City of White Gold: a conversation with the director
Meet MI member and film director Geordie Lynch and learn about the intricate details of producing a historical documentary in the City – from
- creating the script
- securing the expert speakers
- getting funding, marketing
- shooting the trailer
- and more.
Film students, film lovers, and San Francisco history and culture lovers will appreciate this “behind the camera” look at the documentary making process.
Lynch is thick in the production of City of White Gold: San Francisco in the Gilded Age, a documentary that tells the fascinating stories of Gilded Age San Francisco: the Comstock Lode, silver madness, the San Francisco stock exchange, and the epic struggles of San Francisco entrepreneurs William C. Ralston, William Sharon, George Hearst, Adolph Sutro, and the Bonanza Kings.
Geordie Lynch is an independent filmmaker born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his degree in history at University of California, Santa Cruz, and later went on to study video and multimedia through San Francisco State University. He has been motion graphics designer, production assistant, and assistant editor with various production and post-production companies, including for the award-winning television series 'More Than Entertainment' with Frame By Frame Productions. Most recently he created, directed, co-produced, and co-wrote a sketch comedy for cable television. Geordie’s passion for history and the film arts has led him to now blend the two spheres together with a historical documentary-in progress called “City of White Gold.”