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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

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Larry Meistrich

Always have a plan before you jump into a project.

This is a business, not a hobby.

Develop a thick skin and learn to be tenacious.

Often the path to success leads through unlikely
sources, so surround yourself with good editors, DPs, sound men
and great development executives.

Prep, prep and more prep

Don’t make a trailer of a feature, make
a narrative short

Producing Filmography for Larry Meistrich

So Love Returns (2003)
Daddy and Them (2001) (producer)
Julie Johnson (2001)
Once in the Life (2000)
Everything for a Reason (2000)
Chinese Coffee (2000)
You Can Count on Me (2000)
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)
The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
The Minus Man (1999)
Belly (1998) (
Strangeland (1998)
Frogs for Snakes (1998)
Henry Fool (1997)
Niagara, Niagara (1997)
Drunks (1997)
The Last Home Run (1996) (
Layin’ Low (1996)
Paulie (1996)
Illtown (1996)
Sling Blade (1996)
Cafe Society (1995)
Comfortably Numb (1995)
New Jersey Drive (1995)
Hand Gun (1994)
Laws of Gravity (1992)
Ambition (1991)
Theory of Achievement (1991)

Larry Meistrich

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