Authors — Scott Macaulay
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Music Video: “Magic Chords,” by Sharon Van Etten, Directed by Rick Alverson
Rick Alverson, director of the forthcoming The Comedy, directed this music video for Sharon Van Etten. NSFW warning: contains nudity!
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 10, 2012 -
Dreams from a Petrified Head Director Dan Ouellette
Dan Ouellette has had a long career in the New York independent film community, starting with his work as a production designer for Hal Hartley in 1990 with Trust and then, in 1992, with Simple Men. He’s also an accomplished visual artist (examples of which can be seen at his Neurotica Divine site) and has directed stylish music videos for the bands Android Lust and The Birthday Massacre. Dan is also, full disclosure, an old friend who I’ve also worked with professionally many times. (Films he’s production designed that Robin O’Hara and I produced include What Happened Was…, Saving Face, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 10, 2012 -
Lindsay Lohan and James Deen in Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis’s The Canyons
We sent the Fall issue of Filmmaker magazine to the printer last night, and in my Editor’s Letter I riffed on Paul Schrader, who appeared in both our first issue of the magazine as well as its tenth anniversary. The issue you’ll receive in the mail and see on newsstands shortly is our 20th Anniversary issue, and while it doesn’t contain an interview with Schrader, I wrote that it might just as well have. That’s because, once more, he’s reinventing himself, completing a journey that led him from ’70s Hollywood screenwriter to DIY independent filmmaker. That said, the trailer for […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 9, 2012 -
Ted Hope Greets The San Francisco Film Society
The San Francisco Film Society has posted the welcome address of its new Executive Director, Ted Hope. Hope talks about why he took the job, and how running the Film Society is a continuation of the passion that fueled his producing of over 70 individual films. He also discusses the challenges facing cinema today. Watch below. San Francisco Film Society E.D. Ted Hope from k9sound on Vimeo.
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 9, 2012 -
Deadline Approaching for Biennale College – Cinema Microbudget Production Program
The deadline of October 22 is fast approaching for the Biennale College – Cinema, a new initiative open to first and second-time directors that will lead to the production of three micro-budget films. In a program led by the Venice Biennale in partnership with Gucci, 15 producer-director teams will take part in a ten-day filmmaking workshop, after which three projects will be selected for further development and production funding in the amount of €150,000. Projects must be able to developed, produced and edited within five months, and they will then premiere at the 2013 Venice Biennale. The Call for Application […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 9, 2012 -
When Should You Give Up, a Postscript
Remember “When Should You Give Up?” It was one of our most commented upon posts here at Filmmaker, an extended conversation about the practicalities as well as psychological ramifications of quitting. Quitting a specific project, that is, not filmmaking in general. The post was inspired by a post by author Edan Lepucki over at the Millions titled “Shutting the Drawer: What Happens When a Book Doesn’t Sell?” Lepucki wrote about how, when the novel she had been working on for so long didn’t sell, she simply packed it in and started working on another. No flogging it for years, exploring […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 5, 2012 -
Is Creative Work Only for the Privileged?
J. Maureen Henderson at Forbes asks a question for these times: “Are Creative Careers Now Exclusively Reserved for the Privileged?” She primarily refers to writing and publishing jobs, but her question applies to the film world too. Henderson’s piece quotes from another by writer Alexandra Kimball, who writes at Hazlitt about breaking into publishing… when you can’t afford to be an intern. From Kimball: To be a writer in this market requires not only money, but a concept of “work” that is most easily gained from privilege. It requires a sense of entitlement, the ability to network and self-promote without […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 2, 2012 -
What’s So Controversial About Beasts and the SAG Awards?
I’m a little perplexed by the mini-controversy that has erupted over the Screen Actors Guild determination that the actors in Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild are ineligible to receive Screen Actors Guild Awards because the film was not made under a SAG contract. (In other words, the film did not employ professional actors.) From Scott Feinberg in the Hollywood Reporter: Director Benh Zeitlin, out of financial necessity (he had a budget of just $1.3 million) and a desire for the greatest possible sense of authenticity (his film revolves around eccentric characters who populate a remote part of America’s […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 2, 2012 -
Gordon Von Steiner and Steven Meisel Face the Future
I haven’t posted a great fashion film in a while because, well, I haven’t come across one. This, via Director’s Notes, is out-there enough to warrant placement here. It’s directed by Gordon von Steiner and was shot during Steven Meisel’s “Face the Future” photoshoot for Vogue.
by Scott Macaulay on Sep 27, 2012 -
5 Things to Know Before Submitting to The Tribeca Film Festival
Here’s Tribeca Film Festival Director of Programming Genna Terranova on her way to work while imparting some useful info about submitting to the 2013 edition. Early deadline, believe it or not, is October 19.
by Scott Macaulay on Sep 27, 2012
