My first student film was Orientation, which was basically the set-up for Animal House. There are a couple of scenes that we later borrowed in some form.

We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start.

I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good.

Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy comedy with horror elements. Like a horror spoof.

A lot of movies at this festival were struggling to find distributors, ... This film was fortunate enough to find more than its share.

Sex scenes are the easiest to film. Everyone is an animal. Everyone is the same when they're making love. It's just a matter of whether the director can direct,