With movies like 'Ghost Rider 2,' 'Gamer' and the 'Crank' series, Watertown's Mark Neveldine has become known as one of Hollywood's wildest writers and directors. But the next film he hopes to work on is one that he hopes inspires people to help save lives. As our Brian Dwyer reports, one of those lives would be one of his good friends, a fellow Watertown native.
WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- Joe Mitchell says sometimes you've just got to laugh.
The 33-year-old Watertown native is hoping a video on Kickstarter will help him raise enough money to produce a full documentary on his story of needing a new kidney. It would be a story of his life and the lives of others on 'The Waiting List'.
"People don't want to think about depressing stuff," Mitchell said about the style of a potential documentary. "So If I can figure out a way to do it in a more lighthearted way, a lighthearted way seems to touch people more."
Mitchell first got a kidney at the age of sixteen. It was from a man who died, a family he didn't know. But now, 18 years later, it's failing. He needs another.
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To register as a donor in California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.
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