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The Parallel Career
I should have written this post six weeks ago. By that, I don’t just mean I overshot my deadline. What I mean is, if I was to choose the ideal starting point for a year of monthly dispatches on the...
View ArticleA Conversation with Mark Heyman, Writer of Black Swan
[See post to watch Flash video] A conversation with hot new screenwriter Mark Heyman, on his debut feature screenplay, Black Swan. The film, directed by Darren Aronofsky, is nominated for five Oscars,...
View ArticleMartha Marcy May Marlene: A Case Study of Creative Teams
[See post to watch Flash video] Fresh off their successful Sundance premiere and sale, the creators of Martha Marcy May Marlene, as well as the Cannes and Berlin festival favorite Afterschool, reveal...
View ArticleNew Platforms for Writers
[See post to watch Flash video] As hype rapidly builds for new platforms and technologies for screenwriters and filmmakers to tell their stories, competition is growing stiffer for more traditional...
View ArticleAntonio Campos on Working with Josh Mond
[See post to watch Flash video] Antonio Campos (Producer, Martha Marcy May Marlene; Director/Writer, Afterschool) on his collaborative relationship with Josh Mond (Producer, Martha Marcy May Marlene;...
View ArticleDirector Sean Durkin on Pursuing Projects
[See post to watch Flash video] Sean Durkin (Director, Martha Marcy May Marlene) on how he’s learned to confront his fear of starting new projects. From the 2011 Script to Screen Conference To watch...
View ArticleCross-Media Financing
[See post to watch Flash video] Creating cross-media projects demands a whole new set of collaborators and finance partners from across the media industries. This session examines potential new...
View ArticleLaughter From Nowhere: A History of Audiences, Synthetic and Real
[See post to watch Flash video] A discussion with game design and cross-media entertainment pioneer Kevin Slavin, co-founder of Area/Code. From the 2011 Cross-Media Forum Kevin Slavin, Chairman and...
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LES Film Festival: Who The F* Are We?
The LES Film Festival was started in 2011 by creators Damon Cardasis and Shannon Walker as well as by fellow festival directors and creative team Tony Castle and Roxy Hunt. They are entering their...
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Put In The Work…
LES Film Fest 2012 | IFP BLOG #2 (watch us watch submissions) from BFD Productions, LLC. Vibe, Energy, Aesthetic by Deepak Chopra…actually Us We’ve never read a Deepak Chopra book, although we get the...
View ArticleAlrick Brown on Being a Black Filmmaker
[See post to watch Flash video] Alrick Brown discusses unique challenges that face minority filmmakers. From the IFP’s recent Industry Connect Event with DCTV and the NYTVF
View ArticleAlrick Brown on Breaking into the Industry
[See post to watch Flash video] Alrick Brown discusses breaking through the wall that surrounds the film industry and shedding our senses of entitlement.
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Better Film Panels Now
Producer Peter Phok and I speaking on a panel at IFP’s Filmmaker Conference. In the year and a half since Brian Newman wrote his very apt and memorable post, “Killing the Film Fest Panel,” panels...
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Thoughts on Acting
It has been a few weeks since I wrapped up production on my first feature film, Appropriate Behavior. Having the opportunity to shoot your first feature must be what getting married is like for a...
View ArticleDebra Zimmerman on the Roles of Filmmakers
[See post to watch Flash video] Debra Zimmerman, Women Make Movies, on the different roles that filmmakers must play to get their projects made. From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
View ArticleJosh Mond on Staging Successful Relationships
[See post to watch Flash video] Producer Josh Mond (Afterschool) discusses how to make and maintain relationships within the film industry. From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
View ArticleHeather Croall on Networking
[See post to watch Flash video] Heather Croall, Director of the Sheffield International Doc Fest, discusses the different layers of networking that are possible in a festival environment. From the 2010...
View ArticleJanet Pierson on South By Southwest
[See post to watch Flash video] Janet Pierson, Senior Programmer, South By Southwest, on the collaborative and creative culture at SXSW. From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
View ArticleThe Future of Film
Download Refreshing the dialogue on the direction independent film is taking, top emerging filmmakers, up-and-coming distributors, and rising stars of new media discuss the state of the industry in the...
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Los Angeles plays Matt Porterfield
Just returned from a super-productive trip to LA! I went to screen Putty Hill at AFI Fest and UCLA, where they also screened my first film, Hamilton (2006), on 16mm. Both screenings were fantastic. If...
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