As we get nearer to the festival, we will be featuring the various filmmakers whose work will be screening throughout the festival.

Introduce Yourself: Ahoy everyone. I am Paul Francis Sanchez Yates...sometimes known as Schaumgummi.

How did you become interested in filmmaking? I started making super 8 films and one of the first things I did was I wanted to imitate how you would appear and disappear, like on "Bewitched." So I would have my mom stand in the backyard and I figured out that if you stopped the camera, had her walk off and continued to film in the same spot it would look like she disappeared, so I would have her snap her fingers, appear and disappear all over the yard and that was the day I realized I was a filmmaker. Then I saw STAR WARS and that was that.

Tell us about your inspiration and vision for the film: Honestly-I dreamt the whole film one night and woke up and told my girlfriend, she cried...and that day she broke up with me.

What were some of the biggest challenges in making and completing the film? This film was from a dream...but obviously inspired by real events. When I was in undergrad 4 of my filmmaker friends drowned in 3 unrelated incidents...One was named Tara(also the name of he lead in ONION UNDERWATER) so while making this film I was very sensitive to their spirits.

In the spirit of Jackson, what's your favorite Western? My two favorite westerns are: THE MAN FROM LARAMIE and WINCHESTER '73.

ONION UNDERWATER, directed by Paul Yates, will screen in Student Voices II at 1:45P, Friday, June 6th at the Pink Garter Theatre and Saturday, June 7th at 10:15P at the Pink Garter Theatre.