Directing

Hollywood's Female Trouble: Part 2, The Directors

Xaque Gruber | Posted 04.04.2012

Xaque Gruber

Even with Bigelow's Oscar win in 2009, why are the statistics for female directors (in both film and television) less than golden?

Crazy, Stupid, Love -- More Important Than the Title Might Suggest

Roger Wolfson | Posted 09.29.2011

Roger Wolfson

Spending almost two hours in the dark with Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, and Emma Stone is really so much fun that you're to be forgiven if you don't realize, by the time you walk out, that you've just seen a very important film.

"Cinema Language" Speaking to My Rewrites

Abe Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Abe Schwartz

Recently I had the chance to attend Cinema Language, taught by Tom Provost and presented by Mark Stolaroff of the No Budget Film School. I've attended...

The Language of Cinema

Abe Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Abe Schwartz

How can I write stronger characters and improve my storytelling? How can I keep my audience even more engaged? How can my production aesthetics get better?

Ten Minutes with David Schwimmer

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

Fabio Periera

With mobile phones, computers and the Internet, the opportunities for a young person to reach out and connect to another person seem endless. So too, ...

A Day on the Set of Hirokin

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

Fabio Periera

"Yes!" he shouted, as the director, Alejo Mo-Sun, strolled across the alien world, dressed casually in a white polo and jeans, aviators and a cowboy h...

Indie Filmmaking Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Abe Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Abe Schwartz

I wrote the first draft script forBad Batch, my first feature, about 3 years ago. I joined a writer's group in which the challenge was to write a full screenplay in 2 weeks. This got my ass in gear to write something I knew I eventually would want to direct on a tight budget.

Letter to a Young Director

Julio Depietro | Posted 05.25.2011

Julio Depietro

Take that first step. Write one sentence. One brush stroke. Make one zero-budget short film. You never know where that might lead you -- but you know what will never happen if you don't.

Q & A: Actor Gary Sinise Helps "Brothers At War" And Grapples With The Iraq War's Effect on A Family

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Balfour

Sinise: "It's a look at military families and military life, the Iraq war and the integrity of the people that I know that are serving that; I responded to positively and wanted to support that."

Clint Eastwood As a Changeling

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Balfour

"My wife and I are both Libertarian; she was a Democrat and I was a Republican, and we both met in the middle somewhere."