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What It Really Takes to Get More Women Behind the Camera (and a New Fellowship That Can Help)

6 days ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Every 'Star Wars' Film, Ranked By Production Value

2 weeks ago by Nick Adams

the empire strikes back

the phantom menace

Return of the Jedi

Nick Adams

What Is Method Acting? (Definitions and Examples)

4 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Sanford Meisner

Jason Hellerman

How This All-Woman Crew Captured the Unexpected Story of Former ISIS Brides

1 month ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

alba sotorra clua

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Four Completely Different Ways to Shoot a Doc (and Make It Cinematic)

2 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

fruits of labor

alba sotorra clua

Danielle Kummer

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Would All Films Be Stronger If They Were Co-Directed?

2 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

What Edgar Wright Has to Say About Making His First Documentary

2 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

The Sparks Brothers

music documentary

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Find Out What's More Important to James Cameron Than ‘Avatar 2’

2 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Secrets of Whales

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Filmmakers, Kevin Smith Will Inspire You in This New Doc

2 months ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Mark Ruffalo's Doc on the Rights of Nature Breaks Ground

2 months ago by George Edelman

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Documentary film

George Edelman

13 Filmmakers Share the Advice You Need to Direct an Indie Feature

3 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Sundance Film Festival

filmmaking advice

Directing advice

Oakley Anderson-Moore

What’s the Most Cinematic Way to Show Screens in a Movie?

3 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Jane Schoenbrun

All Light Everywhere

Sundance Film Festival

Oakley Anderson-Moore

How Lucy Walker Embedded with Firefighters Right Before Hell on Earth

3 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Sundance Film Festival

Bring Your Own Brigade

documentary camera

documentary filmmaker

Oakley Anderson-Moore

What’s the Hardest Part of Filmmaking? 8 Directors Weigh In

3 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Sundance Film Festival

kentucker audley

Oakley Anderson-Moore

We Speak with Oscar-Winning Director of 'The Mauritanian' and 'The Last King of Scotland' Kevin Macdonald

3 months ago by George Edelman

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no film school podcast

directing actors

the last king of scotland

Kevan macdonald

the mauritanian

George Edelman

How to Be a Fearless Documentarian Like Nanfu Wang

3 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

In the Same Breath

sundance film festival 2021

sundance collab

Sundance Film Festival

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Crafting a Hero's Journey Out of the Feminist Nuns Who Took on the Vatican

3 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Sundance Film Festival

Shawnee Isaac-Smith

Catholic church

Oakley Anderson-Moore

'Search Party' DP Jonathan Furmanski Discusses the Art Of Lensing Comedy

3 months ago by George Edelman

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jonathan furmanski

George Edelman

Witness the Capitol Riot as It Happened

4 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Capitol Attacks

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Can Cinema Make You Immortal? A Deep Chat With 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Creator Kirsten Johnson

4 months ago by Jeffrey Reeser

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no film school podcast

Kirsten Johnson

dick johnson is dead

Jeffrey Reeser

The Best Documentaries of 2020

5 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

best documentary

welcome to chechnya

a thousand cuts

the truffle hunters

bloody nose empty pockets

Year in Review 2020

Oakley Anderson-Moore

A Movie and a Movement: Filmmaker Steven Bognar on the Importance of '9 to 5'

5 months ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

Would You Sell Your Blood Plasma to Make a Movie?

5 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

opioid epidemic

Oakley Anderson-Moore

How Director Alex Winter Opened the Frank Zappa Vault for His New Doc

5 months ago by Max Winter

Documentary film

Max Winter

What Are the Documentaries Werner Herzog Thinks You Should Watch?

6 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

5 Things to Keep in Mind Before Filming in the Rain

6 months ago by Jasmyne Bell

weatherproofing

Jasmyne Bell

How One Filmmaker Gave Up A Successful Career to Make Documentaries... And How it Worked

7 months ago by Jeffrey Reeser

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no film school podcast

the way I see it

Jeffrey Reeser

This Filmmaker Used the Rebel Spirit of Indie Film to Bring His Brother's Tragic Story to Life

8 months ago by Piotr Toczyński

indie film hustle

Justin Robinson

My Brother Jordan

Piotr Toczyński

Why the Canon C70 is the Compact Camera We've Been Waiting For

8 months ago by Jeffrey Reeser

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no film school podcast

Jeffrey Reeser

A Massive List of Fall 2020 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

8 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

film independent

Funding For Short Films

Oakley Anderson-Moore

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