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Paying Your Bills – Sustaining Your Career

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 25, 2010 in Film Podcasts

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Filmmaker Conference 2009 – Sustaining Your Film Career

How do you make a living as an independent filmmaker? Hear talented filmmakers in different levels of their careers discuss their day jobs, and how they carve out time and money to make their personal work.

Moderator:
Esther Robinson, Filmmaker/Journalist – Filmmaker Magazine

Panelists:
Tze Chun, Filmmaker – Children of Invention
Jesse Epstein, Filmmaker – Wet Dreams and False Images
Reva Goldberg, Communications/ Special Projects – Cinereach

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Dan Schoenbrun is the Communications & Programming Coordinator at IFP and the Associate Editor of Filmmaker Magazine. He likes good films, good television, and good tacos.

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