Pierre Bennu made his first film when he was eight. Since then, he has earned a film degree at Pratt Institute, met and married his producer/partner Jamyla, created several short films, screened at and won awards at numerous festivals, won an artist fellowship in film from the New York Foundation of the Arts, and wrote a self-help book for artists with a cuss word in the title. Pierre currently undergoes numerous artistic endeavors in addition to working out of his house making natural skin and hair care products.

If we made a movie out of your life so far, what would the title be?
The Unscene.

You wake up tomorrow and movies no longer exist. What would we find you doing professionally?
Illustrating... teaching... DJing... and making all natural hair and body products.

If you could have a drink with any character from a movie who would it be and why?
Yoda. His brain, I would really like to pick. OR Abbey Lincoln in "Nothing But A Man." She's a lot easier on the eyes than Yoda.

What happened to advance your film from an idea on the page into a reality?
The idea had been in my mind for three years and I had been working on it in watercolor and ink, as part of a collection of children's stories. I'm very analog - my wife is very digital. She bought me new equipment and software and I felt obligated to branch out from my loyalty to outdated technology.