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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.

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Critic, writer, and essayist focusing on film/pop culture, amongst other wild obsessions. On staff at New York Magazine. Living full tilt toward pleasure. Sensualist. A gentlewoman from the South.✨\ud83d\udc95

Longtime entertainment industry professional, now a wine buyer and seller. Co-Host of the "Vintertainment" podcast where we pair wine with movies.

writer. chicago. 25. into model trains.

Marketing @ Kinema, Co-founder @ GOLD Comedy, romcom enthusiast, always carrying Aquaphor

\ud83c\udf7f\ud83c\udfab Founder & CEO @kinemaHQ \ud83c\udfa5 \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffb Co-Founder @Picture_Motion \ud83c\udfac \ud83d\udcfa EVP, Entertainment Partnerships @PublicisMedia

Screenwriter (creator, NBC/Sky's DRACULA) | Novelist (PSALMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD) | Host of 5AM STORYTALK podcast. Storytelling craft deep dives, emphasis on film/TV, in between trying to make sense of the 21st century through the lens of art.

Cinematographer with decades shooting movies and teaching movies. I've helped hundreds of students find their cinematic confidence through my mentorship in classroom and set, teaching at three Universities. https://www.alanfilmmaker.com/

Quiet girl in a loud dress. Artist & filmmaker. Feature #10 is ALL RIVERS SPILL... I make wry films with melancholic joy, and find inventive ways to connect them with audiences. Your Fat Friend, Seahorse, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch & more!

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.

Writing, directing, & producing NonDē films. Organizing the NonDē 50 Films Project, contributing to FilmStack Daily Digest, and making my feature directorial debut in 2026.

Director. Producer. Documentary & Fiction Films. INVISIBLE NATION (PBS). Co-Writer, Co-Host LOVE IS A CRIME (Vanity Fair). Writer, Host vHOPEFUL CONVERSATIONS podcast w inspiring filmmakers & authors, listen (Apple. Spotify), watch here, HopeForFilm

NYC filmmaker and NYU film teacher.

Words, written and spoken, on film, culture, art, education, with a philosophical inflection.

Film/TV Producer traveling the world, making movies while helping other filmmakers to succeed and have impact in the world.

Actress, writer and producer and mental health advocate working creating a TV series “THE FACILITY” https://thefacilityseries.com/

FilmStack & fiction. Born in Southport, based in London. Writer & production crew.

Anthony Kaufman is a film programmer, film journalist, and film teacher.

one more time with feeling.

I am a filmmaker and am also devoted to helping filmmakers connect with audiences - eg - distribution and marketing. I distribute films, run a distribution lab, speak and do strategic consultation.

Entertainment Marketing, Transmedia Storytelling, and making sense of both for you!

Founder and curator of Black Women Directors, a digital library. Words and thoughts my own.

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.

Award-winning filmmaker, festival programmer, and juror. This stack will focus on areas of the industry I feel are relevant to independent artists.

Cinema-maker. Former Co-Executive Director of Filmmakers Alliance.

I am an educator and filmmaker from Lafayette, Louisiana. I write about micro-budget filmmaking and the independent film industry.

young industry professional building what's next for film & tv

Actress/Writer/Director/Producer of the critically acclaimed film, FRESH KILLS. Creator of a Rebel Collective. NY Times Best Seller. “Life shrinks or expands in portion to one’s courage “ Anais Nin

A Non-Dē filmmaker. Producer of Think of England, a Non-Dē film.

Indie film publicist. Festival strategist. Bright Iris Film Co. founder. Decades in the trenches of independent film, with a lot to say about it and everything else.

Maida Lynn is the founder of Facet (https://facet.ltd/), board co-chair of The Roxie Theater, and fascinated by the nonprofit NonDē film world.

Writer and director. Filmmaker behind 'In No Great Hurry', 'The Lure' and more.

Skip Berry is a former magazine and newspaper journalist, the author of several nonfiction books for kids and adults, a screenwriter, and a poet.

I’m an independent filmmaker based in Utah. My feature length documentary, SNOWLAND, is now playing on film festival and community screens. Big Sky, Slamdance, and more.

a producer, writer, and programmer working across fiction and non-fiction. also, a mum.

failing upwards every week

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.

Based in Los Angeles; filmjourn runs & connects alternative venues, produces feature films and a Youtube Channel. Champions experimental/alternative exhibition. Forever writing. Stream. Screen. Scene.

NYC Commercial Producer | Writer | Film Nerd | Sharing raw notes from the climb toward directing a first feature.

Expect lots of FilmStack and then random thoughts on tv, movies, theater, books, and life

A space for people curious about life, through the lens of cinema.

I write music for screens and places, and make films. Founder @ NonDē Shorts Festival.

Making art and making a living in documentary film. I've directed 8 feature docs including LISTENING TO KENNY G, CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN, HAIL SATAN?, NUTS! and OUR NIXON. I choose to LOL. I am also a sought-after consultant and educator.

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.

Fom Jacmel. From New York. From New Jersey. A lover of film and literature. Writer and Director of The Forgotten Occupation

World Builder, Writer and one half of WINE CELLAR CINEMA and the other half of the Vintertainment Pairing Podcast.

Expect blunt language, specific references when they exist, and a low tolerance for polished stories that cannot survive basic verification.

As a film strategist and marketing & distribution expert, I am excited to bring industry insights and resources directly to your inbox.