by Colin McCormack | Jul 5, 2023 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
Gaining experience on a film set is always a good idea before taking on the mantle of director. And filmmaker MEL ESLYN has experience that would put most people to shame. Starting out in the Seattle indie film scene as a co-producer on Lynn Shelton’s Your... 
by Colin McCormack | Jun 5, 2023 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
BOMANI J. STORY started his creative output at a young age, writing short stories as a child and finding early inspiration in an 1818 sci-fi horror novel written by a teenage prodigy, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Story graduated from USC’s School of... 
by Colin McCormack | Apr 24, 2023 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
Like many indie filmmakers, FRANKLIN RITCH made a proof-of-concept to help sell his vision of a potential feature debut. Unlike a lot of other proofs-of-concept like sizzle reels or trailers, the scene Ritch shot made it into the final product; in fact, it encompasses... 
by Colin McCormack | Mar 29, 2023 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
As a producer, LIZ CARDENAS has a specialty in using a project’s ingrained constraints to its advantage, from the minimalist isolation of David Lowery’s A Ghost Story and Roshan Sethi’s 7 Days to the intimate escapism of Augustine Frizzell’s... 
by Colin McCormack | Feb 27, 2023 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
With an evocatively-titled screenplay, two powerful leading roles, and a Cannes-approved short to work off of, JAMIE DACK had a lot going for her when trying to get her feature directorial debut off the ground. But as with any indie film (especially one tackling...