Making Films and Raising Babies: How One Director/Mom Succeeds at the Juggling Act
At a time when one out of every three children in the U.S. grows up without a father, Emily Abt’s documentary Daddy Don’t Go—now in the final days of its…
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Know The Score: Inside the Sound of ‘Bob’s Burgers’ with Composer John Dylan Keith
Each month in Know the Score, writer and composer Aaron Gilmartin steps out of the scoring stage and explores, in detail, some important aspect of movie music. After all, film is as…
Know Your Crew: The 1st AD
The 1st Assistant Director is one of the most important crew members on set, but what exactly is she/he responsible for? For the next in our series focusing on key…
Know Your Crew 2018: Location Manager
Shooting on location is a necessity for most indie filmmakers. The right locations lend your story authenticity, but how do you go about finding them? How much should you budget?…
Know Your Crew 2016: The 1st AD
The 1st Assistant Director is one of the most important crew members on set. But what exactly is he/she responsible for? In the next of our occasional series focusing on…
Know Your Crew 2016: Location Manager
Shooting on location is a necessity for most indie filmmakers. The right locations lend your story authenticity, but how do you go about finding them? How much should you budget?…
Publicity Primer: What To Know About Working with a Publicist
At our recent Publicizing Your Film at Festivals event, publicist Sylvia Desrochers, President of Big Time PR & Marketing, said there are two questions she is asked by filmmakers more…
22 Ways You Know You’re an Independent Filmmaker
Called one of the year’s most powerful films, Film Independent Member and LA Film Festival Alum Kimberly Levin’s narrative feature debut, Runoff, has garnered critical praise from The New York…
Get to Know the 2018 Future Filmmakers on the Road to the LA Film Festival
What’s the coolest thing you ever made in high school? For most of us, the height of our prep school creativity was probably achieved through some sort of papier-mâché volcano…
From the Archives: Eight Important Things You Need to Know about Inclusion Riders
When Frances McDormand won the Oscar for Best Actress (for Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri) in March, she memorably pointedly concluded her acceptance speech with two words: inclusion rider. The…
The Cast and Crew of The Knick on Working with Steven Soderbergh
The Emmy Award-winning drama The Knick returns to Cinemax for its second season on October 16. Recently, members of the show’s cast and creative team sat down with Elvis Mitchell…
Meet the New Generals in the Streaming Wars: Our 2025 Episodic Directing Lab Fellows
Breaking down a script, working with actors, shot listing, guiding the edit – all crucial tasks for a director, but in the TV world, that’s just the start. TV directors…