Film festivals are arguably the most important springboards for documentaries. It is of paramount importance to make the most of not only your film's
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Being a judge this year on the IDA, Directors Guild of America (DGA) and Oscar Documentary committees, I got to see a large number of films. There are
While shooting her documentary Somewhere Between, filmmaker Linda Goldstein Knowlton needed access to a remote area of China on a tourist visa with a
In the last year I've been on a number of panels about film festival strategies. It's clear that there isn't one simple plan that will work for every
Music supervision is one of those coveted jobs by individuals who are passionate about music and who sense they can match songs with images. Driving
I think the best description I've heard of the RealScreen Summit is that it resembles the now iconographic "bar scene" in the first Star Wars movie
OK, I admit it. I watched The Apprentice. I TiVo'd The Simple Life. I even tuned in to The Resturaunt. And that's not all. I've become a fan of A&E's
The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide A Business and Legal Sourcebook By Gunnar Erickson, Harris Tulchin and Mark Halloran
It is an ironic metaphor that the most recent giant screen film to be funded with a grant from the National Science Foundation and investment capital
With the popularity of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Super Size Me, it would be understandable for documentarians to think that in order to have a successful