Filmmaking

SURVEY ON ARTISTS AND THE RECESSION

The following email was passed along to us by the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs: Dear colleagues: A national survey entitled “Artists and the Economic Recession” is being undertaken to assess conditions for working artists in the current economic climate. The survey has been commissioned by Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), a non-profit advocacy and service organization. The goal is to generate a meaningful national census of the conditions that individual artists currently face, and to conduct a baseline assessment of this vital population, for use by funders, advocates and other stakeholders. To help ensure robust participation among New York […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 31, 2009 Filmmaking
A FILMMAKER’S GLAMOROUS LIFE: SAM GREEN

In “A Filmmaker’s Glamorous Life,” online and in our latest print edition, Esther Robinson surveyed a number of filmmakers about the jobs they’ve taken to support themselves when they are not making films. In this blog series we’ll run the unedited responses we received that were then condensed for the piece. Below: Sam Green. Filmmaker: How did you support yourself during the production of your last movie/movies? And what was good/not good about these jobs? Green: I’ve done a bunch of different things to support myself while making films. I started off doing freelance editing. I did some terrible outdoors/nature […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 30, 2009 Filmmaking
ON THE MAIN PAGE: CHRIS FULLER, THE DARDENNES, AND ARMANDO IANNUCCI

Up on the main page are three web-only interviews of particular interest. The first, posted moments ago, is David Lowery’s interview with Chris Fuller, director of Loren Cass. This no-budget indie (nominated for a Filmmaker-sponsored Gotham Award) is in theaters now from Kino and scored a surprise rave from Nathan Lee in the New York Times. I saw the film a couple of years ago at Cinevegas and was intrigued by its blend of art film aesthetics and documentary style realism. Lowery’s interview really gets at these issues and I recommend it; it’s a great read. Also up is Nick […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 29, 2009 Filmmaking
Director Chris Fuller on Loren Cass

There’s something to be said about not being eager to please. Chris Fuller’s Loren Cass is an aggressively confrontational debut, all the more so because it is so resolutely restrained in its approach. So seemingly oblique is Fuller’s approach that one feasibly could make it through the entire film and not realize that its subject matter is the aftermath of the 1996 St. Petersburg riots; but on the other hand, that subject matter is so deeply ingrained in the film’s form that it doesn’t matter. Loren Cass doesn’t so much deal with its themes as it ingests them, and then […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Jul 29, 2009 Directing
A FILMMAKER’S GLAMOROUS LIFE: NATALIA ALMADA

In “A Filmmaker’s Glamorous Life,” online and in our latest print edition, Esther Robinson surveyed a number of filmmakers about the jobs they’ve taken to support themselves when they are not making films. In this blog series we’ll run the unedited responses we received that were then condensed for the piece. Below: Natalia Almada. Filmmaker: How did you support yourself during the production of your last movie/movies? Almada: I was very lucky with El General because I was able to support myself with funding for the film for the most part of the production. It was only in the very […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 29, 2009 Filmmaking
BLOGGING FROM THE SUNDANCE CREATIVE PRODUCING LAB: THOMAS WOODROW, PT. 2

Here is producer Thomas Woodrow’s final post wrapping up his experience at this year’s Sundance Creative Producing Lab. When last we met, I was on my way to the Sundance Creative Producing Lab to answer a few pressing questions about my upcoming project, The Skeleton Twins, as well as creative producing in general. The Lab was an amazing experience, not only on the level of the exchange of information (which was a veritable fire hose) but also, and at least as importantly on the depth of the conversation in which we engaged together. It is one thing to swap war […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 28, 2009 Filmmaking
BLOGGING FROM THE SUNDANCE CREATIVE PRODUCING LAB: MYNETTE LOUIE, PT. 2

Here’s our final Sundance Creative Producing Lab blog from producer Mynette Louie, who collects her thoughts after a night’s sleep back in New York. I flew home from the Sundance Resort late last night and just woke up after a 10-hour slumber. The weeklong experience of the Creative Producing Lab and Summit was intense, to say the least! Each day of the four-day Lab and 2.5-day Summit started at 8am and ended at 11pm, and we barely had any breaks. The range of what we covered with our producing advisers — Lynette Howell, Paul Mezey, Mary Jane Skalski, Jay Van […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 28, 2009 Filmmaking
A FILMMAKER’S GLAMOROUS LIFE: ROSS KAUFFMAN

In “A Filmmaker’s Glamorous Life,” online and in our latest print edition, Esther Robinson surveyed a number of filmmakers about the jobs they’ve taken to support themselves when they are not making films. In this blog series we’ll run the unedited responses we received that were then condensed for the piece. Below: Ross Kauffman. Filmmaker: How did you support yourself during the production of your last movie/movies? Kauffman: About 14 years ago, I took long term leases on a raw space, built apartments, and rented them. I supported myself by being a landlord. Filmmaker: What was good/not good about this […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 28, 2009 Filmmaking
HEY, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT MUMBLECORE?

TV ad for a Film Four mumblecore movie week. Hat tip: Karina Longworth.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 27, 2009 Filmmaking
A FILMMAKER’S GLAMOROUS LIFE: JOE SWANBERG

In “A Filmmaker’s Glamorous Life,” online and in our latest print edition, Esther Robinson surveyed a number of filmmakers about the jobs they’ve taken to support themselves when they are not making films. Over the next few days on the blog we’ll run the unedited responses we received that were then condensed for the piece. First up: Joe Swanberg. Filmmaker: How did you support yourself during the production of your last movie/movies? Swanberg: Now I’m able to support myself as a filmmaker, but during the making of my first two features I worked as a web designer, and I worked […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 26, 2009 Filmmaking

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