On January 13th, 2018 at exactly 8:07 am Hawaiians were alerted on their phone by an incoming ballistic missile. For 38 minutes, Hawaiian residents lived in harrowing fear for their lives. Paul Lacovara who was working on the television show Hawaii 5-0 as a stunt coordinator was in the main land during a weekend break but when he returned friends were telling him of stories who truly believed that they were going to die that morning.
Inspired by the experiences of his friends, Paul decided he was going to write those emotions and combined with his love of action – thus 38 Minutes was conceived.
38 Minutes is filled with non-stop action and heart pounding scenes – the protagonist John, had less than 38 minutes to get his family out of the island.
In spite COVID-19, 38 Minutes was receiving accolades and awards as it made it around the Short Film Festival circuit.
Watch our conversation with Paul and Philip.
About Paul Lacovara
Paul is an American film director and stunt coordinator, originally from San Luis Obispo, California. With over twenty years in the business, his focus has always been creating gripping action sequences. He has worked on hundreds of films and television shows including The Avengers, Transformers, Star Trek, and many more. More recently, he helped create the action on Magnum P.I. and on Hawaii Five-0, where he worked as one of the stunt coordinators. Paul also worked as the fight choreographer on Five-0, and it was here where he started focusing on directing through creating, shooting, editing, and directing the show’s fight sequence previsualization videos. Shortly before finishing the latest season of Magnum P.I and Hawaii Five-0, Paul utilized both show’s crews to work on his own film, 38 Minutes, which was shot on location on Oahu, Hawaii.
Twitter @paullacovara
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About Philip Winchester
Growing up in Montana with an American father and British mother, Philip Winchester has a place in his heart for both sides of the Atlantic. While a teenager, he decided to devote himself to acting and moved to the U.K. to train in his craft. He was accepted to the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, all the while, helping with his Grandmother’s bed and breakfast inn outside London. After graduating in 2002, he quickly landed two career launching roles. The first in the sci-fi adventure Thunderbirds and the second, Soon thereafter, he starred as American pilot William Jensen in Tony Bill’s Flyboys. In 2007, he played the villainous Edmund in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s King Lear,also starring Ian McKellen. Winchester next shifted to television in the title role in NBC’s miniseries Crusoe in 2008, In 2010 he was cast in a memorable extended arc on Fringe as Frank Stanton. In 2011 Winchester starred as Leontes, King Arthur’s trusted friend, in the Starz miniseries Camelot. In 2015, Winchester wrapped filming five seasons around the world as lead actor in the Emmy-nominated drama-action series Strike Back, Cinemax’s first original primetime series in more than 15 years. In 2018, Winchester and his Strike Back partner Sullivan Stapleton reunited for two episodes of the show’s second chapter, Strike Back: Retribution. In 2016, Winchester returned to NBC in the starring role of Alex Kane opposite Wesley Snipes in the primetime action series, The Player. Continuing his longstanding relationship with NBC in 2017, Winchester took on the leading role of Assistant State’s Attorney Peter Stone in Dick Wolf’s One Chicago franchise newcomer, Chicago Justice. After the series’ first season, Winchester transitioned Peter Stone to NBC’s primetime drama stalwart Law & Order: SVU opposite Mariska Hargitay for two seasons. He can next be seen reteaming with his Strike Back director M.J. Bassett in the upcoming Lionsgate feature film Rogue, opposite Megan Fox. The project will be released on PVOD and digital on August 28th. Winchester splits his time residing between filming locations and “Big Sky Country” in his home state of Montana with his wife, Megan, daughters, Charlie and Jaymes and dog, Simcoe.
Twitter @philipwinchestr
