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  • Directing

Zhuhai Caper: The Long Gone Wild Team Almost Landed in a Chinese Gulag While Filming Undercover

You may remember Ric O'Barry from the Oscar-winning documentary, The Cove, in which he and a team of daring filmmakers…

5 years ago
  • Winter 2017

Turning the Tide: With Over 60 Million Views, Fisher Stevens’ Before the Flood Warms New Generations to Environmentalism

He was, like the rest of us who count ourselves among the environmental community, still emotionally hung over on the…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Festival Beat: Boulder International Film Festival 2015

After weeks of on-and-off again snow, the sun finally emerged, just in time for the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF),…

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
  • Directing
  • Spring 2014

Can Your Movie Change the World? The Activism in Film Guide for Social Issue Moviemakers

Beth Portello of social issue film distributor Cinema Libre Studio is no stranger to moviemakers trying to change the world.…

9 years ago
  • Articles
  • blog-test

Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2014, Top Towns: #3. Boulder, CO

It’s MovieMaker’s 2014 edition of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker! We’re counting down through our Top…

10 years ago
  • DIY
  • Fall 2013

Working with a Music Supervisor: We Asked Liz Gallacher of Velvet Ears for Advice

While I am all for learning the art of filmmaking on the job, there are instances where prior formal education…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Documentary
  • DIY
  • Documentary
  • How They Did It

The Real Social Network: Creating Social Action Plans That Work

Whether you’re crafting a documentary, a non-fiction drama, or a fictional narrative feature, the potential to change the world is…

11 years ago