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December 10, 2015
Networking can be particularly nerve-wracking for moviemakers, who start their careers wanting to do creative work, only to find themselves…
December 10, 2015
At its heart, your job as a director-producer is about constantly persuading someone to do something. Here’s how you build…
December 8, 2015
Self-promotion through social media is an integral part of the 2016 moviemaker’s toolkit. Learn to separate your handles from your…
December 2, 2015
Designing Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth required, as all independent films do, a great deal of flexibility. We were up against all…
December 1, 2015
The Wannabe director Nick Sandow says good directing is becoming your cast's co-writer, confidante, friend—then stepping out of their way.
November 27, 2015
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last seven years, you or someone you know has ventured into…
November 17, 2015
Independent film distribution has continued its blink-of-an-eye evolution into 2015 with Video on Demand (VOD) at the forefront. The former…
November 17, 2015
“That first draft must have been 300 pages.” If I had a nickel for every time someone’s said this to…
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November 6, 2015
Is it easy being cinema’s reigning enfant terrible? No, but Gaspar Noé wears the title well. Here are his 30…