TeaFlix Interview with Denny Tedesco (Filmmaker)

Denny Tedesco, Director 'The Immediate Family' Denny Tedesco grew up in Los Angeles. He started as a set decorator on feature films such as "Eating Raoul" and then went on to working on films, commercials and music videos during the MTV Years as a grip. In 1984-1990, Denny began to travel the world as a lighting technician and location producer for IMAX films. From the shark-infested waters of Australia to the plains of Africa, he has filmed under the most challenging conditions. He was sent as a location producer to cover the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo as well as the catastrophic earthquake of Kobe, Japan. During the 1990s and 2000s, Denny worked as a freelance producer and director and conducted interviews for A&E, TV-Land, and was a producer on Comedy Central's Pulp Comics. Most notably in 2000, he produced the Academy Awards "opening" staring Billy Crystal and also the award-winning music video for Elton John's song, "I Want Love" starring Robert Downey Jr. "This film is a window into the lives of my musical brothers, whose gold standard is to make sure that every song they play on comes out even better than the songwriter imagined. Now they're doing that for their own songs, and this film tells their story beautifully." - Carole King "A wonderful and fascinating encomium to the unsung heroes of the music of the 70s and so much more. I was thrilled to watch my favourite musicians (and dearest friends) celebrated for their musical brilliance, their prodigious influence and creativity - and for how much fun we all had (and, by the way, continue to have!)". - Peter Asher "Waddy and I sometimes, I think we're the same person, except from California and New York, because we are like two sides of a coin and that's why we have been working together for so long I think. Because I would never want anybody else to be my musical director, or my lead guitarist, because Waddy makes me feel safe and always has in any situation, no matter how frightening the situation, as long as he's standing next to me, I know I'm safe." - Stevie Nicks "One of the things about the comradery was the knowledge of what it's like to make music together and to collaborate. on something like that. Like put down a tune and everybody work together as a sort of team or a community on this tune. It's a bond, it's such a special thing to be able to do. "The creative input of these session guys cannot be overstated. It can't be overstated. I mean it just can't be overstated." -- James Taylor https://www.immediatefamilyfilm.com

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