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How SNL Editors Turn 36 Hours of Footage Into a Finished Sketch

Actor-Turned-Director Lee Kirk on Directing Actors and the Making of 'Nimrods'

Fantastic Fest Triumphs With 'Fantastic Pitches'

Fantastic Fest Premiere 'Into the Sky' Proves an 'Indie Blockbuster' is Possible

How 'Voicemails for Isabelle' Director Leah McKendrick Defeated Development Hell and Got Her Movie Made

She Shot Her First Feature in Just 11 Nights — Making 'Lockjaw'

The Art of the Reshoot: How the 'It Ends' Team Saved Their Indie Horror Feature

How a Wine-Infused Cold Email & Pool Parties Got 'Pools' Noticed

Inside 25 Years of Tribeca: What Independent Filmmakers Need to Know

Fiscal Sponsorship Explained

The Editing Process Behind Dialogue-Driven Drama The Revisionist

From Script to $100k Equity Financing: Navigating The Greenlight List (Partner Episode)

The Filmmakers at Wonder Dynamics Building AI for Filmmakers

How This Comedy Was Edited Before Production Wrapped

The Long Game of Producing: Joy Gorman's Career Lessons

Inside the Craft of Action With Emmy-Nominated Stunt Coordinator Victor Paguia

The Art of Asking for Money for Indie Films feat. Madhouse Films

How Microbudget ‘Sour Party’ Became a Steven Soderbergh Presents

Secrets to an Oscar Short Film Campaign with Julia Aks and Steve Pinder

The Assistant Route: Networking, Mentorship, and Building a Film Career & Community

How a $7K, 7-Day Movie Built Around One Extraordinary Person Became a Festival Hit

Designing Indie Horror: The Production Design of 'Obsession'

The Art of Curation: Inside Kanopy’s Approach to Film Discovery

The Logistics of Chaos: Directing Lord of the Flies With 36 Child Actors With Marc Munden

Pete Ohs' 2026 Distribution Experiment #2: Erupcja (and Releasing an Indie Starring Charli XCX)

They Started in the Red — Then Made a Movie: The Story of 'Hacked'

They Said This Movie Did Everything You’re Not Supposed To—Then The President’s Cake Won Cannes

Insights Into Blackmagic Design's Latest Cameras and Products Introduced at NAB 2026

How Specificity Makes Better Films: ‘Mile End Kicks’ and ‘I Like Movies’ Director Chandler Levack Explains

Inside Premiere’s Color Mode: Adobe’s Biggest Color Grading Overhaul in a Decade

'Modern Whore': How a Creative Crush Turned Into a Sean Baker-Backed Film

How to Build Trust with Documentary Subjects Before You Roll — Live from Aspen Shortsfest

Shooting in Real Time with “The Pitt” DP Johanna Coelho

A Path to Profitability in an Industry Built on Fear?

Reimagining Post: AI-Powered Rough Cuts Editing Overnight (Partner Episode)

From Evil Dead Rise to The Mummy: Lee Cronin on Evolving Horror

How to Edit for a Screen Life Film: Insights from the Team Behind Mercy

How a $30K Animated Indie Scored a Theatrical Run — Then Landed on HBO

The AI Doc Breakdown — Filmmaking in the Age of Uncertainty

Pete Ohs' 2026 Distribution Experiment #1: 'OBEX'

SXSW 2026 Was Where Film and AI Met as Frenemies

The Horror in What You Don’t See—How Sound and Rhythm Build Suspense in 'Undertone'

Director Amy Wang Reveals the Job That Keeps Filmmakers Working After Film School

The Best Distillation of Filmmaking: An A24 Edit Case Study

What These DPs Used Instead of Stills to Land Their Sundance Films

‘Send Help’ Producer Zainab Azizi’s Studio Filmmaking Playbook

The Quiet Throughline in This Year’s Sundance Shorts

How to Write Romance Scripts That Sell: Insider Tips from The Love List

The Indie Exhibition Problem (And the People Fixing It)

How to Get Into — or at Least Go to — SXSW

How to Self-Produce an Indie TV Pilot in Your Hometown… and Premiere at Sundance

How to Find Collaborators at Film Festivals, from Sundance '26

One Last Run in Park City: How to Ski the Treacherous Slopes of Independent Film at Sundance ‘26

The Industry Awakens: What It Means for Your Short‑ And Long‑Term Career

Breaking Down a Doc Fest Run: Process, People, and Payoff

Why Film Culture Still Needs Physical Spaces: A Case Study of Vidiots

How a Film Score Actually Gets Made (Step by Step) & Pete Ohs’ Distribution Experiment of 2026

Your Movie Is Out In The World. Now What?

How 'The Plague' Perfected the Horror of Growing Up

One Lens, One Vision: The Cinematography of 'The Creator'

How Earning an Actor’s Trust as a Director Can Drive Your Career

From Book to Big Screen: Rebecca Sonnenshine’s Adaptation Playbook (The Housemaid, The Boys)

David Zaslav Will Make Nearly $1 Billion From Selling Warner Bros. to Netflix (or Paramount). How Much Will Filmmakers Make?

How Queer, Gender-Fluid DP Gayle Ye Is Transforming Set Culture From Within

Documenting the Business of Fear: Inside HBO’s 'Thoughts & Prayers'

You’re Picture Locked. Now What? (Plus Dir. Ruben Fleischer!)

How We Are Reclaiming Development

Editing an American Epic: Inside 'Train Dreams' with Dir Clint Bentley & Editor Parker Laramie

State of the Industry & the Art of Programming with Nicolas Curcio and Imani Davis

Do We Even Need Reps? How 'Violent Ends' Director John-Michael Powell Made His Theatrical Feature Without Them

Why the Austin Film Festival Is #1 for Screenwriters (and Could Texas Be #1 for Film Production?)

Why Netflix’s #1 Film 'The Perfect Neighbor' Is the Edit Everyone’s Talking About

The Art of Coming Undone: Mary Bronstein on ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’

Are You Up to the ‘Task’ of Directing Great TV? Jeremiah Zagar on How to Helm an HBO Hit

Can Filmmakers Make Money by Adding a ‘Tip Jar’ to the Credits? ‘Dolly’ Filmmakers Find Out

Breaking Taboos with Slamdance-Winning 'Chaperone' Director

AI as a Tool, Not a Shortcut: Inside the Chroma Awards

Shane Black’s Filmmaking Philosophy

Benny Safdie on Blurring Reality and Fiction in 'The Smashing Machine'

Accountability, Networking, and Creative Grind with Just Shoot It

Inside Adult Animation: Creating Netflix’s 'Haunted Hotel'

The Poetry of VFX: Building Gotham with Emmy-Winning Team of 'The Penguin'

Why the 20th Edition of Fantastic Fest is the Most Important One for Filmmakers

First Love, Queer Cinema, and the Art of Collaboration

What You Don’t See in 'HIM': Taylor Mason on the Edit That Shapes It

How Theaters Choose What to Show: Inside Programming

How to Make an Indie Film with 8‑Hour Days and On‑Set Childcare

How Macon Blair Reinvented the Cult Classic The Toxic Avenger

Cutting Comedy: Inside the Edit of Saturday Night Live’s 50th Anniversary

Unlearning Grind Culture With Oscar-Winning Editor Paul Rogers

Shooting Live Between Mumbai and Frankfurt with a Global Superstar

Showrunners Nick Stoller & Francesca Delbanco on Sharing Everything

How a Smutty Pizza Pitch Won the Frontières 'Short to Feature' Comp

Field Producing on Last Week Tonight & Tackling Vimeo’s EU/UK Problem

Why Dating—and Making a Second Feature—Drives Us a Little Crazy

Run-and-Gun Risks and When Jim Cummings Becomes Your EP

John Hamburg on Writing the Most Quotable Movies of All Time

Finding the Story in Marc Maron’s Grief and Comedy

Lights, Camera, Disruption: Breaking Taboos By Challenging Status Quo

Why 'Atlanta' Works: Emmy-Nominated Editor Isaac Hagy on Crafting Great Story

How Vimeo Staff Picks Actually Work

When a Film Nearly Falls Apart, Then Wins Sundance: Alessandra Lacorazza on 'In the Summers'

The Art of Iteration with Pixar’s Pete Docter

Found Footage with Bite: Tribeca-Premiering ‘Man Finds Tape’

Filmmaking Lessons from a Married Directing Team

Coppola Told Me: Shoot It on Your Phone

Real Talk on Film Finance, Distribution, and Pre-Sales

A First-Timer’s Guide to the Cannes Film Festival

From Marcel to Stitch: Dean Fleischer Camp on Protecting Your Character’s Soul

Why Regional Films and Fests are Essential

What We Lose If We Don’t Preserve Film

What It Takes to Make a First Feature

Studio Strategy & Indie Grit in the Wake of ‘Sinners’

The Secret to a Calm Film Set with Director Mimi Cave

Why Playing It Safe Will Ruin Your Movie — Blumhouse Hit Director Christopher Landon on Drop

What They Don’t Tell You About Editing a Feature with 'Sacramento' Editor

How Real Is STAY IN LA? Plus Sundance DPs on Landing Jobs & Getting Shots

Filmmaker’s Guide to SXSW: Tips, Takeaways & Tough Lessons

Blueprints for Making Films Outside of the System

Crafting Connection: The Editors Behind 'Daughters'

Amazon Captures Bond and a Producer on Producing

How ‘The Substance’ Editor Trimmed the Fat of the Hit Body Horror Flick

This 30 Min Oner Short Played Sundance & Slamdance

Why This ‘Last Showgirl’ Producer Thinks Indie Cinema Still Has Legs

How ‘Companion’ Director Drew Hancock Built His Career on Reps & Luck

How Sundance Didn't Die

‘Back in Action’ Director Seth Gordon: Get Lost in One Detail at a Time

SXSW Vets Teach Rookies How to Fest

How Filmmakers Are Coming Together Amidst the LA Fires

How Leaving LA Led to a 40 Theater Release With a First Script

John August Wants to Make Your (Screenwriting) Life Easier

James Mangold Unwraps the Craft of "A Complete Unknown"

How The ‘Los Frikis’ Directors Injected Dark Humor, History, and HIV into Their Film

Invisible Work of Producers Plus Sundance Slate 2025

Lie Your Way to the Top, FYC, Festival Purgatory & the Indies

Programmers & Filmmakers on the State of Shorts

How Director David Gordon Green Reverse-Engineered ‘Nutcrackers' Plus Major Movie Monologues

WWII Recap & 'Best Man’s Ghostwriter' Creator Matthew Starr

Editing Duplass Episodic 'Penelope' & Film Industry Outside of NY & LA Feat. Celia Beasley

Microbudget Filmmakers Are Not Okay (But Thanks for Asking) — Advice & Support from AFF Filmmakers

How Indie Body Horror Comedy 'Booger' Director, Editor & Lead Meld Minds

From Madagascar to Hollywood with Director Andrew Kightlinger; Plus, 'Don't Move' Directors’ Microbudget to Sam Raimi-Produced Journey

Why Writer-Director Hallie Meyers-Shyer Wrote ‘Goodrich’ for Only Michael Keaton

Navigating Austin Film Fest; DP Mihai Malaimare Jr.: From Film School to Francis Ford Coppola

Applying for Your O-1 Visa To Work in Film and TV

How to Scale Video Editing With an AI Storytelling Partner

Bad Shabbos' Editor Talks Mental Health in Post & How Doc Informs Narrative

Death of Pilot Season, Big Pivots & Max Lugavere's Deeply Personal, Long-Game Doc ‘Little Empty Boxes’

The State of Spec Scripts, ‘The Substance’ & Panama Filmmaking

Why Indie Film Distribution Is About To Go Punk Rock

Imagery, Fall Fest Sales & Director Niclas Larsson on His 'Mother, Couch!' Production Book

We’re All Halfway Through Writing a Short Film That We Will Direct

Why A LUT Will Save Your Movie (Kinda)

How ‘Continue’ Director Nadine Crocker Turned Rejection Into Two Lionsgate Features

Back-To-Back Microbudgets, Folk Filmmaking & the Micro-Budget Chain Reaction Feat. ‘Peak Season’ Directors

Why Producer Ken Kao (Cuckoo, The Nice Guys, Mid90s) Wants More Mid-Budget Films

Crafting Tension: ‘Spermworld’ & ‘How To Blow Up a Pipeline’ Editor Explains

Rebuilding the Film Industry, Closure, Plus a $400 Doc Short

'DÌDI (弟弟)’ Director Sean Wang & Editor Arielle Zakowski on Kid Talent, Short Turnarounds & Angst on the Big Screen

Want To Make Worldbuilding Movies? ‘Borderlands’ EP Emmy Yu on Development, Production & Why VFX Should Be Onboard ASAP

Making a Movie Is Scary—This Is How We Manage Our Fear

‘War Game’ Directors Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber on Fearless Collaboration, Plus Comic-Con & Experimental Films

Breaking Down the Black List

Navigate All Facets of Comedy With 'The Office' & 'Abbott Elementary' Director Ken Whittingham

How ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Editor Balances Creative, Tech & Negotiates Higher Pay

Paramount — Skydance Merger; Scope, Scale & Dragon Battles

How To Write a Movie To Shoot (In Three Months)

The Burden of Unpaid Work, Ramping Up Your Reps & Roth IRAs; Plus ‘A Family Affair’ Screenwriter Carrie Solomon

Why This Doc Editor Let's Himself Get Lost

Don’t Sacrifice Creative: ‘A House is Not A Disco’ DP & Editor Share Tools on Staying Lean, Nimble

‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Writer-Director Michael Sarnoski's Path from 'Pig' to Studio Franchise

'Ren Faire' Dir Lance Oppenheim Plus Hard Comedy and Hard Questions

An Editing Round Table Of Emmy Contenders Part II

Jeff Nichols Discusses the Inspiration, Writing, and Directing of 'The Bikeriders'

An Editing Round Table Of Emmy Contenders!

Your Freelance Healthcare Questions Answered

Choosing Your Next Project & Immediate Next Steps

How to Get Your Short Out In the World & Write to Your Darkest Instincts

Break Up With Your Temp Score & Other Placeholders; Plus, Blackmagic Won NAB

How To Cut Like an Anthropologist from 'Scrambled’ & ‘Alpha’ Editor Sandra Granovsky

The Pause in Pipeline Programs & What It Means for You

‘Prom Dates’ Writer & Director on Reviving the Teen Sex Comedy

Film Fests: The Merits and Scams; Plus, Film Communities Outside of the Bubbles with Amy Dotson

How To Get a Short Film Into Sundance – and Turn It Into a Feature

‘Shōgun’ DPs on Lenses, Looks & How ‘The Descent’ Brought Them Together

Writing the Unfilmable & Managing Your Career When SH*T Hits the Fan

How ‘Challengers’ Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes Aces Character, Tension and Stakes

Packaging and the Death of Naked Specs

Live from NAB 2024: Blackmagic's CEO on the URSA Cine 12K & Future of AI

Editing Tyler Perry's Life Story with Filmmaker Erick Sasso

Why The 'Blood for Dust' Director & Producer Don't Wait for Permission To Make Movies

These No Film School Listeners Won Slamdance and Then Some

Survive Until 2025

How to Safely Light Chris Hemsworth on Fire

How Heat Shapes Your Career & the Biz Feat Oscar-Nominated Producer Chris Moore & Team

Is Achieving the American Dream Possible Through Cinematography?

Troubleshooting Tech for Dummies & Bombing an Interview

Let’s Talk About Sex (On Screen) With a Team of Intimacy Coordinators

To Rent or Buy Gear? Plus, Movies That Made Us Want To Make Movies

Pete Ohs Rethinks How We Make Movies

How Your First Ten Pages — Or AI? — Will Determine if Someone Finishes Your Script

‘Damsel’ Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Sets Fantasy on Fire (And It Looks Awesome)

How We Manage Our Careers — From Annual Goals to Daily Tasks

How Broadcast Dramas Work, With ‘Quantum Leap’ Writer Shakina

Dissecting Emerging AI and Why Your Human Voice Is So Important

Career-Sustaining Advice for a Consolidating Film Industry

How To Ensure People Can Watch Your Movie (Hopefully) Forever

How First-Time Feature Director Katie Burrell Subverts Ski Comedy... Hilariously

Are Super Bowl Ads Creative Anymore? Plus, a New Film Camera!

‘The Florida Project’ Producer Francesca Silvestri & ‘Suncoast’ Director Laura Chinn on Unlocking the Director-Producer Relationship

Indecision Is Death: ‘Argylle’ Director Matthew Vaughn on Titles, Twists & Scripts

Neon’s Horror Subversion ‘Handling the Undead’ Director Thea Hvistendahl on the Patience To Face Your Nightmares

'Expats' Director Lulu Wang on the Power of Saying “No”…and Sound

Oscars Snobbery or Misogyny? Plus, Doug Liman's 'Road House' Boycott

Lollapalooza, Oil, & Life-Or-Death Stakes: These Sundance Doc Directors Wear All the Hats

E-Girl Investigators of Sundance Premiere Neon Doc ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ on Ethics, DIY, and How To Ask For What You Need

From Landing the Job to Boosting Morale: Sundance DP Roundtable Dives into Filters & More

When Sundance Is the End of Your Festival Run: ‘How To Have Sex’ Director Molly Manning Walker

NFS @ Sundance: Community and Creativity at the No Film School Alumni Party

‘Layla’ Director Amrou Al-Kadhi and Cast on Opening Sundance, Casting Chemistry, and the Power of Subtext

NFS @ Sundance: Risks, Giveaways and What the Fest Tells Us About the Industry

‘Blackfish’ Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite Turns Blacklist Script ‘I.S.S.’ Into Sci-Fi Thriller Theatrical Release

Surviving Our Lowest Lows

Crucial Advice on Pitching Your TV Show

Industry Etiquette Tips for Social Media and Feedback

How To Make a Movie... For TikTok?

Filmmaker Resolutions for 2024

Why Breaking Story Is Like Breaking a Horse

Micro Budget by Design With the Screenwriting Life’s Jeff Graham

Indie Horror Duo the LeVecks: From Production To Press On ‘A Creature Was Stirring’

A Shocking Netflix Dump, Plus Lessons From Our Fav Holiday Flicks

'Share?' Director Ira Rosensweig on Full Stack Filmmaking

Why Don’t We Have an Indie Streaming Platform? Plus Our 700th Episode!

Unpacking the Ethical Minefield of Docs With the Team Behind ‘Subject’

The Joy of Networking in Hollywood!

How ‘May December’ Writer Samy Burch Plays With Power on the Page

What Actors Need To Know About Cinematography, Plus Building Your Post Team

‘Hungry Dog Blues’ Filmmakers Share Secret to Indie Film (Good Follow Up)

Gift Guide 2023 and the Pokémon Cards of Filmmaking

‘Asteroid City’ DP Robert D. Yeoman on Film vs Digital, Long-Term Director Relationships, and Sleep

An Indie Film Exec Unpacks The Post-Strike World

Demystifying Artist Labs and Programs with Tribeca Studios’ Bryce Norbitz

How To Talk About Your Film Career at the Holiday Dinner Table

‘TMNT: Mutant Mayhem’ Production Designer Yashar Kassai on the Future of Animation

Avoid Making Your Sets Look Like Sets; Plus, Are Intermissions Back?

Why Horror Films Are a Mirror of Society

Piloting Real-Time Post-Collab on Damien LeVeck’s Holiday Horror

Breaking Down the Color of Horror with LatinXorcists’ Ricardo Martinez

Practical Advice for Practical Effects With the Directors of SXSW Creature Feature ‘Snatchers'

Adventures in Indie Filmmaking and Leveraging Famous Faces

How 'The Creator' DP Challenges Big Budget Filmmaking with an Indie Mindset

How The Weird Satanist Guy Spawned a Sundance Indie With Demon Puppets

Why You Should Write Your Spec with 'Greenland' Screenwriter Chris Sparling

The WGA Strike is Over - What's Next?

The Most Disturbing Shorts at Sundance

The Writer's Strike Ends and Social Media Debates a Screenplay Page

How To Cast, Direct and Make Movies for Kids

The iPhone 15 is for Filmmakers, Casting Problems, and a Panamanian Adventure

How These SNL Editors Cut an Emmy-Nominated Sketch With 60+ VFX Shots in Two Days

Secrets to a Happy Set

How “Blackberry” Editor Induces Anxiety in Comedy

Strike Updates & Questions Directors Need To Answer in Prep (Feat. A Director in Prep)

Grit, Hustle and Self-Distribution: Learnings From Team Behind "Anchorage"

How To Write a Screenplay in Ten Days and Shoot a Movie in Less

How To Reinvent a Classic With Birth/Rebirth’s Laura Moss and Brendan J. O’Brien

How To Actually Shoot a Movie On Your iPhone

SNL Vet On Directing, Producing and Shooting Sketch, Parody and Satire

Rock & Roller Grace Potter Explains Her Filmic Inspirations, Aspirations

“Mutt” Director and Actor Unpack Career-Launching First Feature

How “The Bear” Editor Harnesses Chaos Across Film and TV

Top Legal Mistakes Filmmakers Make and How To Avoid Them

How To Shoot and Edit for Visual and Practical FX With “Appendage” Editor

How Appalachia-Based Filmmakers Blend Doc and Myth in “King Coal”

The DGA Deal Point Everyone Should Be Talking About, Plus Strike Updates

"Plan C" Editor Reveals the Skill Every Creative Should Foster

Your Double Strike Questions Answered: Waivers, Indies, Subscriptions and More

Why You Shouldn't Choose a Lane as a Filmmaker

What Indie Filmmakers Can Learn From ‘Indiana Jones’

What Podcasters and TV Writers Can Learn From Each Other

The Boundary-Pushing Tech at Cine Gear and Tribeca

What Can Tribeca Doc Editors Teach Us About Tools, Tone and Working Remote?

How To Sell Your TV Show Plus a Sundance Episodic Darling

The Festival Challenging Industry Norms & It's Best Feature Doc Winner

Big Movies Require Big Risks - 'God is a Bullet’ Producer and Financier Talks Filmmaking

‘Extraction 2’ Director Sam Hargrave’s Advice on Oners, Stunts, and Emails

Live From TriBeCa plus a Film That Takes on Toxic Frat Culture

‘White Lotus’ DP Explains the Difference Between Shooting Film & TV

How to Transition Roles Within the Film Industry Feat. ‘Flamin’ Hot’ Director Eva Longoria

How to Craft a Freaky Jump Scare With ‘Boogeyman’ Director Rob Savage

Why We’ll Be Babysitting AI To Avoid a Cliche Hellhole

An Accidental First Feature—Walé Oyéjidé’s on His Stunning ‘Bravo, Burkina!’

How To Navigate Hollywood Power Structures and What SAG Striking Means for the WGA

How To Break Into TV and Keep Healthy Boundaries

Is Your Project Fellowship-Ready? Plus, Find The Perfect IP For You

A Step-By-Step Guide to Indie Film: From Labs to Sundance to Theaters

Live From the WGA Picket Line and Why It Matters to You

How To Nail Camp Across Genres

How To Salvage a Toxic Production and the Death of the Movie Star

Puberty and Filmmaking—Not So Different! ‘Are You There God?’ Director Kelly Fremon Craig

Golden Elevator to Indie Film? Plus, Rolling Calls

'Chevalier' Director Stephen Williams on Big Breaks Outside of Hollywood

Day 2 of NAB 2023: Innovation, Battle Testing Camera to Cloud

Day 1 of NAB 2023: The Largest Community of Creatives and the Philosophy of What Makes a Camera Great

‘Renfield’ Director Chris McKay: The DNA of Your Movie Is the People Who Make It

WGA Strikes for Everybody, Plus Ray Romano, and Falling Out of Love

‘Joyland’ Director Saim Sadiq Redefines What it Means to be a Director

True Originality is Within Your Grasp

Turning "You're Not Gonna Make It" into Emmys with Director-Editor Kabir Akhtar

The Money Episode

How to Greenlight Yourself with ‘Wildflower’ Director

Tarantino's Last Movie, plus, Surviving Freelance, Anchoring Scripts, and Ronin 4D Flex

How to Cut Weeks of Shooting and Still Win at Sundance with ‘Mami Wata’ Director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi and Cinematographer Lílis Soares

Too Many Cooks in the Best Picture Category? Plus, Critiques, Critics, and 'No Hard Feelings'

Daniels and Paul Rogers talk Oscar-Winning (Re-Run)

From Sundance to SXSW: "Fancy Dance" Director Erica Tremblay and Co-Writer Miciana Alise

Big Data in Little Hollywood

SXSW Preview: Should You Produce Your Festival Experience? Plus Interview with Director Ella Glendining

Do We Miss Development Hell? Plus, The Last of Us

"The Banshees of Inisherin" Editor Mikkel E.G. Nielsen on Making Films Come Full Circle

Do We Need AI to Cry? Plus, the Future of Red.

Nailing the LOL with Women Write Now’s Sundance Fellows

Editors and Post Sound Have a Crush on Each Other('s Work)

How to Deal with Agents, Managers, and Breaking Up with Collaborators

Jason Woliner on Developing Filmmaking Stamina and Creative Confidence

For These DP's Connecting with Story and Storytellers Prevents Burnout

Live From Sundance: Festival Favorites, Acquisitions, and the Good/Bad/Ugly of Networking

“Don’t Follow the Rules, Rewrite the Rules” — Sundance Director Alison O'Daniel on Slow Burn Filmmaking by Design, Weaving Captioning into Film Narrative

Live from Sundance, plus Powderkeg Media’s Head of Development Approaches the Fest in a Time of Pure Flux

What We Wish We Knew About Film Festivals When We Were Younger

What is the 'Secret Sauce' of a Great Film? Oscar-Winning Editor Lee Smith Helps Us Find Out

Why is Francis Ford Coppola Losing His Crew?

How to Make Money as a Cinematographer

You Can Own a Piece of A Disruptive Film and TV Development Model

Darius Khondji on Scale, Scope, and Cinematic Storytelling

Filmmaker First Steps: Anne Sophie Bine on Short Film Success

There is a Whole New Way Movies Are Marketed... Will it Work?

Going Right From Film School Shorts to a First Feature

Making Your Creative Intentions Count

Todd Field Tells us How to Study Character in Tar

A.I. Leaps Forward Again...Do Filmmakers Need to Worry?

How to Craft Natural Light into Stunning Visuals in Banshees of Inisherin

NEW AI Tech That Blows Our Minds and How to Use Improv on Set

Navigating Ego in Filmmaking

How to Get Your Kinds of Movies Made with Dean Craig Writer/Director of 'The Estate'

Is This the Tool Filmmakers Need to Find Their Audience?

Tony Kushner Breaks Down 'The Fabelmans' and Collaborating with Steven Spielberg

You Finished Your Screenplay. Now What?

“Smile” Director and DP Share the Secret Rules to Their On-Set Success

How to Get Commercial Directing Gigs and Brand New Camera Tech We Love

How This 15 Year Old Shot a Horror Short and Got it To Cannes

How to Give Notes That Help and What AI Will Do to Filmmaking

Paul Feig Teaches Us the Nuances of Comedy and Collaboration

When and How to "Run and Gun" Wisely

How Can You Option Valuable IP and Get it Made with Josh Gordon and Will Speck

Box Office Smarts for Filmmakers or How To Make Your Movie When Something Like it Bombed

"Bodies Bodies Bodies" Director Halina Reijn Shares Her Directing Process

How to Stay Healthy During #SetLife

'The Redeem Team' Director Jon Weinbach Teaches Us How to Sell The Stories We Love

How Do You Make Money While Pursuing a Filmmaking Career?

Debunking and Decoding the Industry with 'Superbad' and 'Confess, Fletch' Director Greg Mottola

How to Shoot Sex Scenes Responsibly, Even Without A Big Budget

What's The Cost of Doing Work You Care About? Jerrod Carmichael Explains

Is There Still a Place in Cinema for Rule Breakers?

Face Down Your Filmmaking Challenges with this Approach From Medieval Director Petr Jakl

How to Become More Hireable and What We like About the Fuji X-H2

How to Find Your Way Into the Industry with Jessica M. Thompson

Joe Dante Believes You Can Create Amazing Things

When is the Right Time to Take Big Career Swings?

Yes, You Can Still Do This... and Audiences Need You to!

China Sends Hollywood a Message

How to Identify Your Filmmaking Voice and Expand Beyond It

How Can You Navigate Hollywood if You Aren't Rich or Connected?

How to Create Your Directing Opportunities with Liz Allen Rosenbaum

Find Out What the Hell Happened with HBO Max

How 'Nope' Editor Nicholas Monsour Creates Perspective and Meaning

How Do You Know When Your Edit is Done?

The New Soft Skills You Need as a Modern Filmmaker

Here's How This DP Did Something Nobody's EVER Done Before

Is it Bad That Spielberg and A.I. Generators Are Playing in Our Sandbox?

This is Why You Can Do Better Work Even With Limitations

How To Create Amazing Cinematic Sequences with the 'Elvis' Editors and Cinematographer

How You Can Benefit from Finding Filmmaking Communities

Here is How a Random Crush Turned into Someone's Break Through Feature

The Personal and the Political of Filmmaking in Unprecedented Times

Unlocking the Challenges of Directing Actors with Sophie Hyde

Let's Face Filmmaker Imposter Syndrome Together

Straightforward Ways to Be a Better Director from 'Hustle' Director Jeremiah Zagar

Find Out What's Happening to the Streaming Business Model and What's Next in Lenses from Cine Gear

Go Inside the Editing of "Top Gun: Maverick"

Learn From The "Sketchy" Things We Did When We Started Out...

Make Your Feature by Embracing Fear

What's Your Responsibility as a Filmmaker AND Film-watcher?

Film Festival Founders Share How You Can Grow from the Festival Experience

Do Movie Stars Still Matter for Indie Filmmakers?

Will This Be James Cameron's WATERloo?

How This Writing Team Got Their First Feature (With a Little Help From This Podcast!)

The Problem with TV, The Cat People's Narrative, And a Tool That Finally Crosses the Streams

Award-Winning Director John Madden Talks Crafting Tension in 'Operation Mincemeat'

Word of Mouth and Making Good Movies Still Works!

Filmmaking Tools and Tech That Excite Us the Most as We Wrap Up NAB 2022

These Innovations Let You Light However You Want

Robert Eggers Explains How the Devil is in the Details on 'The Northman'

The First Day of NAB 2022 Introduces Insane New Workflows

There May Be No Better Way to Learn and Get Inspired Than This

The Genius Talent Behind "Everything Everywhere All At Once", All at Once

What Happened to All The Sex in Movies?

A Round Table On Apps Every Filmmaker Needs

NAB is Coming And Here is Why We're Pumped

How This First Time Filmmaker Got Elite Talent on Her Side

Plagiarizing Film Students and Was 'The Godfather' Lit Poorly?

How This First Time Filmmaker Got it Done By Laying it All on The Line

What To Do With Your Hands... At a Film Festival or Awards Show

Learn Directly From these 2021 Academy Award Filmmakers

Who Will Win The Streaming War and All Your $$?

The Oscar Nominated Art Team Behind "Nightmare Alley"

Dune: A Masterclass in Bringing a World to Life Through Sound

The Tragedy of People Missing the Point of Movies

Find Out Why These Producers Read ‘Mass’ and Had to Make It

3 Filmmaking News Stories That Push All Kinds of Buttons

The Not-So-Secret Hack That Makes 'Winning Time' So Amazing

Why Does The Academy Hate Actual Filmmaking?

Want To Binge The Best Movies Ever? This Month You Can...

Investors Scamming Filmmakers and a New Camera That Blows Our Mind

How Two Very Different Paths Led To Filmmaking Careers

This Eye-Tracking Tech Could Change Filmmaking and Watching

Creating Subtext in The Power of The Dog

In a World of Mostly Bad Things, Make Something Good

Station 11 DP's Teach Creating New Looks in Familiar Genre

Censorship, Changed Endings, and The Big Chungus of Gear

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How Driving to LA With Nothing But the Dream Worked For These Guys

A Rights-Buying Story So Weird it Might Be a Joke

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How to Make the Slow Time of Year Busy

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Nathalie Biancheri on Writing and Directing 'Wolf'

Nora Fingscheidt On Being 'Drafted' to Direct a Large Scale Feature

Licorice Pizza's Editor and DP On Breaking Rules with PTA

Nightmare Alley DP and Editor Shed Light on Crafting Utter Darkness

Why Make Movies? 2021 In Review

Sir Kenneth Branagh on 'Belfast', Cinema History, Growing Up, and Being Human

What’s Going On With the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Coverage?

Dolph Lundgren On Hollywood, Ambition, and Changing Course

Why Comic-Con is for Filmmakers

DP Robert Yeoman on Shooting With Wes Anderson

Turn Your Holidays into a Filmmaking Laboratory

How to Shoot a Feature in One Take. FOR REAL.

Sony Venice 2 Drops Here is What You Should Know

What’s it Like to Write a Movie For Marvel?

Optioning Scripts for Indie Filmmakers, When to Drone, and GOOD DEAL/BAD DEAL

'The Harder They Fall' and 'The Master' DP on Creating a Modern Western Look

Dune DP Greig Fraser and Editor Joe Walker Break Down Crafting a Cinematic Epic

Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson Cairns Dissect 'Last Night in Soho'

Manfrotto Camera Movement Week and Box Office Victories

Film Set Tragedy

IATSE’s New Contract

Justin Long, Christian Long, and Justin Chon for 'Lady of the Manor' and 'Blue Bayou'

Should You Pay For Script Coverage?

Fuqua, Gyllenhaal, and Melfi on THE GUILTY and THE STARLING

Bond is Back And We're Chatting With No Time To Die's Visual Wizards

STRIKE! And Russians in Space... With Cameras?

Sara Colangelo Tells The Truth in 'Worth'

What Does the Huge CAA News Mean For You?

How Two Friends Turned an Inside Joke into a Feature Film

Ed Burns Shares the Art of Indie Film Compromise

Just How Cinematic IS This New iPhone 13?!

Welcome To The Wild West Of Streaming Wars and Digital Cameras

How to Carve a Sundance Worthy Doc From Hours of Archival Footage

Working on Labor Day

Paul Schrader Tells Us the Keys To Character Study and How 'Taxi Driver 2' Almost Happened

What Could Blockchain Coming to Hollywood Mean For Filmmakers?

Turning Disappointment into Growth with Shawn Levy

Free Range Production Assistants and Billion Dollar Deals

Creating an Epic Landscape in ‘The Green Knight’

Toxic Fandom, Tarantino's Mother Issues, and We Play 'Good Deal/Bad Deal'

From Caviar With Arnold To 'Cruising' With The Rock

Are Director's 'Hot Takes' Good For Their Movies?

How They Made the Camera Sing and Dance in 'In The Heights'

ScarJo Takes on Disney and What Makes a 'Good' Deepfaker?

What Comes After an Entry-Level Job?

How 'Stillwater' Keeps You Riveted and How 'Let Us In' Found an ‘IP’ Loophole

Nine Days is the Film Of Our Times. How the Heck Did it Get Made?

M. Night Shyamalan Explains his Directing Choices on 'Old', Plus the 'PIG' Filmmakers Preach Perseverance

How to Take and Give Notes, What is the Future of Celluloid, and RIP Richard Donner

'Gunpowder Milkshake' Director Navot Papushado On Shooting Awesome Gunfights

No Sudden Move Writer Ed Solomon Teaches Us About Success, Failure, Growth, and Alaskan Strip Clubs

TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz Takes Us Behind The Scenes On One of Hollywood's Biggest Sets

How Many Ks Do You Need? Blackmagic Week Special Episode

How Has Visual Effects Photography Has Evolved and Where Is It Going?

You're Not a DP Until You've Cut Your Own Material

Are Netflix and Actors Are Both Trying to Hide Something?

'Wonder Showzen' and 'False Positive' Co-Creator John Lee Wants You to Push Buttons

Edgar Wright Shares His Inspiration and Passion with "The Sparks Bros"

Renny Harlin Says He Could Live Without Food... But Not Without Movies

What Makes This New Drone So Special?

Safe Sex on Sets and Creative Cloud Questions

AMC is Buying Arclight and How Do Filmmakers Ask For a Raise?

Screenwriting Guru Robert McKee Demystifies Character and Structure

Choosing Your First Industry Job

How to Budget Your Indie Feature

Director Timur Bekmambetov Is Loving This New Innovative Filmmaking Technique

How Ratings and Algorithms Impact Your Filmmaking Career

Who Will Save Arclight Cinemas?

'Miss Juneteenth' Writer/Director Shows Us How to Beat the Odds

I'm Producing A Feature... What First Steps Do I Take?

The Guys Who Edited Borat Tell All

The Pros and Cons of Integrating AI into Filmmaking

Following a True Story Landed This Writer/Director His Feature Debut

How to Break In... As a PA

Ridley Scott's Longtime DP Darius Wolski Has War Stories

Why Rian Johnson Can't Stop Winning

Success Happened Because There Was No Plan B

Do Directors Need a Certain Personality Type To Suceed?

Creating the Physical Look of David Fincher's 'Mank'

Is Zach Snyder's 'Justice League' a Good Movie?

Mark Toia Self-Financed a VFX-Heavy Robot Action Movie for 1.6 Million

How WandaVision Achieved Its Kaleidoscope of Looks With One Camera

How Michael Stephenson Turned a Child Actor Nightmare Into a Fruitful Directing Career

TCM Chooses to Discuss Rather Than 'Cancel' and Why It Matters

Mark Ruffalo's Doc on The Rights of Nature Breaks Ground

Is George Lucas Returning to Star Wars? We Discuss the Filmmaking Maverick

What Do Producers Want? We Ask One

Sorry Dude, Amazon Prime Video Direct Does Not Want Your Documentary

The United States vs. Billie Holiday DP Says Celluloid Was a 'No Brainer'

Was Gina Carano's Firing Fair?

'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' DP Tobias Schliessler is Always Learning

Meet Matt Ritter: The Man Who Almost Scored the Film Rights to the Gamestop Madness

Oscar-Winning Director of 'The Mauritanian' and 'The Last King of Scotland' Kevin Macdonald

Why Remote Sundance is Awesome For Filmmakers and Audiences

'Search Party' DP Jonathan Furmanski Discusses the Art Of Lensing Comedy

What You Need to Know About the Sony Alpha 1

Frank Oz, Voice of Yoda and Muppet Co-Founder, Breaks New Ground and New Formats

Is There Anything Left in the Superhero Genre to Explore?

How to Work Your Way Up at a Production Company Until You Direct Your Debut Feature

Is Quentin Tarantino Giving Us Bad Career Advice?

Can Cinema Make You Immortal? A Deep Chat With 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Creator Kirsten Johnson

Did Patty Jenkins Try to Save 'Wonder Woman'?

The Producers of 'Black Bear' Tell You What It Really Takes To Make a Legit Indie Film

How Writer-Director Tara Miele Brought Her Passion Project 'Wander Darkly' to Life

Why ScriptHop Will Help Get Your Screenplay Read By the Right People

What Is Up with Tom Cruise and Why Did His COVID Regulation Tirade Seem Fake?

Why Disney's New Wave of Content Matters (For Better or Worse)

Oscar-Winning Sound Supervisor Mark Mangini Gives You The Keys to the Kingdom

How Watson Wu Captures Your Favorite Sounds

Heavyweight Directors Vs. Warner Bros: Who Will Have the Last Word?

Why 'The Crown' Takes Liberties with Historical Facts and You Should Too (Because It’s All Fiction)

How Oscar Winning DP Chris Menges Mastered Naturalistic Cinematography

One Director's Honest, Harsh, and Heartwarming Story of Making it in Hollywood

How Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin Ascended to the Top of the Film World with 'The Climb'

What's the Best Cinema Camera for Under 10K?

Phedon Papamichael is an Actor's Cinematographer. What Does That Mean?

How 'The Queen's Gambit' Editor Michelle Tesoro Became So Versatile In Cutting Prestige TV

Why Did Leonardo DiCaprio Want 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Rewritten?

How Ross Emery Became a Go-To Cameraman for Modern Sci-Fi Classics

Malin Akerman Explains How to Attach Talent to a Project

DaVinci Resolve 17 Has Tons of New Features You'll Like

Sony's New Virtual Sound Tech Was So Good These Veteran Mixers Couldn't Believe Their Ears

Daron Aronofsky's Rockstar DP Matthew Libatique Talks Career and 'Requiem For a Dream' Anniversary

What You Can Do With the Blackmagic 12K... Oh And About That Election...

‘Over The Moon’ Director Glen Keane Uncovers The Secret Sauce Of Story

The Ghost of Quibi Haunts The Entertainment Industry

'Lovecraft Country' DP Michael Watson On Shooting During Covid-19

Jim Cummings Might Owe His Directing Career to a Shopping Cart

How Filmmaker Friendly is the iPhone 12?

'Back to the Future' Writer Bob Gale Shares Timeless Screenwriting Advice

Not Coming to A Theater Near You? How Disney+ Is Changing Movies

No One Gives A Sh*t About Max Barbakow and Andy Siara, Creators of “Palm Springs”

Why Can't The White House Find a Competent Video Editor?

How One Filmmaker Gave Up A Successful Career to Make Documentaries... And How it Worked

What Grants Should You Be Looking At This Fall?

’The Last Shift’ is a Masterclass in How to Make the Leap from DIY Nonfiction to Big-Time Narrative

9.24.20: Why the Canon C70 Is The Compact Camera We've Been Waiting For

9.17.20: How CAA Tried to Outsmart the WGA (And Failed)

Cinematic Legend Walter Murch on Editing, Sound Design, and His Unique Methods

9.10.20: Why Colourlab Will Be a Game-Changer (For Real!)

You Need to Know the Miracle of "The Peanut Butter Falcon"

9.03.20: What is Sync Sketch? And Remembering Chadwick Boseman

David Fincher's Longtime DP Jeff Cronenweth has Advice, Insight, and Stories

8.27.20: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Film Festival Strategy

How Logan Schneider Became the "Drunk History" DP

8.20.20: A Middle-Class Moviemaking Manifesto?

8.14.20: How will the end of the Paramount Decrees affect theaters and filmmakers?

8.6.20: Will families pay $30 for Mulan?

How Do You 'Just Shoot It' During a Pandemic?

7.31.20: Did Filmmakers Finally Get What They Wanted?

7.24.20: Ks For Days

7.17.20: Is Canon feeling burned?

7.10.20: Revolutions, Revelations, and Resolutions

This is How One Man Created a Thriving Indie Production Company with Hope

7.3.20: To Sit Or Not To Sit?

What Will Creatives Do About Apple's Big News?

6.19.20: The Dinosaurs Are Going Back to Set, But Not The Writers

What Is It like to Write a Spider-Man Movie?

6.12.20: Lights, Camera, Covid?

6.5.20: What Is the Role of the Filmmaker in a Time of Unprecedented Upheaval?

5.26.20: Will 'Tenet' bring movie goers back to theaters?

Getting a Camera Inside the Moment That Shook the NBA

5.22.20: Remembering Lynn Shelton, 'Unreal' Visuals, and Adobe Premiere Updates

5.15.20: Fake Artist... Real Weirdness. What Do We Make of Lil Miquela?

Jonathan Frakes Shoots to Thrill

5.8.20: How will Netflix Get Back On Set?

'Rick and Morty' Creator Justin Roiland Gives Us a Tour of His New Show and His Twisted Mind

5.1.20: What Can You Do to Make the Most of Quarantine?

These Two Filmmakers Heard About a Job, Wanted It, and Won It

4.24.20: When Can Production Resume in the Time of Coronavirus?

4.17.20: Adobe Productions Is Here and so Are Our Questions

How Colorists Help You Get the Best Finished Product

4.10.20: How to Get the Cash the Government is Giving Freelancers

Does Making Midnight Movies Sharpen Your Style?

4.3.20: How Unemployment on a Shut-Down Production Works

6 DPs Reveal Their Process and How They Built Their Careers

3.27.20: Who Will Get Netflix's $100 Million?

3.20.20: Welcome to Quarantine... Now What?

3.12.20: How Will Coronavirus Impact Filmmakers?

Why Making a Short is a Career Game-Changer

3.4.20: What City Do You Need To Be in To Pursue a Career in Filmmaking?

How Do You Find a Good Producer? Sundance Producers Show Us The Way

2.28.20: How Long Until The Tech Behind 'The Mandalorian' is Available to More of Us?

2.21.20: Kinefinity's Price Drop, Coronavirus, Bond, and Working with Actors

7 Editors Take Us Behind the Curtain on Cutting a Sundance Feature

2.12.20: Canon Goes 8K, RED goes 6K, SNL Wants Smoke, Plus FCP7 Help!

Powerful Emotions, Exciting Innovations and Record Breaking Deals

Fifteen Filmmakers, One Boat: How OMNIBOAT Became the First Film ‘Based on a PDF’

1.27.20: What We Learned, Enjoyed, and Endured at Sundance 2020

How Dan Mirvish Started Slamdance Film Festival

What is The Future of Interactive Storytelling?

1.26.20: What's Hot, Exciting, and New on the First Day of Sundance 2020

Attention Creators: This Might Be Your Best Way Into Sundance

1.21.20: Attend the Great Beating Heart of American Independent Film

1.7.20: Unraveling '1917', Meet the Insta 360, and Chris Terrio taking on ILM

Sundance Institute Founder and Director Michelle Satter Predicts the Future of Indie Filmmaking

12.20.19: We Watched Watchmen! Plus Nikon News, and How Fair Use Works on YouTube

12.13.19: Can You Distribute Your Short Film and is The Mandalorian Lying to Us?!

12.05.19: The Perks of Being a P.O.C. (Proof of Concept, That Is)

11.27.19: Analyzing Every Corner of 'The Irishman'

11.21.2019: A Potential Movie Distribution Game-Changer plus The New MacBook Pro

11.14.19: Begun The Streaming War Has

Andre Hyland talks comedy and horror in 'The Death of Dick Long' and 'Old Haunt'

11.07.19: Nothing Less Than The Future of Cinema Itself Is At Stake

How Larry Sher Shot 'Joker', Built a Career, and Almost Got Fired on His First Day of Filmmaking

10.24.19: Will Crackdowns on the 'Gig Economy' Crush Indie-Filmmaking?

10.17.19: What Would the Perfect Film School Curriculum Look Like?

10.10.19: No Film School vs. Joker, Marty vs. Marvel, and Your Short Film vs. Film Festivals

10.4.19: The Irishman Strives, GoPro Stumbles, and We Follow Up on Distribber

9.27.19: BMPCC4K Updates, Moon Pirates, Bankruptcy, and Beef with Orson Welles

Downton Abbey Goes Big: Here is How Michael Engler Expanded the Canvas

9.20.19: The Joker, Raw Wars, and BAD Vibrations!

9.13.19: The Sony FX9, The iPhone 11 PRO, plus The Rise of The Middle Class DP

9.6.19: Ryan Koo Critiques a Camera (BMPCC6K)And Other News

How to Take Advantage of Your Low Budget (and Get Into Sundance… Twice)

8.30.19: Behold The Panasonic S1H And Its Myriad Wonders

8.22.19: Sony Vs. Disney, Apple Vs. Red, The Office Vs. The Office

8.16.19: The Pros and Cons of the BMPCC 6K

8.9.19: Can You Tell When The Project You're Working On is Good?

8.1.9: Once Upon A Time in (No) Film School

7.26.19 Those Human-ish Cats Still Make Us Feel Weird and Other Stories of the Week

‘Relaxer’ Filmmakers: Don't Make Poser Movies or You Will Fail!

7.12.19: RIP Macbook, Firmware Updates, and Which John Wick Timeline Are We In?

7.5.19: Deep Fakes, Netflix Victories and Gas Money

6.21.19: DP Shane Hurlbut on His Process, Collaborators, and the Hurlbut Academy

Jim Jarmusch on How to Pick Up on Your Actor's Needs

6.14.19: Praising Chernobyl, "Burning Cane" and Taking a Stand Against Apple’s New Monitor

6.7.2019: The Week of Panasonic's New Mirrorless Camera and Apple's New Cheese Grater

The Ultimate Screenwriting Masterclass with John Fusco and Jon Fusco

How to Build the Perfect Lookbook with Adam Egypt Mortimer

5.23.19: Game of Thrones Ends, War Against ATA Rages On

Why You Should Experiment Early In Your Career: 'The Mountain'

NFS 5.19.19: Game of Thrones Goes Heavy Metal, ARRI Goes to Charleston

How to Prove You Can Write With Just One Script - 'Big Time Adolescence' Director Jason Orley

How to One-Man-Crew it like an Olympian

NFS 5.2.19: The Long Night is Over

How to Ensure You are Taking Advantage of the Democratization of Film

How to Subversively Film a Politically Subversive Film

Why Writing and Directing Comedy Go Hand in Hand: Will Forte & 'Extra Ordinary'

How to Make a Coming of Age Movie that Doesn't Suck: Ninian Doff on 'Boyz in the Wood'

Masturbation on Film: Karen Maine, Natalia Dyer & More on SXSW Standout 'Yes, God, Yes'

'Don't be Afraid if You Didn't Go To Film School': The Method to Success Behind 'Greener Grass'

'There's No Business Like Slow Business': Lee Cronin on His Path to Horror Glory

How Young Filmmakers Can Take Advantage of Fellowships

DIAY: Do It ALL Yourself with Director Johannes Nyholhm

How To Put Yourself in the Room: Sundance Breakout ‘Them That Follow’

How to Become a Sundance Worthy Documentary Cinematographer

Does This Year's Sundance Signal the Death of Truly Independent Film? NFS Live Pt.2

No Film School Live from Sundance 2019 Pt.1

Best of the 2018 No Film School Podcast Interviews, Part 3

Best of the 2018 No Film School Podcast Interviews, Part 2

IFW 1.10.19: The Final Episode

Best of the 2018 No Film School Podcast Interviews, Part 1

IFW 12.20.18: Indie Film Weekly Will Come to an End in 2019

IFW 12.13.18: How to Build Relationships in the Biz & 2018's Biggest Box Office Draw

Why the Bolex is the World’s Most Beloved Camera

IFW 12.6.18: Sundance Selections & Our Full Review of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

Making the Move from Producer to Director: Cristina Gallego on 'Birds of Passage'

IFW 11.29.18: The First Film Awards of the Season & How to Shoot Safe Sex

Yorgos Lanthimos on How to Shoot Surrealist Film

IFW 11.22.18: A Thanksgiving Miracle & Are Big Changes Coming for Final Cut?

Academy Award Winner László Nemes on Following Your Inspiration to Success

IFW 11.15.18: Our Favorite Books on Cinema & The Death of a Real-Life Superhero

Mike Leigh on How to Become Your Actor's Dream Director

IFW 11.8.18: The Greatest Foreign Films of All Time & How Much You Should Be Asking for Upfront?

'Diamantino': How to Make a Masterpiece Out of Your Mistakes

IFW 11.1.18: Farewell FilmStruck & Is Apple Finally Filmmaker Friendly?

For Paycheck or For Passion? Steven Yeun on 'Burning', 'Sorry to Bother You' and Building a Career

IFW 10.25.18: Our Thoughts on the New MacBook Pro & Where to Submit Your Film Online

Why You Should Edit Your Own Films

IFW 10.18.18: Why 2018 Has Been a Great Year for Movies & Where to Move if You Want to Make One

One Hundred Different Ways to Get Your Film Funded

IFW 10.11.18: Your Favorite Filmmakers Defined & A New Mirrorless Camera from Fuji

How to Become a Top Notch Sound Designer with the Team Behind 'First Man'

IFW 10.4.18: When to Move On to Freelancing & Why You Should Be Playing Video Games

Jeremy Saulnier on Why Being a DP is More Fun than Being a Director

IFW 9.27.18: How to Correctly Use a Fish & A New Mirrorless Camera From Panasonic?

From Film School 'Failure' to Godard's Cinematographer: Fabrice Aragno on Working with Jean-Luc

IFW 9.20.18: Two of the Years Biggest Cameras & How to Advertise Your Short Film

'Think Slow, Act Fast': Joe Walker on Editing for Steve McQueen and Denis Villeneuve

IFW 9.12.2018: The Academy Makes a Smart Decision & How Hard Should You Be Working?

How Do You Know What to Cut on the Editing Floor? The First Short: THE GUY [Episode 3]

IFW 9.6.18: Our Most Anticipated Films at TIFF & Other Movies to See in Fall 2018

How to Raise Money & What Should You Expect in Production? The First Short: THE GUY [Episode 2]

IFW 8.30.18: Our Top Advice from Three Years of Filmmaker Interviews

How Do You Make a Film with Zero Experience? The First Short: THE GUY [Episode 1]

IFW 8.23.18: 360° Filmmaking Finally Makes Sense & How Old is Too Old to Make a Movie?

'Meow Wolf': How to Build an Immersive World Through Film

IFW 8.16.18: Blackmagic's New Resolve is a Masterpiece & The Scariest Trailer Ever Made

How to Make a Short Film for Only $4.50

IFW 8.9.18: How to Perfect Your Script & Why Docs Are the New Blockbusters

How to Shoot a Feature Film for Only $7000

IFW 8.2.18: What to Know Before You Drone & The Best Way to Get Your Short Seen

How to Become a Top TV Editor

IFW 7.26.18: Nikon Teases a Full Frame Mirrorless & What Should We Make of the James Gunn Firing?

How to Make the Jump from Short to Feature with Award Winning Director Jim Cummings

IFW 7.19.18: How to Start Your Own Netflix & Why You Should Buy a Still Camera Over Video

Why Making a Good Music Documentary Means Speaking Two Universal Languages

IFW 7.12.18: How to Properly Use a Green Screen & The 25 Coolest Festivals in the World

How Working Within Extreme Constraints Actually Benefits Your Film

IFW 7.5.18: Where to Live for a Career in Film & How to Spend Your Camera Budget

'Leave No Trace': The Secret Ingredient to Great Casting

IFW 6.28.18: How YouTube and Instagram Are Competing For Your Videos

What You Can Do in Distribution to Maximize the Life of Your Film

IFW 6.21.18: Our First Impressions of ProRes RAW & The Movie Ticket Subscription Race Heats Up

How to Meld the Perfect Collaborative Atmosphere on Set

IFW 6.14.18: Why Renting Gear Just Got Easier & How to Overcome Your Creative Block

No Business School: How to Save Time and Money on Your Films

IFW 6.7.18: Our Favorite Gear from Cinegear 2018 & Why Movie Theaters are Failing Audiences

"Hearts Beat Loud": The Secrets to Recording Live Music for Film

How Do You Become a Filmmaker (And Other Questions)? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 10]

How Tech Can Be Used to Turn Your Movie into a Global Movement

IFW 5.24.18: Netflix Nabs the Obamas & A Major Week for RED

How Do You Release Your Film? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 9]

How Post-Production Makes or Breaks a Film, Part 2: The Secret Art of Colorists

IFW 5.17.18: How to Make Sure You Get Paid & Have We Discovered the New RED?

How Do You Finish Your Film? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 8]

How Post-Production Makes or Breaks a Film, Part 1: The Editor's Process

IFW 5.10.18: A Selfie-Free Cannes Kicks Off & Can Your Short Really Be a Calling Card?

How Do You Go Through Production? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 7]

How Do You Protect Your Film’s Subjects, Data, and Yourself in Unsafe Situations?

IFW 5.3.18: Why RED is Partnering with Facebook & Is MoviePass Finished?

How Do You Tell Your Story Visually? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 6]

What a Festival Programmer Looks for in a Short Film

IFW 4.26.18: Has Tribeca Become New York’s Best Fest for Indie Filmmakers?

How Do You Attach Cast and Prep a Film? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 5]

Why Now is the Time to Make Your Doc Short

IFW 4.19.18: The NAB Tech That You Need to Know & Does Netflix or Cannes Have Indie Film's Back?

How Do You Pitch Your Film and Find Financing? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 4]

How to Get a Vimeo Staff Pick with DANIELS, Kirsten Lepore, and Head Curator Sam Morrill

IFW 4.12.18: The Gear That Finally Made NAB Exciting Again

How Do You Become a Screenwriter? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 3]

How the Directors of 'Prospect' Built a Utopia in Pre-Production

IFW 4.5.18: Silicon Valley Takes on Hollywood & How Long Should Your Short Film Be?

How Do You Turn a Short into a Feature? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 2]

'First Match': Money-Saving Production Hacks to Make Low-Budget Features Shine

IFW 3.29.18: Canon Reveals its ARRI Competitor & Spielberg's Take on Netflix

How Do You Know Which Idea to Pursue? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 1]

Don't Wait for Somebody to Make Your Movie, Do it Yourself: The Winning Mantra Behind 'Thunder Road'

IFW 3.22.18: No Film School's Greatest Piece of Original Content Ever & A New Cut of 'The Shining'?

The First Feature: AMATEUR Podcast Announcement

How to Film in the Face of Opposition

IFW 3.15.18: Why SXSW is More than Just a Film Festival

Episodic Roundtable: How to Get Your Series Off the Ground

IFW 3.8.18: What to Look for at SXSW 2018 & How to Perfect Your Dolly Moves

How To Use Trends in Filmmaking to Your Advantage

IFW 3.1.18: Canon Finally Makes a Mirrorless Camera & Our 2018 Oscars Preview

Why You Need to Stop Making Excuses and Make a Short Film

IFW 2.22.18: When to Use a Cine Lens & Has BitCoin Officially Hit the Film Industry?

'Piercing': How to Cultivate Tone and Style in Your Film

IFW 2.15.18: The Worst Job On Set Gets Better & What Camera Should You Shoot Your Short On?

How to Maintain Your Sanity as Director When Everything Descends Into Chaos

IFW 2.8.18: ARRI Finally Goes 4K & Tarantino's Big On-Set Boner

DP Roundtable: How to be the Cinematographer Your Director Needs

IFW 2.1.18: Why VR is Finally Hot & Has RED Developed Its Alexa Killer?

The Zellner Brothers on Why You Need to Do Something New With Every Film You Make

IFW 1.25.18: Did Streaming Deals Die at Sundance 2018?

How to Build a Score That Raises Your Audience's Expectations

IFW 1.18.18: The Best Filmmaking Apps & Our Sundance 2018 Preview

Best of the The No Film School Podcast 2017, Part 3

IFW 1.11.18: Our Pick for Best Mirrorless Camera & A Golden Globes to Remember

Best of the The No Film School Podcast 2017, Part 2

IFW 1.4.18: The Most Popular Rental Gear of 2017 & Is Netflix About to Be Sold?

Best of the The No Film School Podcast 2017, Part 1

IFW 12.21.17: The Best Movies, Gear, and Filmmaking Advice of 2017

IFW 12.14.17: Netflix's Most Popular Shows Revealed & An Unexpected Way to Improve Your Script

How to Film in a War Zone

IFW 12.7.17: How a Filmmaker Brought Down the Russian Olympics & When Do You Hide Brand Logos?

IFW 11.30.17: Major Changes Coming To Awards Season & When Should You Shoot Anamorphic?

A Pre-to-Post Primer on Documentary Filmmaking

IFW 11.23.17: How the FCC is Screwing Filmmakers & Your Best Black Friday Deals

How Do You Know if One Character Can Carry Your Whole Movie?

IFW 11.16.17: How to Make Your Old Footage Look Great & Cash in with Kickstarter's Answer to Patreon

How Niche Filmmaking Can Move Your Filmmaking Career Ahead

How To Shoot Where You're Not Allowed

Hitchcock 101: Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Psycho

IFW 10.26.17: Halloween Spooktacular II - Advice for the Aspiring Horror Auteur

How to Master the Art of Satire: Ruben Östlund on 'The Square'

IFW 10.19.17: Welcome to a Post-Harvey Hollywood & Your Best Bet for a 360° Stereo Camera

Spielberg: Behind the Scenes with the World’s Most Famous Filmmaker

IFW 10.12.17: Two Cameras with Unprecedented Resolution & Must-Sees from the New York Film Festival

'The Florida Project': Sean Baker on Why You Need to Invest in Yourself When No One Else Will

IFW 10.5.17: The Future of Buying and Selling Lenses & The Best Screenwriters of All Time

What is a Film Fellowship and Why Should You Do One?

IFW 9.28.17: The Next Hottest Rental Camera & It's Time to Stop Putting Lives at Risk on Set

Pitching Do's and Don’ts: How to Get Your Film Funded

IFW 9.21.17: Why Your Film Isn't Getting into Festivals & Tips From a Guerrilla Filmmaking Legend

How To Keep Your Production Running Smoothly Across Every Medium

IFW 9.14.17: All Things Apple & Panasonic's Surprisingly Affordable New Camera

How a 4-Day Journalism Assignment Became an Explosive Yearlong Doc Production

IFW 9.7.17: From Werner Herzog to Barry Jenkins: Best Advice from Over 50 Filmmaker Interviews

'Expect That Everything Will Go Wrong': How to Ensure Your First Short Film is the Best it Can Be

IFW 8.31.17: The Best Way to Choose an Anamorphic Lens & Who Rules the Indie Box Office?

What to Do When You've Lost All Hope for Your Film

IFW 8.24.17: The Death of Final Cut 7 & Indie Film's Sex Abuse Scandal

The First Family of DIY on How to ‘Make Your Own Damn Movie'

IFW 8.17.17: 8K is a Lie & Will the Controversial Plan to Make Movies Cheap Actually Kill Them?

Why Making a Film is the Only Thing That Can Ever Really Prepare You for Making Your First Film

IFW 8.10.17: Best Tripods for Your Budget & The Academy's Surprise President

The Worst Things a Director Can Do on Set

IFW 8.3.17: The Demise of DSLR & Soderbergh's Plan to Save Movies

How Stupid Videos Led to a $5 Million Deal For 'Brigsby Bear' & An 11 Year Trip to 'Killing Ground'

IFW 7.27.17: How to Break into Modern Hollywood & The Latest DSLR Fail

'Landline': How to Avoid Sophomore Slump and Make Your Second Feature

IFW 7.20.17: The Dangers of Being on Set & Best Advice from Summer's Top Indie Directors

Flying Lotus on How Rejecting Film School Made Him a Greater Director

IFW 7.13.17: Russia's Plot to Kill Indies & RED's Hype Machine

Nathan Silver on How a Director Can Pull off Making 8 Films in 8 Years

IFW 7.6.17: Canon's Big Misstep & Is Rotten Tomatoes Ruining Moviegoing?

This Director Proves Everyone Can Act, If Only Given the Right Character

IFW 6.29.17: Star Wars' Systemic Problem & How to Avoid Getting Hacked

How Starting a Production Company Can Help You Make Your First Film

IFW 6.22.17: Why You Should Go to Film School & How to Rent Your Gear for Profit

How to Tap into Your Animalistic Filmmaking Instincts and Become a 'Bitch'

IFW 6.15.17: What to Look for in a Budget Lens & Why David Mamet is Anti-Film School

How to Make an Authentic Movie About Someone Else's Story

IFW 6.8.17: Hollywood's Dark Overlord & Panasonic's Race for Indie Dominance

How to Avoid the Crucial Mistakes Everyone Makes on their First Movie

IFW 6.1.17: Canon's Leaked Camera & Why the Judges Cried at Cannes

How Do You Know if Your Film is Porn or Art?

IFW 5.25.17: How to Keep Your Actors in the Moment & Where Not to Pitch Your Project

Divide and Conquer: Why You Should be Working With a Co-Director

IFW 5.18.17: A Game-Changing Law for Freelancers & Are Indies Rising From the Blockbuster's Ashes?

How to Turn an On-Set Day Job Into Your Own Film

IFW 5.11.17: How to Beat the Film Fest System & David Lynch Leaves Movies Behind Forever

What to Expect on the Road to Becoming an Ace Documentary Producer

Indie Film Weekly 5.4.17: 'The Handmaid's Tale' Backlash & Is Tribeca Secretly a Doc Fest?

John Carroll Lynch on How to Be the Director Your Actors Have Always Wanted

Indie Film Weekly 4.27.17: Why This Year's NAB is the Most 'Terrifying' for Filmmakers Yet

How to Make the Jump from Lowly PA to Almighty Director

Indie Film Weekly 4.20.17: Tribeca Must-Sees & How to Create a DCP the Right Way

DP Roundtable: The Shots That Almost Killed Us

Indie Film Weekly 4.12.17: NAB Sneak Peek & What’s Shutting Down Hollywood

'DRIB': What Happens When Reality and Fiction Collide?

Where VR Has Never Gone Before: The 40 Minute Narrative Feature ‘Miyubi’

What it Takes to Get Your Midnight Short into SXSW

Indie Film Weekly 3.30.17: Here's Why Hollywood Studios Are Panicking and What it Means For You

How to Make a Movie Entirely on Your Own

Indie Film Weekly 3.23.17: Has Netflix Replaced Cinema?

Nick Offerman and 'Infinity Baby' Crew: Being a Script Supervisor is the Best Path to Directing

Indie Film Weekly 3.16.17: Why SXSW is the Festival for Fearless Filmmakers

DP Roundtable: From Brilliant Color to Black and White, Lensing a Sundance Award-Winning Film

Indie Film Weekly 3.9.17: Smooth Aperture Moves & How To Get the World Talking About Your Film

How to Start a Production Company: From Film School to Raising Money Out of Your Bedroom Office

Indie Film Weekly 3.2.17: How To Make Your Actors Cry & Some Last Words From Bill Paxton

Why VR is Not Filmmaking

Indie Film Weekly 2.23.17: We Put RED and ARRI Head to Head & What Makes a Film 'Indie,' Anyway?

Breaking the Algorithm: How to Make Your Video Stand Out Online

Indie Film Weekly 2.16.17: Most Anticipated Cameras of 2017 & How Not to Do a Guerrilla Film Shoot

What It Takes to Get Your Short into Sundance

Indie Film Weekly 2.9.17: Risks of Making a Super Bowl Ad & Secrets To Shooting a Perfect Long Take

How an Unlikely Yiddish Indie Became A24's First Foreign Language Acquisition

Indie Film Weekly 2.2.17: Netflix and Trump Go After The Oscars

A Civil War in 'Bushwick': Getting Your Film Made, from Pitch to Production

Indie Film Weekly 1.26.17: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird of Sundance 2017

How to Use Documentary as a Call to Action: The Mobilization Tactics of 'Whose Streets?'

Indie Film Weekly 1.19.17: The Sundance Hype is Real & RED Helium's Record-Breaking Sensor

How Filmmakers Can Conquer VR's Biggest Challenges

Indie Film Weekly 1.12.17: Why Gear Trade Shows May Be Dying & Kodak Revives a Film Stock Favorite

Indie Film Weekly 1.5.17: A Rough Start for American Filmmakers in 2017 & Full GH5 Specs Revealed

Johannes Nyholm on How to Film Contemporary Surrealism

Justin Kurzel on Keeping Your Vision and Breaking the Video Game Curse with 'Assassin’s Creed'

Indie Film Weekly 12.22.16: Best Movies, Cameras & Filmmaker Advice of 2016

'A Monster Calls': How to Direct Young Actors to Brilliant Performances

Indie Film Weekly 12.15.16: The Best 4K Under $4K & Netflix's Bad Deal

Indie Film Weekly 12.8.16: Steadicam Inventor's Key to Creativity & 'Last Tango' Rape Controversy

Alice Rohrwacher on Why You Have to Go into the Void to Make Good Movies

Indie Film Weekly 12.1.16: The Secret to a Great Screenplay & Hollywood's Math Problem

Write Characters With Room For Actors: Wayne Roberts and Christopher Abbott on 'Katie Says Goodbye'

Indie Film Weekly 11.17.16: Early Oscar News & Film Budget Fundamentals

Indie Film Weekly 11.11.16: What a Trump Presidency Means for Filmmakers

'The Eagle Huntress': What You Can Expect After Sundance

Indie Film Weekly 11.3.16: Apple vs. Microsoft - Who Wants Filmmakers More?

Indie Film Weekly 10.27.16: How Not to Ask Your Actors to Get Naked - A Halloween Spooktacular

How Directors Joe Wright and Owen Harris Built the Dystopian Worlds of 'Black Mirror’

Indie Film Weekly 10.20.16: Filmmakers Tackle the US Political Circus

Indie Film Weekly 10.13.16: RED Evolves with New 8K Brains & How to Shoot Digital to Feel Like Film

Friction is Where the Good Stuff Comes: The Intense Writer/Director Collaboration Behind 'Christine'

Indie Film Weekly 10.6.16: VR Nazi Hunters & How Much To Charge Your Clients

Indie Film Weekly 9.29.16: Hail the Disruptors!

How to Keep Your Subjects Safe: Nanette Burstein on Dangerous Documentary

Indie Film Weekly 9.22.16: Panasonic Gives Us The Camera We Need & Who to Choose, Agent or Manager?

Indie Film Weekly 9.14.16: Why TIFF Matters for Filmmakers (and What You Missed This Year)

Indie Film Weekly 9.8.16: IBC Gear Sneak Peek, Canon's Redemption & Festival Madness

Indie Film Weekly 9.1.16: Drone Laws Take Flight & What's Up With Canon’s Latest DSLR

Indie Film Weekly 8.25.16: The Best Budget Cameras & What’s Missing from BBC’s Top 100 Films

Indie Film Weekly 8.18.16: The Unintentional DIY Episode

Indie Film Weekly 8.11.16: A New Way to Shoot Magic Hour & What to Watch at Fall Fests

Indie Film Weekly 8.4.16: Closing in on 8K & The Camera that Could Kill GoPro

Indie Film Weekly 7.28.16: We Pick the Best Camera for First-Time Directors

Indie Film Weekly 7.21.16: Has China Created The Darth Vader of Theater Chains?

Indie Film Weekly 7.14.16: The Real Reason Pokemon Go Matters & RED Goes 8K for Bay

Indie Film Weekly 7.8.16: Saying Goodbye to a Film Legend and An Idealistic Camera

Indie Film Weekly 6.23.16: This Week, Indie Film Lost a Champion

Inside the Minds of Film's Coolest Gatekeepers (& How to Get Yours Programmed)

Indie Film Weekly 6.16.16: The Celluloid Debate & What We Can Do For Orlando