Grassroots Moviemaker: The Cost of Important Little Pictures

By Timothy Rhys
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/notebook_the_cost_of_important_little_pictures_20090120/
I went to two holiday parties last week and ran into two old friends. Both have the kind of careers many moviemakers I know would envy: They’ve done what they love and they’ve always kept their families in groceries, if not dinners at The Ivy. The first guy, an indie producer, told me his wife tried for years to gently nudge him out of the business. These days, though, she’s finally on board. The difference?