Reflections and hard-earned advice on making personal documentaries, first-person storytelling and producing for film.
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Great news! “My Omaha” Premieres Tonight on PBS’s Independent Lens
This is just a brief post, dear readers, but a happy one. My Omaha, which I produced with the director Nick Beaulieu, premieres nationwide tonight on PBS’s Independent Lens. It will be broadcast at 10pm ET here in NYC where I live, but, as...
The Making and Selling of “My Omaha”
Given that my Substack is called Getting Personal and is devoted mainly to personal documentary filmmaking, I’ll take a major leap and assume my faithful readers are interested in learning more on the subject. Either you’re making a persona...
Free NYC preview screening of MY OMAHA on Sept 29
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How I Got My First Documentary Funded
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For the next few weeks I’ll be reminding my loyal readers that Nick Beaulieu’s powerful personal doc “My Omaha,” which I produced with Nick, will be prem...
The Art of (Not) Getting Funding For Your Doc
Every filmmaker I know has been saying that it’s harder to get funding these days than ever, and it’s true.1 Part of me has to smile, though. I’ve been making films for almost 40 years and funding has always been hard. Yet somehow, by hook...
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I'm a documentary filmmaker, consultant, writer and founder/co-host of The D-Word. My latest personal doc: THE SEARCH FOR BETTY & HENRI.
Filmmaker (My Omaha) with a background in journalism and digital advertising. I write about my self distribution journey and helping filmmakers advertise their movies online.
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