Summit of independent creative producers hosted by MoMA, Indiewire, and Zipline Entertainment in December 2009.
I’m very fortunate to be friends with many accomplished independent film producers–people whose films have screened at the best festivals, won significant awards, gotten picked up by major distributors, earned healthy gross receipts, …
Video Village, Indie-Style
Not every director is suited for low-budget indie filmmaking, and that’s OK if you’re Terrence Malick or David Fincher. But chances are, you’re not…or not yet, anyway. I get a fair number of calls from biggish directors and producers who are having trouble raising money for …
Actor Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash) delivers the closing keynote address from Envision 2012: Stories for a Sustainable Future.
Here, he discusses his career, issues of sustainability, and the merits of social issue filmmaking.
Envision 2012 was presented by IFP, the United Nations Department of Public Information, and the Ford Foundation on …
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Bennett Miller (writer/director, Moneyball, Capote) discusses Barry Lyndon and how the screenplay is only one facet of the spell that Kubrick’s film casts.
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Bennett Miller (Director, Moneyball, Capote) explains how characters and their stories can transcend themselves and mean much more than what lies on the surface.
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Sheri Chandler speaks realistically about the importance of understanding what you want from a project.
From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
Let me start by saying everything is NOT a TV Show. Some things just are what they are, and should not be televised.
A Pitch is much more than just an idea you have. The idea may be the starting point but the pitch is much, much more. And the pitch …
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Deatra L. Harris (Co-Producer, Kinyarwanda) discusses the tools learned during their time in IFP’s Narrative Lab and applying them to their marketing strategy.
From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.