(Bts Pic) Ron Howard Talks “Project Imagin8ion” Short Film "When You Find Me" #Sundance 2012

As part of Canon’s “Project Imagin8ion” campaign, two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard and daughter Bryce Dallas Howard made a film inspired by eight user-generated photos, called when you find me, that recently screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Alternating between the past and present, the short is an emotional fable of two people coping with loss in very different ways, and what it takes to find peace within yourself and reconciliation with the ones you love. 
How did your daughter end up as the director of this short? 
HOWARD: I let everybody know that I couldn’t direct it, and they said that I could sponsor or mentor somebody. And then, the idea of Bryce [Dallas Howard] doing it was great because she had directed one short film, had just done a lot of acting, and was looking to direct something else. She’s also interested in moving behind the camera on a feature film level, at some point. And, I knew she’d be an interesting person to collaborate on this with. She has a different point of view and aesthetic than I do, and she’s another generation. 
I just thought she’d be an interesting collaborator, even if she wasn’t my daughter, but the fact that she is made it pretty interesting. 
And then, the Canon people were really true to their word about not trying to manipulate the process creatively, and really allowing it to be something that was very pure.
Was there a point that you realized that your daughter had inherited the directing bug from you, and it was something that she wanted to do, beyond just her acting career? 
HOWARD: Well, she started directing plays in college and she enjoyed it, but she didn’t particularly express any great interest beyond that. And then, she made a short film about four years ago, and it was good. At that point, she actually began taking a lot of classes, in her spare time, in cinematography and screenwriting, and just deepened her understanding of the medium, and I could really see the difference. I visited the set a couple of times, but she didn’t need my help. She really understood the script and had helped shape it into something that reflected her point of view, her aesthetic and her taste. I think she directed a very poignant, beautiful, surprising, almost poetic short film. 
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