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Emmanuel ItierAn experienced feature film Producer, Emmanuel Itier directed several pictures before completing in 2012 the Peace documentary ‘The Invocation’ narrated by Sharon Stone and staring Desmond Tutu, HH The Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra as well as many worldwide peace activists. In 2013 Mr. Itier executive-produced a Drama filmed in Hong Kong: ‘Red Passage’ which won many Awards in the Festival circuit. Emmanuel Itier has also been a successful Music and Film journalist for both Rock Magazines, French TV networks and various websites for the last twenty five years. Finally Itier has been a buyer for many French and American Film distribution companies for the last twenty years. He was on the board of directors of the Santa Barbara Film Festival for a decade and he writes poetry. He is also very involved with charities and the political world. Mr. Itier seats on the board of Directors of ‘Darfur Women Action Group’ in an attempt to bring Peace to Darfur. He is also the founding President of the Rotary E-Club of World Peace ( www.RotaryEclubofWorldPeace.org ) and he is part of the U.N Association, Santa Barbara chapter. Lately he joined the World Council of Wisdom (https://thevisioneers.ca ) to bring Peace to the World. Mr. Itier grew up in France and he moved in the USA thirty years ago. He resides in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and three sons. Emmanuel Itier released in 2014 another inspiring documentary Celebrating Women around the planet: ‘FEMME-Women healing the World.’ This Documentary earned over 20 Awards around the World. Late 2017 Mr. Itier completed his third feature Documentary: ‘Shamanic Trekker’, about shamanism in Peru. Mr. Itier has just released two more documentaries in order to keep “Making Peace, One movie at a time.” These films are part of a series called ‘The Oneness Collection: Documentaries for a conscious Humanity.’ The first one is called ‘The Cure: Healing The Mind, Healing The Body, Healing the Planet’ and the politically loaded Doc: ‘We The People: A Re-Evolution of Economics and Politics’, which is sure to shake the system! Mr. Itier is a recipient of the ‘2018 Global Citizen Award’ from the prestigious United Nation Association and he was named President of The Year 2018 by the Rotary E-Club of World Peace. In 2019, just before the beginning of the Covid pandemic, Mr. Itier went to film a drama about quantum physics in Germany and in German. The shooting was stopped by the crisis and he hopes to return by mid 2021 to complete this new endeavor. In 2021 the impactful and very timely 6th documentary directed by Emmanuel will be released: ‘Guns, Bombs & War: A Love Story’. Finally, Mr. Itier has formed a spiritual and political movement in France called ‘The French Victory’ (www.LaVicotireFrancaise.net ) with the ambition to run for President in 2022. His vision is: “I, The People – We, President.” In Oneness, we shall heal the World. He is a member of The Critics Choice Association.
Emmanuel is a regular contributor to filmfestivals.com; in 2021 he covered Sundance and Santa Barbara with cutting edge filmmakers interviews.
 Interview with director Josh Polon for his doc Legend of the Mexman
Emmanuel Itier in conversation with director Josh Polon:
Q: What was the inspiration and what was the ambition?
Josh: German Alonso was truly an inspiration for this film. He has such a creative light within him. He is a fascinating character. He is constantly working with his mind and with his hands. We met in 2008 and then he invited me to his art studio in 2010. And I brought my camera to film my friend in his space; it was magic. I had no plot in mind and it just grew organically. I didn’t know he was about to reunite his old college team to make his thesis film into a feature. I didn’t know about his romantic pursuit he was engaged with. I knew he had a crush about this woman in high school, but I didn’t know that he was still pursuing her and creating a huge birthday gift for her.
Q: What is this film truly about?
Josh: Thirteen years in the making and I’m just starting to promote this film. Let me figure out what it is about. It’s really about collaboration. About different forms and styles of creativity. German is a fantastic creative force, but he needs help when it comes to making a schedule and to make things simple and doable. Thank God he gets help from his producer, left brain, right brain. It’s also about the price of obsession. You have to be really obsessed to make it as an indie filmmaker and to fight the odds. And what do you sacrifice in that quest to make your art and inside a Hollywood who is more into sequels than original movies.
Q: What challenges did you face making this film?
Josh: What comes to mind first is the editing. For the first month I tried to remove myself from the story. There was a 80 minutes interview with German but we didn’t use it at first. Then we realize we needed it. There were to many people talking about him and not enough of him talking directly. Even so this interview with him was a little uncomfortable at times, it was helpful to make the movie more interesting and truly centered on him.
Q: What are your hopes coming to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival?
Josh: I just want to fill the theatre twice for two screenings. And I can’t wait to have German to come with me and to meet with the audience. And of course, I hope we get distribution.
Q: What’s coming next for you?
Josh: I’m focusing on promoting this film and then I’m producing 3 or 4 movies for friends. One is about the NFL and another one is about a commune. I love to produce for other directors. I know the pain as a director, and I can be of service to others.
31.01.2023 | Emmanuel Itier's blog Cat. : PEOPLE
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THE LEGEND OF MEXMAN is an extraordinary Documentary about Obsession, Filmmaking and Mental Health Struggles
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