"Never spend money on your one sheet," advises James Lewis of the publicity firm mPRm. Having worked on films like March of the Penguins and Dust to
Producing
This year I found myself going into production on two feature-length documentaries at the same time. I described the development process in an earlier
In the summer of 2001, I sat in on an acting class guided by director and teacher Milton Katselas. A group of experienced actors performed a short
David Wolper will be the first to tell you that he has absolutely no interest in writing or directing. “I am a producer,” he proclaims modestly. That
One of the most daunting tasks facing small documentarians with big ideas is getting access to the large enterprises—Fortune 500 businesses, state
The IRS could very well be the death of the freelance video and film professional this year. The tax police are arming for what promises to be the
There's a sense in which PC based editing systems represent a most unrevolutionary revolution. It's taken years of sophisticated science, trickling