad. I’m pretty confident that this movie that I’m working on now, “Allison”, will be good. At least to me. I have the skill set and the help to make what I see in my head come to life. That’s not something I had before. And by the way, it just goes on and on. Once I reach this goal there will be the next one and that will be full of hurdles that will make it worth doing. No such thing as a smooth road. 

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I make short (and soon-to-be long) movies with my friends that are generally pretty true to life and centered around human relationships. Trying to get the ratio just right, is it a comedy that very dramatic or a drama that’s very funny? 

Do you have any advice for those looking to network or find a mentor?
I think the most important thing is to make things. As much as you can and share it with people, that’s how you meet the right people that are trying to do the same thing as you, and there’s strength in numbers. I really think building community is a better way to look at it than networking. If you make enough noise, they’ll come to you. 

Contact Info:

• Website: rckrueger.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/rc_krueger/