Scott Macaulay
Writing about the art, business and producing culture of independent film.
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A Lookbook's Role in the Making of a Film
“An aging tour guide faces an existential crisis when an internationally successful fantasy TV show begins filming in his remote Scottish village.”
That was our logline for Sean Dunn’s debut feature, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, w...
"Chronovisor": A Thrilling, Bibliophilic, Doc-Adjacent Sci-Fi Mystery
For a film that’s an improbably exciting ode to libraries, books and scholarship, Chronovisor, the tour de force narrative debut from New York-based filmmakers Kevin Walker and Jack Auen, took me back to the early days of the internet. For...
Filmstack Inspiration Challenge #39: Being Reminded of the Possible
On August 20, 2025, Ted Hope launched the Filmstack Inspiration Challenge, with Avi Setton soon joining as community organizer, scheduling writers and keeping us all on track. Here’s my contribution.
“You should do an issue about inspirati...
"If You See Me Starting a Substack, Stage an Intervention..."
“If, the day after I leave Filmmaker, you see me starting a Substack, please stage an intervention.” That’s a one-liner I’ve been giving out to those who ask what I’ll be doing this Winter when I leave Filmmaker Magazine, ending my 33 years...
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Film producer, Forensic Films. Credits include "The Assistant," "What Happened Was...", "Gummo," "Raising Victor Vargas," "Saving Face" and more. Co-founded and was long-time Editor of Filmmaker Magazine. Former Programming Director of The Kitchen.
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