DAVID TUMBLETY: MACHINE SHOP

David Tumblety reigns from Millbrook, a little town in upstate New York. He credits his parents for nurturing his love of film. When Tumblety was young, they would rent classic and foreign films from the library and show them on a 16mm projector at home. He says he took one filmmaking class in college, but doesn't recall if he passed. Tumblety went on to gain experience in several capacities on crews, and aspires to continue to shoot and make films.

Machine Shop explores the state of futility as it profiles a machinist and the tasks of his workmanship. The film was shot on location at a machine shop owned by the star, 76-year-old Hugo Picciani. Tumblety and director Witek Rosowski met on a low-budget feature where they were the gaffer and grip, respectively. Tumblety subsequently shot Rosowski's short film The Rehearsal. They wrote Machine Shop after meeting Picciani and seeing his surroundings. Tumblety photographed the three-minute film in 35mm format with "all the short ends that I had in my fridge." He credits Don Ciana at Technicolor in New York with the well-executed job of matching the footage. Machine Shop debuted at the Seattle Film Festival and has screened at several other festivals. The film was also part of a promotional tour with the 2004 feature release The Machinist starring Christian Bale.