Larry Fessenden

  • How They Did It

How They Did It: First-Time Director Ana Asensio Split Most Beautiful Island Into Two Stylistically Distinct Halves

Making Most Beautiful Island was my first time writing a script and directing a film. Up to this point in…

6 years ago
  • Moviemaking

The Family That Makes Movies Together Stays Together: Working With Your Kids? It’s Possible, Say These Clans

When veteran moviemaker Larry Fessenden was shooting his 2001 feature Wendigo in upstate New York, his wife, director Beck Underwood,…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Fessenden on Festivals: Indie Horror’s Larry Fessenden Reflects on the Fests that Shaped His Career

Ah, film festivals, the gateway to distribution for an independent film. When I was starting out in the late '80s…

9 years ago
  • Movie News

Best of 2014: 12 Articles to Sum Up the Year in MovieMaker

To ring in the new year here at MovieMaker, we're doing a little bit of a 2014 in Review thing,…

9 years ago
  • Distribution
  • Fall 2014
  • Producing

Horror Stories: Examining the Business of Genre Filmmaking

A decade ago, the primary focus of independent horror moviemakers was making a good horror movie, knowing that if they…

9 years ago
  • Documentary
  • Producing

My New Film: American Jesus Is Not A Horror Movie

Larry Fessenden, producer of the new documentary American Jesus, explains why Glass Eye Pix became involved in Aram Garriga's exploration of…

10 years ago