All Episodes

Episode 148 | Managing the Chaos: Releases, Metadata, and Legal Must-Haves | With Lisa Califf

Episode 147 | The Sound of Story: What Documentary Filmmakers Need to Hear | With James LeBrecht

Episode 146 | Wearing Every Hat: Surviving as a One-Person Crew | With Dandan Liu

Episode 145 | AI and the Documentary Filmmaker | With Philip Shane

Episode 144 | The Ethics Lab: Access, Consent & Trust | With Alan Berry & Mark Enochs

Episode 143 | How Do I Sustain My Documentary? | With Jilann Spitzmiller

Episode 142 | How Do I Fund My Film? | With Liz Nord

Episode 141 | Building a Sustainable Documentary Life | With Ondi Timoner

All Good Things Must Come to An End

Winning an Oscar for Your Documentary Film

Cinematography in Documentary Film

Reality Television and the Documentary Filmmaker

Documentary Filmmaking During a Pandemic

Race in the Documentary Filmmaking Community

The Online Film Festival for the Documentary Filmmaker

Spirituality in Documentary Filmmaking with Mickey Lemle

Personal Trauma in Documentary Film with Sasha Joseph Neulinger

Doc Filmmaking in the Mountains with Eric Becker

YouTube For the Documentary Filmmaker with David Hoffman

Making the Sports Documentary with Gotham Chopra

Documentary Film and the Music Composer with Nainita Desai

Mental Health and the Documentary Filmmaker with Rebecca Day

Finding Yingying with Jiayan Shi

Fire in Paradise with Drea Cooper

Documentary Film Promotions & Marketing with Jon Reiss

First Time Doc Filmmaker Wins the Stanley Cup, with Joshua Riehl

Film Travel Tips and Gear Insurance

Your Breakthrough Year and #Doclifer, Josh Davidsburg

Season Two TDL BONUS!

Documenting Your Family with Irene Taylor Brodsky

Editing For Documentary Filmmakers with Paddy Bird

Filming Behind Bars with Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein

How to Raise $8k Quickly and Bring Scriptwriting Principles to Your Documentary Film

Sculpture, Breast Cancer, and Documentary Film with Prune Nourry

Email Marketing for the Documentary Filmmaker

Documentary Filmmaking Abroad with Edward Watts & Waad Al-Kateab

The Fundraising Houseparty For the Documentary Filmmaker

Lean Team Documentary Filmmaking with Rustin Thompson

The Doc Filmmaker’s Money Mindset & Blue Collar Filmmaking

Melbourne Documentary and Chasing the Jet Stream

Make Great Documentaries From Where You Are with Billy Corben

Maiden and Archival Storytelling with Alex Holmes

Meta Filmmaking and Framing John DeLorean

Making a Documentary Series in China with Dominic Johnson-Hill

Doug Block and The D-Word

Crowdfunding Your Documentary Film with John Trigonis

Doc Filmmaking, Festivals, and Podcasting with Thom Powers

On the FRONTLINE with Doc Filmmakers, James Jones and Olivier Sarbil

The First Female Director with Pamela B. Green

100 – Happy Thanksgiving Finale From The Documentary Life

99 – Outdoor Adventure Films with Peter Mortimer

98 – Working with Werner Herzog and Les Blank with Maureen Gosling

97 – Understanding Doc Society with Maxyne Franklin

96 – Short Your Way to a Feature with Jon Kasbe

95 – America to Steve James

94 – Documentary Film Distribution with Jon Reiss

93 – The Full-time Doc Filmmaker, with Mat Hames

92 – How to Fund Your Film: The Individual Donor

91 – Doc Filmmakers Getting Real, with Claire Aguilar

90 – 5 (More) Reasons to Make Your Documentary Film

89 – Minding the Gap with Director, Bing Liu

88 – 5 Tips for Your Film Festival Strategy

87 – Learning to Breath with Documentary Photography with Alison Wright

86 – Influential Documentaries to My Doc Life

85 – Talking Directing and Development with Three Identical Strangers director, Tim Wardle

84 – Staying Connected as a Documentary Filmmaker

83 – My (Rather Candid) Conversation with Brexitannia Director, Timothy George Kelly

82 – Maximizing Your Doc Life with Pedram Shojai, OMD

81 – Hacking the Documentary Film Festival, Part Two

80 – Hacking the Documentary Film Festival, Part One

79 – Filming in Dangerous Environments with Doc Filmmakers, Chris Kelly & Venerable Luon Sovath

78 – From Producing Film DVD Extras to Doc Filmmaking with Jeffrey Schwarz

77 – Mobile Filmmaking Special Pt 2, with FiLMic Pro’s, Neill Barham

76 – Mobile Filmmaking Special, Pt 1 with Anna Brees

75 – Talking the Doc Life with My Doc Wife

74 – Archival Storytelling For Your Documentary with Tom Jennings

73 – Making Great Sound for Your Documentary with Jean Umansky

72 – Direct Distribution for Your Documentary with Christopher Rufo

71 – Making a Netflix Docuseries with Flint Town Producer, Gary Kout

70 – Crowdfunding for Your Documentary with Seed & Spark’s, Emily Best

69 – The Art of Film Funding with Carole Lee Dean

68 – Wild Wild Documentary Life with Maclain and Chapman Way

67 – Making the Personal Documentary with Michael Wiese

66 – Making Your Splash as a Documentary Filmmaker with Kelly Richmond Pope

65 – The Other Side of the Doc Camera with Up Series’, Nick Hitchon

64 – Margaret Byrne Leads a Documentary Life

63 – Stories Make the World with Documentary Writer/Producer, Stephen Most

Career Doc Filmmaker + 2018 Academy Award Nominee, Steve James

Filming in Extreme Weather Conditions with Doc Filmmaker, Anthony Powell

‘Directing the Documentary’ with Michael Rabiger

Film Funding & Distribution with ‘Big Sonia’ Filmmakers

The Importance of IDA for the Doc Filmmaker with Simon Kilmurry

How to Make a Music Documentary with Ian McFarland

How to Shoot a MicroDoc with Preeti Mankar Deb

How to Write Your Documentary Film Grant Proposal with Joanna Rabiger

TDL Highlights of 2017

5 Advantages to Shooting Solo + Conversation with iPhone Doc Filmmaker, Jack Ballo

5 Things to Look For in a Fiscal Sponsorship + Conversation with The Film Festival Doctor

The Imposter Syndrome + Conversation with Doc Filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo

5 Ways to Nurture Your Doc Life + Conversation with Doc Filmmaker, Rebecca Dreyfus