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Director Azazel Jacobs on Following Your Passion

Cait Carvalho — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:59:47 +0000

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Azazel Jacobs (Director, Terri) discusses how crucial it is to make the films that you believe in.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Director Bennett Miller on Editing

Cait Carvalho — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:59:24 +0000

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Bennett Miller (writer/director, Moneyball, Capote) explains his editing process and the importance of slowing things down and taking the time to examine a film.

Director Bennett Miller on Barry Lyndon

Cait Carvalho — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:00:22 +0000

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Bennett Miller (writer/director, Moneyball, Capote) discusses Barry Lyndon and how the screenplay is only one facet of the spell that Kubrick’s film casts.

Director Bennett Miller on Developing Characters

Cait Carvalho — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:00:51 +0000

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Bennett Miller (Director, Moneyball, Capote) explains how characters and their stories can transcend themselves and mean much more than what lies on the surface.

David Dinerstein on Social Networking

Cait Carvalho — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:00:39 +0000

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David Dinerstein discusses how social networking can prove to be a tremendous tool.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Lucy Stille on Agents vs. Managers

Cait Carvalho — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:00:05 +0000

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Lucy Stille discuses the distinctions between agents and managers.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Sheri Chandler on Reaching Audiences

Cait Carvalho — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:00:04 +0000

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Sheri Chandler discusses the importance of filmmakers creating their own style of storytelling and developing a relationship with an audience.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Lance Weiler on Audience Participation

Cait Carvalho — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:00:58 +0000

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Lance Weiler breaks down the traditional formation of an audience and explains how they could potentially become collaborators.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Sheri Chandler on Setting Goals

Cait Carvalho — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:00:40 +0000

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Sheri Chandler speaks realistically about the importance of understanding what you want from a project.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Director Alrick Brown on Marketing Kinyarwanda

Cait Carvalho — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:57 +0000

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Alrick Brown (Director, Kinyarwanda) discusses the importance of learning how to be a marketer for your film and what it can accomplish.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Lucy Stille on Handling Success

Cait Carvalho — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:07 +0000

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Lucy Stille discusses how the more successful you become, the more the agents job is to say no.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Deatra L. Harris on Producing Kinyarwanda

Cait Carvalho — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:00:09 +0000

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Deatra L. Harris (Co-Producer, Kinyarwanda) discusses the tools learned during their time in IFP’s Narrative Lab and applying them to their marketing strategy.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Deirdre Haj on Working With Festival Programmers

Cait Carvalho — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:15 +0000

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Deirdre Haj discusses how filmmakers should take advantage and reach out to the press.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Director Alrick Brown on Making Kinyarwanda

Cait Carvalho — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:02 +0000

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Alrick Brown(Director, Kinyarwanda) discusses the intense journey that both the American and Rwandan crew went through during the production of the film.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

John Reiss on Audience Engagement

Cait Carvalho — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:00:36 +0000

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John Reiss discusses the necessity of having someone on your team who has the voice of the production.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Erick Opeka on Social Media

Cait Carvalho — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:00:16 +0000

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Erick Opeka advocates building a comprehensive contact list from one project to the next.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Jonathan Doorfman on Distributing Terri

Cait Carvalho — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:00:41 +0000

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Jonathan Doorfman explains the surprise of how well Terri was received considering it was not intended for a wide commercial release.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

George S. Clinton on Music Libraries vs. Original Score

Cait Carvalho — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:00:35 +0000

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George S. Clinton discusses the pros and cons of music libraries and the unique ability that a composer could bring to an original score.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Ryan Werner on Self-Distribution

Cait Carvalho — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:00:28 +0000

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Ryan Werner warns filmmakers that self-distribution may not be as easy as you might think.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Exquisite Corpse: “Creating Characters Through Dialogue”

Cait Carvalho — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:00:06 +0000

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An esteemed and eerily funny group of writers and actors reads from the script that we the audience have created. Each writer contributes one line of dialogue based only on the previous line. A discussion followed the reading concerning the strife of the creative process and how to let go of our idea “darlings.”

Jonathan Ames, “Bored to Death,” “The Extra Man”
Jonathan Ames is the author of eight books, including Wake Up, Sir! and The Extra Man. He is the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the creator of the HBO show Bored to Death. In addition to writing, he’s had two amateur boxing matches, fighting as “The Herring Wonder.”

Jen Statsky, writer, “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
Jen Statsky is a New York-based writer and comedian. She has written for The Onion and McSweeney’s, and performed at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade. She is currently a writer on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where she was nominated for a 2012 Writers Guild Award.

Henry Bean, writer, director, “Noise,” “The Believer”
Henry Bean is a novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He has worked in Hollywood for more than thirty years, writing, among other films, Internal Affairs, Deep Cover, and Basic Instinct 2. He has done uncredited work on many films including Enemy of the State, Man on Fire, Murder by Numbers, and The Golden ‘80s. (He claims to be the only screenwriter who has worked with both Tony Scott and Chantal Akerman). He was “head writer” on HBO’s K Street, an unscripted show. He wrote and directed The Believer, 2001, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, as well as many other awards, and Noise, 2007. His novel False Match was published in 1982 and won an L.A. PEN award. He lives in New York with his wife, Leora Barish.