Filmmaking Confidential
Steve BaldersonHow independent films actually get made. No spin, no bullshit.
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Going Global
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I grew up in a small Kansas town, and when I returned home from film school it seemed the most logical place to begin making films. Of course, people on the coasts thought I was nuts, but where else can you close down an enti...
A Visit with Cult Icon Mink Stole
Mink Stole is best known for her work in the films of John Waters. Her film career began as a party guest in Waters’ film Roman Candles. Since then, she has appeared in all of John Waters’ feature films from Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble,...
We See What We Know
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I received a stunning photograph of my nephew, taken by Maryann Bates—an award-winning photographer and a Pulitzer nominee in photographic journalism. When I sent it around to my family, my brother responded, “I’ll fix the gl...
The Floor Plan
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Say you’re building a house… would you go to the lumberyard to buy wood before drafting a floor plan? No. That would be stupid.
Now, say you want to write a screenplay. The same kind of thinking applies here, too. Screenwrit...
Filmmaker Desh Amila
Desh Amila is a documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. Originally from Sri Lanka and migrated to Australia in 2000. With a desire to inspire, Desh is on a mission to educate, entertain and enhance the lives of those he connects with...
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Filmmaker and bestselling author, 21 features and counting. Bylines in MovieMaker and The Advocate; guest lecturer at UCLA. I write the candid, no-bullshit version of how independent films actually get made.
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