I’ve gotten a lot of questions lately from filmmakers who haven’t gone into production yet with their films, as to whether or not it’s a good time to start thinking about distribution. My answer is always the same: it’s a great idea to start thinking about distribution even BEFORE you make your film. For example, I’m big…

Let’s face it, many people want to make films. They have dreams, they have plans, sometimes they even put a cast and a crew together, but most of these films never get completed. The primary reason for that is that most people have the expectation of their low-budget film coming out looking like a high-budget…

So you couldn’t find a distributor but you know your film has an audience? Or you haven’t tried getting a distributor and don’t feel like waiting out the time it takes and going through the process? In either case, you can take a do-it-yourself approach and release your movie on DVD or in the theaters,…

Film Distribution is the final frontier in the film production process. Many filmmakers begin production on their film without giving any thought to film distribution. For this reason, many independent films never see the light of day, and investors never get paid back. One way to practice responsible film making, is to have a film distribution plan in place…

The first thing any director intending work with actors on a film needs to understand is that acting for film is the most technically demanding and often least rewarding work an actor will do (not financially, but in terms of satisfaction with the actual process). To understand it helps to compare the work with an actor’s job…

I’ve gotten a lot of questions lately from filmmakers who haven’t gone into production yet with their films, as to whether or not it’s a good time to start thinking about distribution. My answer is always the same: it’s a great idea to start thinking about distribution even BEFORE you make your film. For example, I’m big…