- Films Produced: Keep On Keepin' On
- How he makes his films: While he says he may have no industry experience his debut film secured success at Tribeca film festival 2014. So how did he make his film in his words "I had a bugger of a time trying to work things out at first. I feel like we blindly committed to making a film before we knew how to make a film. Our first year was like boot camp." however after "Learning how to use the equipment and made some mistakes." They were comfortable enough to head off and make their film.
- How did the film come about: As a person who didn't know anything about film, why did he decide to make a documentary? Well his documentary that focuses on jazz legend Clark Terry (Quincy Jones's first teacher) came about when Hicks was studying jazz drumming in New York. The eventually became friends and eight years later in 2014 he made this film.
- How did he get Funding: After coming up with the idea Hicks and a cinematographer friend agree on this idea, they began saving money they then moved over to the States and filmed for three months in which they lost their money. Both went and started working to raise money which they did however this was the start of issues as Hicks says himself "We worked for three months and saved our money, and we’d shoot for three months—then go broke and then work again for three months and shoot for three. That went on for years, actually." they eventually decide as most have done in recent years to create a kickstarter campaign eventually raising $43,000 which allowed them to work for six month period after which they gained light funding but remained self-funded.
I'll just like to say the reason i choose this producer over more noted producers as my assignment says was due to the story, as to me it seemed that this would fit more in line with what my group would have been aiming for and it made sense to include a producer who may not be as well known but nevertheless important.
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