USA Today: Tech Turns Average Joes into mini-Spielbergs (iMac and iMovie)

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Somebody gave this guy an iMac, and the next thing you know he is a hit at Sundance:

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http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-03-31-diy_x.htm

SEATTLE — Jonathan Caouette was a 28-year-old computer illiterate living a Bohemian lifestyle in New York City until a friend gave him an Apple iMac computer.

Caouette quickly mastered iMovie, the consumer-level video editing software that comes free with Apple computers. He became obsessed with converting into digital files the home video tapes, answering machine recordings and family photos he had been compiling since age 11. He next used iMovie's editing and special effects tools to transform two decades of mementos into a bio-documentary, Tarnation, revolving around his troubled mother. The movie got rave reviews at the Sundance and Cannes film festivals, then played in art house theaters across the country. The DVD will be released in May. (Related graphic/audio: Do-it-yourself digital revolution)


"This literally went from my desktop computer to a worldwide distribution deal in less than a year," marvels Caouette. "It's really something of a miracle."

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