Schenectady-akaberekwa mutambi Ato Essandoh anga ari kwese kupi; zvino ava kuenda kuMars

MUMIFANANIDZO: Ato Essandoh anoonekwa mumufananidzo wekupedzisira wekushambadzira uye, mukati, wachi kubva paanotangira, achiyangarara munzvimbo kubva kune inotevera Netflix nhevedzano, "Kure," achiri kuyaruka anomuka kuGlenville uye saMain Trey Ferry mukati memutambo weCBS. "Bumbiro."

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Ato Essandoh anofanirwa kufunga.

Kwete nezve zvekuita pamwe nehupenyu hwake. Akafungidzira kuti kunze. Kwete nezvenzvimbo yake inotevera yekuonekwa, zvese. Izvi zvese zvakanyorwa, pamwe ingangove hafu. 
Seimwe nzira, mushure mekunge ndamubvunza kuti ndeapi emitambo yake pa-screen yaive yakanyanya kuoma kuronga mune rake ramakore makumi maviri neshanu basa, iye anofanirwa kufungidzira. Kwaari, kunyangwe, ndicho chikonzero. Zvinoreva kuti akagadzirwa. 

Uye mukudzivirirwa kwake, kune akatiwandei maitiro ekuti ashandise kuburikidza nepfungwa dzake. Akaita Tanis mukati megore ra2005 Will Smith rudo "Hitch." Akaita pamwe naLeo DiCaprio mugore ra2006 reVarwi Vemauto Hondo yainakidza "Ropa Diamond." Iye akaonekwa saD'Artagnan muQuentin Tarantino's Oscar-anokunda bhaisikopo "Django Unchained" - iyo yaanoti pakupedzisira yaive, guta remaoko, rake rakaomesesa kuronga. Uye aive achiwedzera zuva nezuva pa2016 Scorsese-Jagger collab "Vinyl," ine chinzvimbo chiri kuuya chekushambadzira muNetflix "Kure," ichiuya munaGunyana. 

Nekudaro sezvaanotungamira kuMars mune yake nyowani stint seastronaut, uye sezvaanopemberera basa rekukwiza mapfudzi nekubata pakati pevatambi vakuru nevatariri venguva inoyevedza, zvakakosha kuyeuka kwakatangira nyaya yaEssandoh: Schenectady.

Essandoh akaberekerwa mukati menzvimbo muna 1972, kune vanhu vakatamira kuUS kubva kuGhana. Amai vake nababa vakasangana mukati medunhu pakutanga pane pakupedzisira kuuya kuSchenectady makore akazotevera, apo baba vake pavakawana basa ku Basic Electrical.

"Amai vangu vaienda kuVarsity muWashington uye baba vangu vaive kumusoro kuCornell," akadaro Essandoh. “Mushure mezvo vakasangana neimwe nzvimbo pakati. Ipapo baba vangu, avo vaitsvaga zvemagetsi kuCornell, vakawana basa ku Basic Electrical. Mukurongeka ndosaka vakatamira ipapo mushure mezvo vaive nechakanakisa chinhu cheupenyu hwavo. Kuti vaive neni. Uye taigara muSchenectady, Woodcrest Drive. ”

Paanenge achitaura nezvehudiki hwake, zviyeuchidzo zvaEssandoh zvinodzokazve zvakare nekukurumidza. Aigara kuGlenville kusvika mugiredhi rechishanu (saka ane makore gumi nemaviri). Akaenda kuGlencliff Elementary College muAlplaus uye akazotumirwa kuSt. Helens [yava kunzi Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish Chikoro]. Izvo zvinomira pachena zvimwe zvakanyanya kwaari, anobvuma, yaive nzira yakatwasuka yekutenderera bhasikoro rake achitenderera yake yekuGlenville.

"Chandinoramba ndichifunga nezveSchenectady kwaingove kushandisa mabhasikoro kwese kwese," akadaro Essandoh. "Uye zvaive zvekare mukati mezuva renzvimbo, unotoziva, amai nababa vako vakangokudzinga pamba mushure mezvo vakupa zano pakupera kwesvondo kuti udzoke zvakare kuzodya."

Nzvimbo yaEssandoh yaaifarira yekufamba nayo bhasikoro rake yaive gomba remaruva rapfuura kubva paWoodcrest Drive, inowanzonzi "makomba." "Taizoenda ikoko nevechidiki vevakidzani kwemaawa kwemaawa tichingoibvarura."

Akaendeswa kuNew Rochelle

Zvinosuruvarisa, nguva yaEssandoh muSchenectady yakasvika pano kusvika kumagumo kutenderera 1984, apo mhuri yake yakatamira kuNew Rochelle. Akazopedzisira aenda kuCornell, achitevera tsoka dzababa vake, uye akatsunga kuongorora makemikari ekugadzira.

Izvo zvaive kusvika rimwe zuva muchikoro, imwe nzvimbo kutenderera 1993, paakawana zita.

"Aive director aiita mutambo uyu uye iye kana iye aive akatarisa shamwari yangu yakanaka Marcus uyo aivezve mainjiniya. Ini ndaimbove ndakafanana, 'Marcus haasi kugara, ndinogona here kutora meseji?' Ipapo akandipa chinhu mukati mekutamba. Ini handina kumbobvira ndaita kana chimwe chinhu kare, saka ndaiwanzo fanika kuti, 'Unoda kuti ndiite mutambo, handiuwane?' Ndinombooma nechando. ”

Saka Essandoh anozivikanwa saiye-musikana-wake kumusoro, akatsanangura {kuti} mutorwa akamupa basa mukutamba uye musikana wake akatanga kuseka. Panguva iyoyo, akamushinga kuti aite uye akaturika runhare mbozha.

"Uye saka ndakaguma ndaita yekutamba," akadaro Essandoh. “Uye hungave hwaive hunyanzvi hwakanyanya muhupenyu hwangu. Ini handifungi kuti ndinoratidzika sechinhu chikuru kupfuura chandinoona pachiratidziro, saDenzel Washington. Handina kumbobvira ndazviona sechimwe chinhu chingave chiri chinhu chaunongoita sekuyedza. ”

Zvisinei akazviita. Uye mushure memakore mashoma chete zvisinei achitsvaga hupenyu sainjiniya uye achienda kuRhode Island, akazvinyorera iye chirevo cheumishinari. 

"Ipapo kuoneka kwakangochengetwa kuri kuuya zvakare kwandiri," akadaro Essandoh. “Saka pandakazviona ndiri muNew York Metropolis, makore matatu kana mana gare gare [kuma4], ndakatanga kuenda kukirasi inoratidzika. Ndakanga ndisina pfungwa yekuti kirasi inoonekwa ingaite senge, zvisinei ndainzwa senge ndaimbogara, dude, zvainge zvakaita, ava ndivo vanhu vangu. Ndinoiwana. Vanhu ava vanondiona. ”

Essandoh akatanga kutora madiki madiki emitambo muNew York pakutanga. Gigi rake rekutanga pakuratidzwa, muchipo chinozivikanwa se "Yechitatu Yekutarisa," anga akaita semudhudhudhu nhume akarohwa nemotokari neasina kunze kwemurume aisimuka panguva iyoyo mutambi Bobby Cannavale. Essandoh anoyeuka achiudza vamwe vake vese nezvechinzvimbo - uye kupopota kwake kukuru mukati mezvino - vanosarudza chiri chinhu chakanakisa pasi rino. Uye anoyeuka gungano Cannavale mune imwe nguva imwe nzvimbo pane seti yeVinyl. "Makumi gumi nemashanu kana kupfuura gare gare, tiri pa 'Vinyl,'" akadaro Essandoh. "Uye ini ndakafanana, 'Yo, Bobby chii murume? Iwe unochengeta mupfungwa kuti 'Yechitatu Kurinda' iripo iwe pamwe waimboita? ' Uye aive akafanana, 'Kwete, shamwari.' ”

'Hitch' chinzvimbo

Majee akaparadzaniswa, basa raEssandoh rakakurumidza kumuendesa kunzvimbo dzakakwirira, sezvo akaisa nyeredzi padivi paWill Smith muna 2006 Hitch. Zvese kuburikidza nekutora mafirimu muNew York, Essandoh anorangarira vanhu vazhinji vakapoterera Smith, uye ndokuzomukomberedza mukati mezviitiko kuti vacherechedze, izvo zvaakataura zvaive zvisiri izvo nekuda kwemunhu anozivikanwa waSmith aura.

Kana zvasvika pakureba chaiko, zvisinei, yake yaanofarira nyaya yaSmith kubva paseti yakanga isiri iyo yese yemahara yekumhan'ara yavaizoita pakati pezviitiko. Yaiva apo paakagara naSmith mutekisi tekisi.

"Tiri kutyaira tichidzika naFifth Avenue kana chimwe chinhu chakadai," akadaro Essandoh. "Uye iwe unotoziva, ndiye Will Smith ari pamusoro pesimba rake saka ndinotenda ari kuita iyo firimu, 'Ini Ndiri Ngano.' Tiri kuseri kwekombi isu takapfura chimwe chezviitiko zvakawanda mukati, mushure meizvozvo isu takagara ipapo takagadzirira iyo tekisi kuti idzokere kumusoro kuti tizoita imwe kutora kana chinhu chimwe. Tinongoerekana tamira pasi peposita [yaSmith] yemamita mazana matatu pane chivakwa. "

"Chaive chakaita semufananidzo wakanaka: Iyo kombi inomonera uye ini ndinoona siluetti uye iye haazvione nekuda kwekuti ari kupfuura neni. Mushure meizvozvo, mukufamba kweiyo dialog, iye chimiro chekungoonekwa pamusoro pefudzi rake, akazviratidza kumusoro, akacherekedza posita iye ndokungoenda zvakare kubhokisi. Akazvitarisa zvaifarira zvaingove zvenguva dzose kwaari. Uye ini ndaiwanzoita senge, 'Izvo zvakanaka.' ”

Kushamisika kwaEssandoh kwakakura paakatanga kubata bata mabasa akasara uye akakodzera mushure memuvhi. Zvisinei akaomesesa kuronga, anobvuma, yaive "Django Isina Kusungwa."

"Nekuda kwehunhu hwepamoyo hwehuremu hwekufarira chero munhu anoziva kuti achafa, ari kukumbira hupenyu hwake," akadaro Essandoh. "Izvo zvainetesa mweya uyezve ndichifunga kuti ndinenge ndichiedza izvi zuva rose kwenguva refu."

Kuziva kunzwa

Zvisinei, kuna Essandoh, gadziriro yacho ndiyo ichaita kuti afarire chinzvimbo chose. Kwekupedzisira mwedzi yakati wandei - sezvo nyika zhinji yakaramba iri yekuzviparadzanisa - mutambi akabatana nemunhu wese mukunzwa kuzviparadzanisa pachezvake, mushure mekutora mafirimu ake e "Kure" muna Ndira. Zvinosemesa ndezvekuti hunhu hwake, Kwesi, anofanirwa kubata pfungwa iyi yekusurukirwa sezvaanotumirwa kuMars - pfungwa iyo zvino yachinja kuita tsika yevakawanda veVanhu vari mukukiya.

"Ini ndinotenda isu tese takaita basa risingafungidzike pariri," Essandoh anodaro nezve gumi-episode akateedzana "Kure." "Semutambi, iwe uri nguva dzose uchitarisa matambiro ako uye kuenda, 'Ah, ndinogona kunge ndakazviita izvi.' Iye zvino ndine yakawanda yakawanda data. Saka kana tikawana mumwe mwaka uye kana isu tese tikapona mwaka uno, ndine zvakawanda zvekupa chinzvimbo ichi. ”

Mwaka uno - wehupenyu hushoma - hwave hwakaomarara kuEssandoh. Ipo zvaaida kuti aipedza nguva pamwe nemhuri yake kuGhana, iye parizvino ari kushandisa yake yekuwedzera nguva yemahara kubatisa maviri maPodcast.

"Asina hukama," yakanyorwa pamwe chete neshamwari yake Chris Cecot, uyo waakasangana naye munguva yake yese muSchenectady, anotevera varume vaviri - Cecot vari vachena uye Essandoh ari Mutema - sezvavanotaura nezverudzi, kuzivikanwa uye nepasirese. "Sezvo takaberekerwa munzvimbo imwechete, isu takada kuita juxtapose hupenyu hwedu huviri uye kuyedza kutaura tichitaura nezvekusiyana kuri kukwira munzvimbo imwechete, manzwiro andaimboita, maringe nemabatirwo aakaitwa," Essandoh akataura. 

Chipo chake chakasiyana, "Radio Zamunda," anomutevera pamwe nemumwe shamwari yake sezvavanopinda mune zvemifananidzo, zvetsika nemumhanzi. Vaviri vanoendesa kune vashanyi izvo chete zvechokwadi mumwe wavo anoziva nezvazvo, uye ane zvakadzama, zvepfungwa hurukuro nezvekuti munhu chaiye akawana sei kunzvimbo yavari parizvino.

Esssandoh haazive zvishoma, yake yega nyaya yaizoita mushe podcast. Ipo mumwe nemumwe achiburitsa pachena ari kuchengetedza Essandoh akabatikana, anotenda kuti Schenectady anogona zvakadaro kuve chikamu chehupenyu hwake pamwe nebasa rake pane "Isina hukama." Uye pamusoro pazvose, kunyangwe vagari vemunharaunda vakamubata pachiratidziro kana kuti kwete, anoda kuti iwe uzive kuti iye "Schenectady akazvarwa uye akarerwa."

“Kune ivhu rakaorera rekugadzira riri kumusoro uko, ndiko kwaunoberekerwa. Kune nguva dzose nyaya dzinonakidza kwese kwaunoenda. Ndingori mumwe muenzaniso wenyaya idzi. ”