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Hi! You Are Currently Being Recorded
September 4, 2025
How "Hi! You Are Currently Being Recorded" creators Anna Maguire and Kyle Greenberg used an endless loop to build an…
July 14, 2023
“Cowboy, Choker, Harness & Heart,” a new short film directed by Julia Ponce Díaz and Nicolas Blanco, starts as a
Amanda Seyfried Skin & Bone Indy Shorts
March 14, 2023
Amanda Seyfried and Skin & Bone director Eli Powers first met on the set of Ted 2 in Boston after…
disfluency
October 29, 2022
Disfluency is an intensely personal film by Anna Baumgarten, but she almost didn't direct it. It is now competing at…
Nicole Otaola Directed By
June 3, 2022
SVA grad Nicole Otaola wrote and directed her BFA thesis film "Directed By:" based on a real-life situation with her…
Blue Moon Emily Ruhl
November 12, 2021
Emily Ruhl cashed in her unused college fund to pay for her first short film, Blue Moon. The former model…
Calls Mark Christmas
April 16, 2021
For the short film "Calls," Mark Christmas and his team had a few rules: One camera, one actor, one room.…
February 28, 2019
To capture a stable frame and clean audio for "Lifeboat," Skye Fitzgerald constantly altered his approach on a 30-meter vessel…
January 30, 2018
Mark Schimmel, director of the upcoming short "Kill the Light," diagrams his process for successfully shooting a 22-minute film in…
October 17, 2017
If thou stare long into John Malkovich, John Malkovich will also gaze into thee. And when he reads you a…
May 22, 2017
Despite attempting to live a normal college life, Lisa is haunted by something abnormal that keeps holding her back, in…
February 24, 2017
This moviemaker took directing, producing and acting duties to make his acclaimed short. Then he got stabbed on set. Here's…
September 3, 2014
Director Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg, The Saddest Music in the World) serves as guest judge for this year's Toronto Urban…
August 5, 2014
Seattle native Ian Ebright set out to make a short film that captured the Arabic experience under drone attacks. He…
April 28, 2014
You just got a great concept for a short film. It moves you. It excites you. It scares you because…
November 22, 2013
New Filmmakers LA is back with yet another dose of indie filmmaker interviews. This week we are featuring interviews with…
August 21, 2013
Today’s special Reader Spotlight puts the focus on long-time MovieMaker reader Brian Lee Brown, a small-town independent filmmaker based in…
February 3, 2013
Emir Kusturica, founder and director of the Kustendorf Film and Music Festival, pulled in a number of fascinating directors to
January 16, 2013
Mary Kay Cook travels to our nation's capital with her short film, "Wednesday's Child," to report on the DC Shorts…