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Show Don't Tell: Micro-Budget Filmmaking — 284 episodes · page 1 of 3
Directing Charli XCX With A Crew Of 3 & Playing Sundance, SXSW And TIFF In One Year With Pete Ohs
4x Grammy Nominee Grace Potter On Making DIY Music Videos & Performing With The Rolling Stones
Landing The GREEN DAY Movie "Nimrods", Rescuing "Coyote Vs. Acme" & Building A Fan Owned Studio With Legion M
Writing A Shudder Horror Feature In 10 Days & Making A Micro Budget Paranoia Thriller With Michael Moreci
Behind The Scenes: Writing My First Musical Score
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
Partnering With Joe Swanberg & Shooting A Puppet Horror Feature In 11 Days - With Aidan Leary & C.R. Thompson
From 80 Acting Credits To Producing Her First Feature, Plus How To Actually Crowdfund A Film On WeFunder - With Hannah Barefoot
How to Make a Sub-$500K Feature In 14 Days With A Crew of 5 - An Interview With Filmmaker Cory Thibert
Making A Micro-Budget Feature In 15 Days, Directing Rachel Dratch & Building A 20-Year Creative Brand With Jason Laurits
Getting a $5K Feature into TIFF & Going Viral With An 80 Second Short Film With Nick Toti
Making A $2000 Feature, Landing Vanishing Angle & Getting Into the Blacklist Project Lab - With Nathan Xia
Building A 160K+ YouTube Channel & Making A 1980s Period Feature On A Micro-Budget
Making A $4000 Feature In 12 Days And Releasing Through Tubi
Getting a $75K Feature On HBO & Selling a Video Agency For $17MM With Stefan van de Graaff
How an Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Shot a $60K Boxing Feature With Production Value
TEACHER’S PET Feature Release - Q & A With Noam Kroll & Luke Barnett
Getting Into Sundance With A $30K TV Pilot
West Eldredge On Making An $80,000 Debut Feature Film
Building Netflix Thrillers While Retaining IP With Filmmaker Anna Elizabeth James
Making A $4000 Feature Film Over 1 Year With Filmmaker Mark Hensley
How the DP Behind MONSTER, BULLETPROOF & THE WATERBOY Became One of Hollywood’s Most Insightful Storytellers
Touring With Your Indie Film, Self-Distribution & Building a Sustainable Filmmaking Career With Hudson Phillips
Luke Barnett On Going Viral With A $50 Short & Carving Out Success In Hollywood
DP’ing Jay Duplass' New Feature THE BALTIMORONS With Filmmaker Jon Bregel
Winning Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle with FOIBLES Writer / Director Ryan Oksenberg
Raising $400K, Casting Without Names, and Writing the Iron-Core Story with Mick Lexington
From Wu-Tang & Nicki Minaj Music Videos To A $40K Feature With Filmmaker Matthew Freiheit
Directing a Vertical Series For Candy Jar, Feature Films & More With Filmmaker Emily Elizabeth Thomas
Shooting A No-Crew / No Permit Feature On Blackmagic With Filmmaker Dave Hill
Making A No Crew Feature Supported By David Lowery With Filmmaker Julian Sol Jordan
DP'ing For Tyler Perry Studios, Jared Leto, Tom Delonge & More With Cinematographer Justyn Moro
From Viral YouTube Shorts To A Multi-Million Dollar Feature Debut With Felipe Vargas
How To Make A $7K Feature Film With a Crew of 3: An Interview With Filmmaker Joe Burke
Shooting An 8 Day Feature Film Using "Structured Improv" With Director Christopher Folkens
Making A Linklater-Style Feature Film Over 2 Years With Filmmaker Clinton Cornwell
Making 4 Features & Building a Sustainable Indie Film Model With Nick Psinakis
Using WeFunder To Finance A Debut Feature Film With Filmmaker Vivian Kerr
How To Shoot A 7 Day Feature Film With Filmmaker Ethan Hegel
Building A New Production Model With Matt Cohen & Sean Thomas Flanagan
Cutting The A24 Sundance Feature OPUS & Finding Career Success With Editor Ernie Gilbert
Making A $10,000 Feature Film Documentary With Director Rob Smat
Stephania Dulowski on Editing BUNNYLOVR & Premiering At Sundance 2025
Behind The Scenes With Samantha Scaffidi On The Terrifier Franchise, Her New Short Film & More!
Misha Calvert & Raye Spielberg On Making Their Powerful Short Film PINK FLAGS
From Improv Comedy to Horror Movies: An Interview With Filmmaker Shannon E. Brown
Making 2 Features At Age 50 With Filmmaker Kim Noonan
Making A $65K Feature Film & Landing Theatrical Distribution With Filmmaker Sripal Sama
Directing & DP'ing A No-Budget, No-Crew Monochrome Feature Film With Jean-Baptiste Herment
A Formula For Making & Selling $100,000 Documentary Films
Shooting A 60 Minute Feature Film In One Day With Filmmaker Mark Mc Auley
No-Budget Cinematography: 5 Essential Coverage Methods (Part 2)
Sundance Winner Jim Cummings On Making Groundbreaking Films & Building A Successful Career
No-Budget Cinematography: How To Achieve Stunning Visuals (Part 1)
Surviving The World Of Freelance Filmmaking With Whitney Ingram
Beating Imposter Syndrome As a Filmmaker
Writing, Producing, And Starring In A Debut Micro-Budget Feature, With Filmmaker Jonathon M. Smith
The Pitfalls Of Single Location Feature Filmmaking: How To Keep Your Audience Engaged
Running a Production Company, Landing Top Tier Clients, and Thriving In Commercial Filmmaking With Ryan McGuire
Emmy Winner Marcus Mizelle On Podcasting For Filmmakers, The Role Of Curation In Cinema, And More!
DP Oren Soffer On Shooting THE CREATOR, Finding Your Cinematic Voice, And Thriving In Hollywood
Horror Icon Barbara Crampton On Making Killer Genre Films, Landing Amazing Actors & More!
The Experimental Cinematography Of POOR THINGS - Petzval Lenses, Mixed Formats, And More!
Making A $200 Feature Film With A Crew Of 2 - An Interview With Marty McGowan
8 Issues That Can Kill An Indie Film (And How To Avoid Them)
Shooting A Micro-Budget ACTION Feature With Writer / Director Steven Pierce
How To Direct & DP Your Film At The Same Time (Without Sacrificing Quality)
From SXSW Shorts To Directing Bruce Dern in “Buck Alamo” - An Interview With Benjamin Epstein
From No-Budget Feature To Green Light: Making My Biggest Indie Feature Film To Date
ANYONE BUT YOU Cinematographer Danny Ruhlmann On Achieving Beautiful Visuals In Camera
How To Make A $50K Feature In 5 Days And Land A Theatrical Release
Blink 182’s TOM DELONGE On His Debut Feature Film MONSTERS OF CALIFORNIA
From DIY Short Films To A Major Feature Film Debut With IT LIVES INSIDE Director Bishal Dutta
Jennifer Esposito On Writing & Directing Her Debut Feature Film FRESH KILLS
Developing Your Visual Language With Cinematographer & Columbia Film Professor Tal Lazar
Location Scouting For The Whale, Theater Camp, Reality, And More With Jillian Fisher
Making True Lies, Terminator 2, Platoon, Dirty Dancing, Mortal Kombat, And More With Producer Larry Kasanoff
Making A $135,000 Debut Feature Film In 17 Days With Filmmaker Jason Abrams
How Filmmaker Joshua Caldwell Moved From DIY Feature Films To Theatrical Releases
From $50K Features To Netflix Productions With Film Producer Sevier Crespo
Creating A Powerful Feature Film Proof Of Concept With The Winners Of The Backlot Film Competition
Re-imagining Film Budgeting With Producer & Saturation Founder Jens Jacob
How To Build Passive Income Using Stock Footage With Gray Jones
How I Wrote, Produced & Directed A Feature Film With No-Budget & No-Crew
Making A Critically Acclaimed $30,000 Feature Film With Director Tom Levesque
How To Get A Debut Feature Green Lit, Produced, And Distributed With Filmmaker Josh Guffey
Making 19 Feature Films, Shooting A Movie In 3 Hours, Pioneering Folk Filmmaking & More With Dan Lotz
Carter Smith On Making His Latest Micro-Budget Genre Feature, Finding Festival Success, Landing Distribution & More
Making A Feature Film With No Crew, Premiering at SXSW, Landing Theatrical Distribution & More With Filmmaker Pete Ohs
Producing For Gary Vee, Growing An Audience, And Navigating Social Media - An Interview With DRock
Winning A Netflix Filmmaking Grant With Filmmakers Evelyn Lorena & Maris Lidaka
Creating A Powerful Documentary Feature In 9 Weeks With Mike J Nichols
Making A Debut Short Film With Writer / Director Marisela Grajeda Gonzalez
Late Bloomers: Making Your TV Directing Debut At 69 Years Old (With Faye Brenner)
Filmmaker & Entrepreneur Matt Osterman On His New Feature Film "Bitcon"
Building An Audience Of 11 Million+ With Filmmaker & Yoga With Adriene CEO Chris Sharpe
Senior Producer James P Axiotis On Producing For NBC, Disney, JPA Productions & More
Designing Final Cut Pro, Making Indie Films, And Publishing Books With Mike Wohl
Director & Author Paige Feldman On Filmmaking, Creativity, and Finding Your Path
Filmmaker & Professor Marty Lang On The Future Of Independent Filmmaking