by Colin McCormack | Jul 23, 2021 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
Actors/filmmakers/spouses ZOE LISTER-JONES and DARYL WEIN did what a lot of people said they would do during the early lockdown days of the COVID pandemic: they got productive. Collaborators for over a decade (including the features Breaking Upwards, Lola Versus,...
by Colin McCormack | Sep 11, 2019 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
Toronto-born, L.A.-based screenwriter/director STELLA MEGHIE didn’t necessarily set out to become a filmmaking “overnight sensation.” Meghie already had a career in fashion PR before she left to attend film school in London. Her feature debut,...
by Colin McCormack | Nov 8, 2018 | indieBlog, Miscellany, Spotlight
[UPDATED 3/7/19] We’ve written before about filmmakers who stepped away from blockbusters to scale things back budget-wise. Even the most legendary Hollywood directors have at times desired a respite from the high money/high stress world of...
by Colin McCormack | Jul 22, 2015 | indieBlog, Miscellany, Spotlight
[4/14/16 UPDATED figures and resources.] Helming a big-budget studio tentpole may be some filmmakers’ dreams, but it also comes with unfathomable responsibility and pressure (albeit with a hefty paycheck to soothe all that, no doubt). Nearly all...