Glenn P. P. Milligan is a heavy hitter when it comes to the world of BMX videos, dropping his unique style and creative eye on countless titles over the years. From BASE to Ride BMX to Volume to Nike and beyond, this dude has the chops to make BMX vids entertaining to watch. I threw a ton of questions at him recently, and he was happy to oblige. Read on for part 2 of the interview, or check out part 1 right here first.


What riders are the best to film with, and which ones are nightmares?
Nigel Sylvester is one of my favorite all time riders to film with, and E-man [Manuel Cantero] and Boy [Anthony Flores] are awesome! I generally like and get along with everyone. I try my best to always keep the mood light, I don't really care if we get clips - I mean at the end of the day I want to be productive but NEVER at the expense of putting pressure on the guys. I'm not gonna get caught out there on the nightmare one, but there are one or two!

Are there any riders you'd like to work with that you haven't before, or do you not really give a fuck who the guy riding is?
Nah, I fully give a fuck! I'd to hang with some of the European dudes, some of them seem cool as shit and a good time to hang with. I really love what I do, and I consider myself lucky, I love meeting new people and hanging in different situations, and if someone sucks, well then now I know, but 80% of the time, everyone is cool!

How do you approach it when the guys you're filming are going for dead-man moves?
Honestly, it's on them. I hear about some photographers and video guys pushing dudes, and I will on tricks but NEVER on dead-man shit. If someone got hurt on something I felt like I pushed them into, I think I would quit... What kind of scumbag would do that?

Have you done any non-BMX projects, or have plans to?
Porn mostly.

Go through a typical timeline for making a video.
It's always so different, but in very general terms: Someone says "wanna make a video?" I say yes, I need to pay rent... Go film a few clips with some of the guys, get footy from others for the rest... make a promo, a month or two in... set a deadline for anywhere from six to eight months away (usually for Interbike)... film with the guys whenever you can... eight months later, push the deadline back 2-3 months because you only have 40% of the video... in the next two to three months get the other 60%... be done!

Name five essentials in your editing room at crunch time.
Energy drink, mostly sugar free Red Bull, but it's so expensive when you get to 4 a day.
Some sort of cookies
Fan
Radio
Footage

What are you working on right now? (Ed. note: this was a while back, I'm late getting this posted)
We are about to drop a Cardinal Edit, it came out pretty cool, but it's dropping with the launch of the website. I'm also right in the middle of Nigel's "Because I Grind" Gatorade tour, working out the next few episodes of the Big Big BMX show, I'm doing some special project stuff for HARO, and Fuel's Daily Habit has me doing some segments here and there!

Contrast your first video with the one you're working on now
First video (NEW YORK HARD CORE) was done because NY had no exposure to the rest of the country and we wanted to show our scene, mostly everyone involved were friends. Now people hire me (sweet); it's technically a job, but it's the best one I could dream of, I'm very lucky.

First one got stalled for over six months at one point because no one seemed to care, so why would I? Now, there's none of that nonsense; if you take a job and agree to do it, you do your BEST to get the deadline!

The first one was done in the college of Staten Island on two editing decks. I hid in there overnight on two separate occasions to get it done, I also starved in the process. Now I'm lucky enough to own my own shit and I eat way too many cookies and when I'm done editing I look pregnant!

Are there any other BMX video editors who put out shit that you're down with?
Will Stroud shoots awesome, he can really capture a pretty picture. I love Bob Scerbo; I wouldn't say he's the best, but he truly does it the way he sees it, he really doesn't care what anyone thinks, and I respect that. Joe Simon is the most underrated guy, he's so good!

Anything else you'd like to put out there, whether it's related to video production or not?
Yeah, I love BMX! Most of us people who aren't pro riders but work in this industry love BMX. I think sometimes people think we might see it as just a job, and sometimes it is very hard work, but at the end of the day WE LOVE BMX!