By Natalia Leite on January 31, 2019
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David...
By Liz Manashil on January 25, 2019
I met Morrisa Maltz during SXSW in 2016 when she came to a panel on micro-budget filmmaking that I put together and...
By Karyn Kusama on January 10, 2019
Guest Moviemaker Karyn Kusama has been through a lot in her career. Kusama broke out in 2000 with her debut feature Girlfight,...
By Elise McCave on December 20, 2018
Why this film? Why you? Why now? Each arm of your crowdfunding campaign—from video, to narrative, to rewards, to backer updates—must work...
By Ryan Coleman on March 15, 2018
John Zbikowski (Michael Kelly) is a small town bookie having a hard time collecting on outstanding debts. After a one night stand...
By Andy Young on October 27, 2017
MovieMaker got to spend some time with Richard Turner at SXSW this year and we can confirm a common rumor about him: Richard...
By Max Weinstein on May 17, 2017
Though his nomination for a Best Editing Oscar for Moonlight wasn’t as monumental as his co-editor Joi McMillon’s—she was the first African-American to receive a...
By Alice Lowe on March 24, 2017
So, I had been attempting to develop a feature, with a view to directing. But development was slow and torturous: three years...
By William Paul Smith on March 16, 2017
Mat Hames is a filmmaker who is more interested in raising questions than giving answers. That much is clear from the titles...
By Kerry O'Conor on February 13, 2017
Exactly half of the trailer for Trey Edward Shults’ new thriller It Comes at Night consists of an eerie walk down a...