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The writers behind this newsletter.
A producer on over 70 films, studio exec on over 60, Ted launched Amazon’s foray into feature film production. His memoir/handbook "HopeForFilm" is available for your reading pleasure.
Expect blunt language, specific references when they exist, and a low tolerance for polished stories that cannot survive basic verification.
Filmmaker, Aaron Strand. Currently roadshowing my debut feature film 'Withdrawal'.
Making art and making a living in documentary film. I choose to LOL. I've directed 8 feature docs including WILD INSIDE, LISTENING TO KENNY G, NUTS! and HAIL SATAN? I am also a sought-after consultant and educator.
Cinema-maker. Former Co-Executive Director of Filmmakers Alliance.
Anthony Kaufman is a film programmer, film journalist, and film teacher.
Writer & Producer of This World Alone, Guacamole Yesterdays, and Gargantuan. Founder of Mirror Box Films.
Working studio screenwriter (Netflix, Searchlight). Black List alum. Hollyweird covers what nobody tells you about a real screenwriting career — craft, business, and the gap between.
I am an educator and filmmaker from Lafayette, Louisiana. I write about micro-budget filmmaking and the independent film industry.
I'm a film industry analyst, passionate about understanding how the industry works and sharing insights to help filmmakers get their projects funded, made, and seen. I consult for Guinness World Records on film-related records.
NYC filmmaker and NYU film teacher.
Artisanal rants. Film, TV, storytelling, writing, Non-Dē, learning to cook, magic and the way these are all, in my head, one thing. | First feature - WHERE DOES DAISY GO WHEN SHE'S NOT WITH US? - shooting 2027.
The official Substack of the Slamdance Film Festival reporting on the future of filmmaking
Writer & Director. NonDē 50 Films Project, FilmStack Daily Digest, & other secret exploits. Deeply game to explore the meaning of life whenever. Making my feature debut with what's been called a "strange, tender" script with a "fresh comic charge". \ud83d\udc7e
Expect lots of FilmStack and then random thoughts on tv, movies, theater, books, and life
Founder and CEO Seed&Spark. Producer, Good&Yum.
Mauro Mueller is a Swiss-Mexican filmmaker, showrunner, and active NonDē participant. A Student Academy Award winner and AMPAS member, he co-founded Fidelio Films, directed three feature films and produced over ten international productions.
i’m a producer, writer, and curator working across fiction and non-fiction. i teach sundance’s monthly film club. also, a mum :)
Marketing @ Kinema, Co-founder @ GOLD Comedy, romcom enthusiast, always carrying Aquaphor
I'm Kelli McNeil-Yellen. Working screenwriter/producer & 20+year marketing/PR pro who made the leap to filmmaking with my award-winning film DARUMA now on platforms. Founder Marketing & PR for Indie Film. DM to work w/me on your film's PR & marketing
one more time with feeling.
I write music for screens and places, and make films. Founder @ NonDē Shorts Festival.
I write worlds, and film them too. Founder @ NonDē Shorts Festival. Award-winning filmmaker exploring high production value solo filmmaking. Currently writing a horror TV pilot, shooting a feature documentary and a Sci-fi drama short.
They had no money and no connections. But James had a house. "Sell Your House" is a comedy about how two friends made a successful million dollar movie called “The Last Stop in Yuma County” and the lessons we learned along the way.
A film about memory, family, and desert magic. \ud83c\udf35 Join our journey and celebrate the magic of life. ✨
You don’t need another trade recap. You need someone who’s been in the room. I’m a senior ent exec and producer w/30 years across studios, agencies, distribution/marketing. This newsletter is what I wish I’d had and what the trades don’t understand
Building the next era of the music business and writing about why it needs to exist
Founder and curator of Black Women Directors, a digital library. Words and thoughts my own.
I’m Shawna Carroll, a Film and TV Post Producer. I help independent filmmakers avoid the post-production disasters that kill 97% of indie films—before they shoot AND after.
Ted Gioia is author of The Honest Broker on Substack (https://www.honest-broker.com)—a frank and opinionated guide to music, books, media, and culture. He is author of 12 books, and previously served on the faculty at Stanford.
FilmStack & fiction. Born in Southport, based in London. Writer & production crew.
Writer & Director of The Big Break. -Wed, Sep 16 @ 10am PST @ TCL Chinese Theatre, Indiewood FF (Block SSS). -Sat, Sep 26 @ 1pm, 4pm & 8pm PST Global Watch Party in LA, London, NYC, Portland, Bethlehem PA & more.
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Slamdance co-founder Jon Fitzgerald is the author of Filmmaking for Change: Make Films That Transform the World. And Founder of Cause Cinema & Cause Pictures.
Writer and director. Filmmaker behind 'In No Great Hurry', 'The Lure' and more.
NYC Commercial Producer | Writer | Film Nerd | Sharing raw notes from the climb toward directing a first feature.
Skip Berry is a former magazine and newspaper journalist, the author of several nonfiction books for kids and adults, a screenwriter, and a poet.
writer. chicago. 25. into model trains.
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