Entrepreneur Turns Filmmaker With 'Google Me' Gig

The film follows Killeen as he uses Google to track down six other men named Jim Killeen and arranges to meet with each of them on film, traveling all over the U.S. as well as Ireland, Scotland and Australia. Killeen says his background as a business owner taught him the value of delegation, an essential part of any business venture that often gets lost in the creative territoriality of filmmaking.

Lessons Learned

"There are so many specific skill sets in filmmaking that you know you don't know," he says. "I have an increased knowledge of what I don't know. I know I don't know how to edit, I know I'm not a cameraman. It's a case of being able to more clearly recognize the things I don't know. Sometimes as an entrepreneur, you tend to fake it to your detriment. It's important to recognize a little more honestly your strengths and your weaknesses."

Once the film was made, Killeen says, his entrepreneurial skills became all the more valuable. The film's YouTube release seems to be a sign of things to come.

"It's part of the marketing to broaden the base of the fans," he says. "The whole idea is to reach directly to the public. My first effort was to not pursue traditional Hollywood distribution and use technology to control the means of distribution. We're going to see more and more of it, so I'm happy to be the guinea pig."

"Google Me" was screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival in April, and Killeen's entrepreneurial wheels are still turning, with a one-hour reality show in the works based on the movie. He says it's at this stage of the process where his understanding of business really comes in handy.

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