Interview with "Swimming With Sharks" Director, George Huang
George Huang is an American filmmaker. In addition to working on his own films, he also contributes work to other independent filmmakers , including Robert Rodríguez . In 1992, Columbia acquired the distribution rights to the film El Mariachi by Robert Rodríguez . As the film was being prepared for release, Rodriguez struck up a friendship with the young studio assistant with whom he shared a love of film. As Rodriguez, a native and resident of Austin, Texas , had no L.A. residence, he stayed at Huang's apartment. Rodriguez – known for his money-saving and high-quality filmmaking techniques – was amazed by Huang's blasé attitude toward the way his superiors spent millions and millions on the production of a single motion picture. Huang, believing his own original stories would never be told, shared some story ideas with Rodriguez, who promptly told his new friend and roommate that he ...