July 31, 2005
Also: Features on 'Rize'; 'School of Rock'; Al Wasserman, 1921-2005
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June 30, 2005A review of 'Risky Business: Financing & Distributing Independent Films'
June 30, 2005This past year has been a watermark year for documentarians, with documentaries moving more and more into the mainstream of public awareness and
June 30, 2005Documentaries about 20th century artists are rarely produced these days, and for a very good reason: The filmmakers can't afford to pay for rights.
June 30, 2005By Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi A study conducted with some 50 documentary filmmakers over the course of a year, the American University's "Untold
June 30, 2005If you have ever used a clip or a photo or an existing piece of music in your documentary, you must have spent more than a little time looking for- January 31, 2005Deliverables. Boilerplate. Milestones. E&O. Those are the words that follow "You've got a deal" or "We want you to make your film for our channel
November 30, 2004Slowly the signs are going up. I saw the first one a few weeks ago. It said, "Due to new security regulations, there is no use of camcorders or
October 31, 2004The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide A Business and Legal Sourcebook By Gunnar Erickson, Harris Tulchin and Mark Halloran <Schirmer
August 31, 2004Who owns the images of our world? Where do ideas end and images begin? How can we both defend the freedoms and rights of filmmakers and encourage the