Instead of using all of $25,000 that was supposed to be the marketing budget for a Hollywood film, American film director and producer Casey Neistat utilized the money to help the super typhoon Yolanda victims in the Philippines.

"They wanted to know if I could make a promotional film to get the word out about Ben Stiller's great new movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”. Mitty is a movie about chasing a dream and they wanted me to make a movie about chasing a dream," Neistat said in his YouTube page where the video was uploaded.



When the offer was given, he immediately told the 20th Century Fox studio about his idea and they agreed. But even before the proposal was made, he really hoped to provide help for the typhoon victims. It just so happened that the offer came up and both parties fell into an agreement.

After the budget was released, Neistat without further ado flew to the Philippines to throw together a relief operation. He spent the money for foods and relief goods, medicine, and tools that can be used for house building and reconstruction.

"It was complicated and at first improbable but with the help of an extremely loving group of locals, all who were total strangers, we were able to stretch the production budget really far," Neistat recalled.

The director recorded his efforts in the relief operations in a short video uploaded on YouTube that has so far reached more than a hundred thousand views as of posting time.



And just like everyone else thinks, the Hollywood director admired the disadvantaged for having the strength to be happy and continue their lives amidst everything that happened.

"Never have I met such people with the resilience of these typhoon victims. There was one thing that stuck out, one big huge tiny thing that was; of everyone we were face to face with, thousands of people, not once, at anytime for any reason did anyone complain. No one. Their focus was on rebuilding and healing, not sympathy," Neistat said.

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