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Sheila Nevins, President of Documentary and Family Programming at HBO and Cinemax, on why she prefers to produce documentaries that are driven by characters rather than ideas.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Sheila Nevins, President of Documentary and Family Programming at HBO and Cinemax, on what she finds exciting about producing documentaries for television.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Sheila Nevins, President of Documentary and Family Programming at HBO and Cinemax, discusses the rigors of her selection process, and what she looks for in a documentary pitch.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Sales Agent Josh Braun discusses the different factors that he had to consider when trying to sell Winter’s Bone at Sundance.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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The IFC Center’s John Vanco discusses the current distribution landscape, and how it is hard for certain films to get the recognition they deserve.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Composer Jeff Danna on the blurred line between score and source music.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Composer Jeff Danna on the difficulty of composing a score for a film that is already at picture-lock.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Jeff Danna, film composer, fields a question about communication between directors and composers.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.