All posts by Daniel Joyaux
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Cuba and the Cameraman: Director Jon Alpert Talks Mining Five Decades Worth of Footage to Document a Dictatorship
When documentarian Jon Alpert was first invited to visit Cuba in 1972, he didn’t realize he’d just started a project that would... -
An Extraordinary Life: Jane Goodall’s Story is Told in Brett Morgen’s Gripping New Film
Since receiving an Oscar nomination for 1999’s On the Ropes, Brett Morgen has become one of the world’s most acclaimed documentarians. Films... -
The Artist and his Subject: Rebel in the Rye Capitalizes on Parallels between J.D. Salinger and Holden Caulfield
Danny Strong has acted in some of the most acclaimed television shows of the past two decades (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mad... -
MovieMaker Minute: Drake Doremus Got Newness From First Day of Shooting to Sundance Premiere in 100 Days
Our MovieMaker Minute series of videos are brief little nuggets of inspiration and advice from some of our favorite filmmakers. The final... -
Staging The Intervention: Writer-Director Clea DuVall Confronts Her Debut Feature, With Melanie Lynskey
When The Intervention, Clea DuVall’s debut film as writer and director, premiered at Sundance in January, an audience member asked her if...
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Inside the Issue: Distribution
Your Key to Distribution Success: Get Keyed in to Key Art, and You’re On Your Way to an Instantly Iconic Movie
Think about some of the most famous posters ever produced: Jaws, Scarface, Taxi Driver, The Shining, Ghostbusters, E.T., The Godfather. What do they have in common? To...2Inside the Issue: Festivals
deadCenter Film Festival 2017: Oklahoma City Is the Biggest Star Of This Consistently Great Event
Film festivals are as good as their programmers and audiences, and the deadCenter film festival has an abundance of excellence in both. From the very first...Inside the Issue: Producing
What Investors Want to Hear: Here Are the Things You Need to Be Telling Potential Financiers In Your Pitch
There are as many different ways to get funding as there are movies made, but the one thing all of those stories have in common is...6