Andrew Butts|Director, “Isthmus of Misfits”
Andrew Butts is an Eagle Scout, a fraternity brother, a filmmaker, an analyst, a bootstrapper, and systems thinking enthusiast. He delights in learning and influencing, but has yet to figure out how to make those pay the bills. His first self-produced feature-length documentary, Isthmus of Misfits, examined the world of amateur stand-up comedians and attempted to articulate their life lessons for any “misfit” attempting to move against the grain. His next project, which he hopes to turn into a mini-series, is about re-examining our social, political, and economic institutions through the lens of systems thinking, and attempting to re-imagine those same institutions built on a bedrock of Empathy, Vulnerability, and Drive, the three key ingredients he believes essential for humans to flourish. Until then, he continues to work summers at camp and watch his debt-to-asset ratio grow, hoping that someday a graduate school might give him a stipend and tuition remission.
 

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