The Scariest Scene of All Time: Grow Up, Tony Phillips Director Emily Hagins
For MovieMaker‘s 2016 Guide to Making Horror Movies special edition, we set out to identify what makes some of the scariest scenes of all time quite...
Crowdfunder Pick: Look at Us Now, Mother!
Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project. And here at MovieMaker, we...
The Scariest Scene of All Time: Spring Directors Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson
For MovieMaker‘s 2016 Guide to Making Horror Movies special edition, we set out to identify what makes some of the scariest scenes of all time quite...
The Scariest Scene of All Time: Director Joe Dante
For MovieMaker‘s 2016 Guide to Making Horror Movies special edition, we set out to identify what makes some of the scariest scenes of all time...
The Scariest Scene of All Time: Cooties Directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion
For MovieMaker‘s 2016 Guide to Making Horror Movies special edition, we set out to identify what makes some of the scariest scenes of all time...
Crowdfunder Pick: Hawk the Hunter
Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project. And here at MovieMaker, we...
The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2015
We go to film festivals for the same reasons we see our favorite bands in concert. Or pop into bookstores instead of downloading novels onto...
Crowdfunder Pick: Haptic Animation Amplifier
Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project. And here at MovieMaker, we...
Film School Alumni Advice: Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman of Ten Thousand Saints
When MovieMaker asked a range of successful indie filmmakers to participate in our Film School Roundtable article for our Summer 2015 issue, we received a...
Film School Alumni Advice: American Horror Story Executive Producer James Wong
When MovieMaker asked a range of successful indie filmmakers to participate in our Film School Roundtable article for our Summer 2015 issue, we received a...
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(More) Essential Moviemaking Podcasts: Five Laudable Audibles for Your Educational Pleasure
Directing is a fairly strange craft to try to learn, in part because you rarely get a chance to watch other directors at work. Determined moviemakers exhaust all the...
1Inside the Issue: Festivals
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2017
Are film festivals getting better? That is, are they providing you—independent moviemakers—more of the things you want and need? I think they are. After all, it makes sense: With...
9Inside the Issue: Producing
How to Always Deliver: Denise Di Novi on Gilding a Package, Dealing With the Artistic Temperament and Sniffing Out Hits
Denise Di Novi has forged a moviemaking career by avoiding the kind of carelessness that often bankrupted her peers. Instead, she developed and refined a keen sense for emotional...