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Directing Charli XCX With A Crew Of 3 & Playing Sundance, SXSW And TIFF In One Year With Pete Ohs

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4x Grammy Nominee Grace Potter On Making DIY Music Videos & Performing With The Rolling Stones

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Landing The GREEN DAY Movie "Nimrods", Rescuing "Coyote Vs. Acme" & Building A Fan Owned Studio With Legion M

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Writing A Shudder Horror Feature In 10 Days & Making A Micro Budget Paranoia Thriller With Michael Moreci

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Behind The Scenes: Writing My First Musical Score

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Shooting A $4,000 Feature With No Crew At 61, Mixing Emmy-Winning TV Sound & Why "Write The Film You Can Shoot" - With Mark Hensley

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Partnering With Joe Swanberg & Shooting A Puppet Horror Feature In 11 Days - With Aidan Leary & C.R. Thompson

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From 80 Acting Credits To Producing Her First Feature, Plus How To Actually Crowdfund A Film On WeFunder - With Hannah Barefoot

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How to Make a Sub-$500K Feature In 14 Days With A Crew of 5 - An Interview With Filmmaker Cory Thibert

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Making A Micro-Budget Feature In 15 Days, Directing Rachel Dratch & Building A 20-Year Creative Brand With Jason Laurits

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Getting a $5K Feature into TIFF & Going Viral With An 80 Second Short Film With Nick Toti

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Making A $2000 Feature, Landing Vanishing Angle & Getting Into the Blacklist Project Lab - With Nathan Xia

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Building A 160K+ YouTube Channel & Making A 1980s Period Feature On A Micro-Budget

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Making A $4000 Feature In 12 Days And Releasing Through Tubi

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Getting a $75K Feature On HBO & Selling a Video Agency For $17MM With Stefan van de Graaff

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How an Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Shot a $60K Boxing Feature With Production Value

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TEACHER’S PET Feature Release - Q & A With Noam Kroll & Luke Barnett

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Getting Into Sundance With A $30K TV Pilot

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West Eldredge On Making An $80,000 Debut Feature Film

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Building Netflix Thrillers While Retaining IP With Filmmaker Anna Elizabeth James

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Making A $4000 Feature Film Over 1 Year With Filmmaker Mark Hensley

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How the DP Behind MONSTER, BULLETPROOF & THE WATERBOY Became One of Hollywood’s Most Insightful Storytellers

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Touring With Your Indie Film, Self-Distribution & Building a Sustainable Filmmaking Career With Hudson Phillips

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Luke Barnett On Going Viral With A $50 Short & Carving Out Success In Hollywood

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DP’ing Jay Duplass' New Feature THE BALTIMORONS With Filmmaker Jon Bregel

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Winning Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle with FOIBLES Writer / Director Ryan Oksenberg

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Raising $400K, Casting Without Names, and Writing the Iron-Core Story with Mick Lexington

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From Wu-Tang & Nicki Minaj Music Videos To A $40K Feature With Filmmaker Matthew Freiheit

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Directing a Vertical Series For Candy Jar, Feature Films & More With Filmmaker Emily Elizabeth Thomas

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Shooting A No-Crew / No Permit Feature On Blackmagic With Filmmaker Dave Hill

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Making A No Crew Feature Supported By David Lowery With Filmmaker Julian Sol Jordan

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DP'ing For Tyler Perry Studios, Jared Leto, Tom Delonge & More With Cinematographer Justyn Moro

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From Viral YouTube Shorts To A Multi-Million Dollar Feature Debut With Felipe Vargas

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How To Make A $7K Feature Film With a Crew of 3: An Interview With Filmmaker Joe Burke

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Shooting An 8 Day Feature Film Using "Structured Improv" With Director Christopher Folkens

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Making A Linklater-Style Feature Film Over 2 Years With Filmmaker Clinton Cornwell

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Making 4 Features & Building a Sustainable Indie Film Model With Nick Psinakis

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Using WeFunder To Finance A Debut Feature Film With Filmmaker Vivian Kerr

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How To Shoot A 7 Day Feature Film With Filmmaker Ethan Hegel

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Building A New Production Model With Matt Cohen & Sean Thomas Flanagan

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Cutting The A24 Sundance Feature OPUS & Finding Career Success With Editor Ernie Gilbert

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Making A $10,000 Feature Film Documentary With Director Rob Smat

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Stephania Dulowski on Editing BUNNYLOVR & Premiering At Sundance 2025

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Behind The Scenes With Samantha Scaffidi On The Terrifier Franchise, Her New Short Film & More!

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Misha Calvert & Raye Spielberg On Making Their Powerful Short Film PINK FLAGS

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From Improv Comedy to Horror Movies: An Interview With Filmmaker Shannon E. Brown

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Making 2 Features At Age 50 With Filmmaker Kim Noonan

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Making A $65K Feature Film & Landing Theatrical Distribution With Filmmaker Sripal Sama

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Directing & DP'ing A No-Budget, No-Crew Monochrome Feature Film With Jean-Baptiste Herment

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A Formula For Making & Selling $100,000 Documentary Films

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Shooting A 60 Minute Feature Film In One Day With Filmmaker Mark Mc Auley

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No-Budget Cinematography: 5 Essential Coverage Methods (Part 2)

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Sundance Winner Jim Cummings On Making Groundbreaking Films & Building A Successful Career

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No-Budget Cinematography: How To Achieve Stunning Visuals (Part 1)

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Surviving The World Of Freelance Filmmaking With Whitney Ingram

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Beating Imposter Syndrome As a Filmmaker

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Writing, Producing, And Starring In A Debut Micro-Budget Feature, With Filmmaker Jonathon M. Smith

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The Pitfalls Of Single Location Feature Filmmaking: How To Keep Your Audience Engaged

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Running a Production Company, Landing Top Tier Clients, and Thriving In Commercial Filmmaking With Ryan McGuire

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Emmy Winner Marcus Mizelle On Podcasting For Filmmakers, The Role Of Curation In Cinema, And More!

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DP Oren Soffer On Shooting THE CREATOR, Finding Your Cinematic Voice, And Thriving In Hollywood

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Horror Icon Barbara Crampton On Making Killer Genre Films, Landing Amazing Actors & More!

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The Experimental Cinematography Of POOR THINGS - Petzval Lenses, Mixed Formats, And More!

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Making A $200 Feature Film With A Crew Of 2 - An Interview With Marty McGowan

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8 Issues That Can Kill An Indie Film (And How To Avoid Them)

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Shooting A Micro-Budget ACTION Feature With Writer / Director Steven Pierce

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How To Direct & DP Your Film At The Same Time (Without Sacrificing Quality)

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From SXSW Shorts To Directing Bruce Dern in “Buck Alamo” - An Interview With Benjamin Epstein

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From No-Budget Feature To Green Light: Making My Biggest Indie Feature Film To Date

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ANYONE BUT YOU Cinematographer Danny Ruhlmann On Achieving Beautiful Visuals In Camera

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How To Make A $50K Feature In 5 Days And Land A Theatrical Release

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Blink 182’s TOM DELONGE On His Debut Feature Film MONSTERS OF CALIFORNIA

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From DIY Short Films To A Major Feature Film Debut With IT LIVES INSIDE Director Bishal Dutta

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Jennifer Esposito On Writing & Directing Her Debut Feature Film FRESH KILLS

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Developing Your Visual Language With Cinematographer & Columbia Film Professor Tal Lazar

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Location Scouting For The Whale, Theater Camp, Reality, And More With Jillian Fisher

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Making True Lies, Terminator 2, Platoon, Dirty Dancing, Mortal Kombat, And More With Producer Larry Kasanoff

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Making A $135,000 Debut Feature Film In 17 Days With Filmmaker Jason Abrams

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How Filmmaker Joshua Caldwell Moved From DIY Feature Films To Theatrical Releases

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From $50K Features To Netflix Productions With Film Producer Sevier Crespo

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Creating A Powerful Feature Film Proof Of Concept With The Winners Of The Backlot Film Competition

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Re-imagining Film Budgeting With Producer & Saturation Founder Jens Jacob

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How To Build Passive Income Using Stock Footage With Gray Jones

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How I Wrote, Produced & Directed A Feature Film With No-Budget & No-Crew

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Making A Critically Acclaimed $30,000 Feature Film With Director Tom Levesque

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How To Get A Debut Feature Green Lit, Produced, And Distributed With Filmmaker Josh Guffey

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Making 19 Feature Films, Shooting A Movie In 3 Hours, Pioneering Folk Filmmaking & More With Dan Lotz

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Carter Smith On Making His Latest Micro-Budget Genre Feature, Finding Festival Success, Landing Distribution & More

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Making A Feature Film With No Crew, Premiering at SXSW, Landing Theatrical Distribution & More With Filmmaker Pete Ohs

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Producing For Gary Vee, Growing An Audience, And Navigating Social Media - An Interview With DRock

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Winning A Netflix Filmmaking Grant With Filmmakers Evelyn Lorena & Maris Lidaka

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Creating A Powerful Documentary Feature In 9 Weeks With Mike J Nichols

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Making A Debut Short Film With Writer / Director Marisela Grajeda Gonzalez

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Late Bloomers: Making Your TV Directing Debut At 69 Years Old (With Faye Brenner)

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Filmmaker & Entrepreneur Matt Osterman On His New Feature Film "Bitcon"

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Building An Audience Of 11 Million+ With Filmmaker & Yoga With Adriene CEO Chris Sharpe

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Senior Producer James P Axiotis On Producing For NBC, Disney, JPA Productions & More

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Designing Final Cut Pro, Making Indie Films, And Publishing Books With Mike Wohl

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Director & Author Paige Feldman On Filmmaking, Creativity, and Finding Your Path

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Filmmaker & Professor Marty Lang On The Future Of Independent Filmmaking