Filmmakers

  • Festivals

NFMLA Celebrates Native Cinema with an Inspiring Drag Queen, a Dying Teenager and a Hard-of-Hearing Dancer

Stories of an inspiring drag queen, a dying teenager and a hard-of-hearing dancer loomed large at a recent NewFilmmakers Los Angeles…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

How to Sell Your Movie to Netflix, According to Someone Who's Done It

Jeremy Beasley licensed his independently made movie, Small Is Beautiful: A Tiny House Documentary, to Netflix in 2016 — and…

3 years ago
  • Festivals

NFMLA Shares Immigrant Stories of ICE Interviews and Changed Clothes in Latest Festival

An American Muslim teenager changes clothes behind her family’s back, a man interviews with an ICE agent to see his…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

NFMLA Spotlights Asian Filmmakers With Stories of God, Cats and Teleportation

A young actor decides to turn into a cat after being mistreated by the world, a man bumps into his…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

9 Essential COVID-19 Rules For Moviemakers: A Short Legal Guide

Attorney David Albert Pierce has carefully researched COVID-19 rules across all jurisdictions to offer the following guidance to moviemakers trying…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

NFMLA Celebrates Lebanese, Arab and Dutch Cinema in Partnership with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

A journey into the mind of an autistic protagonist navigating the world, a trip down memory lane, a take on…

4 years ago
  • Cinema Law

Swindler’s List: Seven Tips for Avoiding the Scam in Hollywood

Doyle Lonnegan: Your boss is quite a card player, Mr. Kelly; how does he do it?  Johnny Hooker: He cheats.…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Creative Convergence: Finding Your Movement at the Tacoma Film Festival 2016

I am of the belief that great filmmaking can only occur when there is a sense of community intertwined with…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

All Gravy: Lone Star Film Festival 2016 Gets Straight A’s from this Moviemaker

Making movies can be a grind. Locking down a good script, enticing investors, landing the right cast, negotiating with agents,…

7 years ago
  • Directing
  • Interviews

New Filmmakers LA Part 1: Moviemaking Wisdom with Directors Aaref Rodriguez, Kyle McAuley, Sabrina Skau, and Max Sherwood

This week’s edition of New Filmmakers LA is filled to the brim with juicy moviemaking wisdom. Featuring interviews with directors Aaref Rodriguez, Kyle…

10 years ago