Learning to Skateboard About the Film: A corporate worker calls in sick. In his quest to liberate himself from the daily grind he embarks on a quest for freedom by learning how to skateboard. “The coolest thing about this project for me... is the opportunity to make a film for the love of it and for no other reason than that. You can do whatever you want. With the cell phone and the small screen, the feel of something like Learning to Skateboard is going to be spontaneous and slapdash and intentionally so.” – Jody Hill Interview with Jody Hill Jody Hill grew up in North Carolina and attended the film school at the North Carolina School of the Arts. After working several jobs in television in Los Angeles, Hill moved back to North Carolina to make a film that he had been working on for several years with the support of his friends and local community. The Foot Fist Way, which he wrote, directed, produced, and acted in, premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Watch the interview with Jody by clicking the picture above.