Welcome to Directing on a Dime, where indie moviemaker Andy Young provides tips and insight for moviemakers whose budget is…
Megan Petersen and Hannah Black are the creators-directors-producers of Drought, which was just released on Prime Video. Black wrote the script,…
“How do you make it in this brutal fucking business?” This is the question that indie moviemaking mainstays Mark and…
For most of her acting career thus far, Alia Shawkat has turned in indelible performances in supporting roles that enrich…
When I met with Lynn Shelton after the premiere of Outside In at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, I facetiously…
Alex Lehmann’s career path has taken him from camera operator to director, and he is playing both roles simultaneously. And, remarkably,…
Don’t actors know that you have a million other things to do on your movie? They’re not the center of…
Indie moviemakers often take on other roles—entrepreneur, advocate, teacher. Add cultural ambassador and diplomat to that list for some of…
If the phrase “independent film” has in recent years felt problematic to you, with one-time rebels “going studio” and A-listers…
Festival hits The One I Love and Creep, FX’s The League, box-office hit Tammy, a new HBO show, Togetherness—that’s just…
Welcome to Directing on a Dime, where indie moviemaker Andy Young provides tips and insight for moviemakers whose budget is…
By way of full disclosure, I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for a girl who starts off a conversation with,…
"Holy shitballs.” That’s the general feeling we had when we were greenlit for our first studio movie, Cyrus. Understand that…