The No Film School Podcast
A podcast about how to build a career in filmmaking. No Film School shares the latest opportunities and trends for anyone working in film and TV. We break news on cameras, lighting, and apps. We interview leaders in screenwriting, directing, cinematography, editing, and producing. And we answer your questions! We are dedicated to sharing knowledge with filmmakers around the globe, “no film school” required.
How Director David Gordon Green Reverse-Engineered ‘Nutcrackers' Plus Major Movie Monologues
WWII Recap & 'Best Man’s Ghostwriter' Creator Matthew Starr
Editing Duplass Episodic 'Penelope' & Film Industry Outside of NY & LA Feat. Celia Beasley
Microbudget Filmmakers Are Not Okay (But Thanks for Asking) — Advice & Support from AFF Filmmakers
How Indie Body Horror Comedy 'Booger' Director, Editor & Lead Meld Minds
From Madagascar to Hollywood with Director Andrew Kightlinger; Plus, 'Don't Move' Directors’ Microbudget to Sam Raimi-Produced Journey
Why Writer-Director Hallie Meyers-Shyer Wrote ‘Goodrich’ for Only Michael Keaton
Navigating Austin Film Fest; DP Mihai Malaimare Jr.: From Film School to Francis Ford Coppola
Applying for Your O-1 Visa To Work in Film and TV
How to Scale Video Editing With an AI Storytelling Partner
Bad Shabbos' Editor Talks Mental Health in Post & How Doc Informs Narrative
Death of Pilot Season, Big Pivots & Max Lugavere's Deeply Personal, Long-Game Doc ‘Little Empty Boxes’
The State of Spec Scripts, ‘The Substance’ & Panama Filmmaking
Why Indie Film Distribution Is About To Go Punk Rock
Imagery, Fall Fest Sales & Director Niclas Larsson on His 'Mother, Couch!' Production Book
We’re All Halfway Through Writing a Short Film That We Will Direct
Why A LUT Will Save Your Movie (Kinda)
How ‘Continue’ Director Nadine Crocker Turned Rejection Into Two Lionsgate Features
Back-To-Back Microbudgets, Folk Filmmaking & the Micro-Budget Chain Reaction Feat. ‘Peak Season’ Directors
Why Producer Ken Kao (Cuckoo, The Nice Guys, Mid90s) Wants More Mid-Budget Films
Crafting Tension: ‘Spermworld’ & ‘How To Blow Up a Pipeline’ Editor Explains
Rebuilding the Film Industry, Closure, Plus a $400 Doc Short
'DÌDI (弟弟)’ Director Sean Wang & Editor Arielle Zakowski on Kid Talent, Short Turnarounds & Angst on the Big Screen
Want To Make Worldbuilding Movies? ‘Borderlands’ EP Emmy Yu on Development, Production & Why VFX Should Be Onboard ASAP
Making a Movie Is Scary—This Is How We Manage Our Fear
‘War Game’ Directors Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber on Fearless Collaboration, Plus Comic-Con & Experimental Films
Breaking Down the Black List
Navigate All Facets of Comedy With 'The Office' & 'Abbott Elementary' Director Ken Whittingham
How ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Editor Balances Creative, Tech & Negotiates Higher Pay
Paramount — Skydance Merger; Scope, Scale & Dragon Battles
How To Write a Movie To Shoot (In Three Months)
The Burden of Unpaid Work, Ramping Up Your Reps & Roth IRAs; Plus ‘A Family Affair’ Screenwriter Carrie Solomon
Why This Doc Editor Let's Himself Get Lost
Don’t Sacrifice Creative: ‘A House is Not A Disco’ DP & Editor Share Tools on Staying Lean, Nimble
‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Writer-Director Michael Sarnoski's Path from 'Pig' to Studio Franchise
'Ren Faire' Dir Lance Oppenheim Plus Hard Comedy and Hard Questions
An Editing Round Table Of Emmy Contenders Part II
Jeff Nichols Discusses the Inspiration, Writing, and Directing of 'The Bikeriders'
An Editing Round Table Of Emmy Contenders!
Your Freelance Healthcare Questions Answered
Choosing Your Next Project & Immediate Next Steps
How to Get Your Short Out In the World & Write to Your Darkest Instincts
Break Up With Your Temp Score & Other Placeholders; Plus, Blackmagic Won NAB
How To Cut Like an Anthropologist from 'Scrambled’ & ‘Alpha’ Editor Sandra Granovsky
The Pause in Pipeline Programs & What It Means for You
‘Prom Dates’ Writer & Director on Reviving the Teen Sex Comedy
Film Fests: The Merits and Scams; Plus, Film Communities Outside of the Bubbles with Amy Dotson
How To Get a Short Film Into Sundance – and Turn It Into a Feature
‘Shōgun’ DPs on Lenses, Looks & How ‘The Descent’ Brought Them Together
Writing the Unfilmable & Managing Your Career When SH*T Hits the Fan
How ‘Challengers’ Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes Aces Character, Tension and Stakes
Packaging and the Death of Naked Specs
Live from NAB 2024: Blackmagic's CEO on the URSA Cine 12K & Future of AI
Editing Tyler Perry's Life Story with Filmmaker Erick Sasso
Why The 'Blood for Dust' Director & Producer Don't Wait for Permission To Make Movies
These No Film School Listeners Won Slamdance and Then Some
Survive Until 2025
How to Safely Light Chris Hemsworth on Fire
How Heat Shapes Your Career & the Biz Feat Oscar-Nominated Producer Chris Moore & Team
Is Achieving the American Dream Possible Through Cinematography?
Troubleshooting Tech for Dummies & Bombing an Interview
Let’s Talk About Sex (On Screen) With a Team of Intimacy Coordinators
To Rent or Buy Gear? Plus, Movies That Made Us Want To Make Movies
Pete Ohs Rethinks How We Make Movies
How Your First Ten Pages — Or AI? — Will Determine if Someone Finishes Your Script
‘Damsel’ Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Sets Fantasy on Fire (And It Looks Awesome)
How We Manage Our Careers — From Annual Goals to Daily Tasks
How Broadcast Dramas Work, With ‘Quantum Leap’ Writer Shakina
Dissecting Emerging AI and Why Your Human Voice Is So Important
Career-Sustaining Advice for a Consolidating Film Industry
How To Ensure People Can Watch Your Movie (Hopefully) Forever
How First-Time Feature Director Katie Burrell Subverts Ski Comedy... Hilariously
Are Super Bowl Ads Creative Anymore? Plus, a New Film Camera!
‘The Florida Project’ Producer Francesca Silvestri & ‘Suncoast’ Director Laura Chinn on Unlocking the Director-Producer Relationship
Indecision Is Death: ‘Argylle’ Director Matthew Vaughn on Titles, Twists & Scripts
Neon’s Horror Subversion ‘Handling the Undead’ Director Thea Hvistendahl on the Patience To Face Your Nightmares
'Expats' Director Lulu Wang on the Power of Saying “No”…and Sound
Oscars Snobbery or Misogyny? Plus, Doug Liman's 'Road House' Boycott
Lollapalooza, Oil, & Life-Or-Death Stakes: These Sundance Doc Directors Wear All the Hats
E-Girl Investigators of Sundance Premiere Neon Doc ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ on Ethics, DIY, and How To Ask For What You Need
From Landing the Job to Boosting Morale: Sundance DP Roundtable Dives into Filters & More
When Sundance Is the End of Your Festival Run: ‘How To Have Sex’ Director Molly Manning Walker
NFS @ Sundance: Community and Creativity at the No Film School Alumni Party
‘Layla’ Director Amrou Al-Kadhi and Cast on Opening Sundance, Casting Chemistry, and the Power of Subtext
NFS @ Sundance: Risks, Giveaways and What the Fest Tells Us About the Industry
‘Blackfish’ Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite Turns Blacklist Script ‘I.S.S.’ Into Sci-Fi Thriller Theatrical Release
Surviving Our Lowest Lows
Crucial Advice on Pitching Your TV Show
Industry Etiquette Tips for Social Media and Feedback
How To Make a Movie... For TikTok?
Filmmaker Resolutions for 2024
Why Breaking Story Is Like Breaking a Horse
Micro Budget by Design With the Screenwriting Life’s Jeff Graham
Indie Horror Duo the LeVecks: From Production To Press On ‘A Creature Was Stirring’
A Shocking Netflix Dump, Plus Lessons From Our Fav Holiday Flicks
'Share?' Director Ira Rosensweig on Full Stack Filmmaking
Why Don’t We Have an Indie Streaming Platform? Plus Our 700th Episode!
Unpacking the Ethical Minefield of Docs With the Team Behind ‘Subject’
The Joy of Networking in Hollywood!
How ‘May December’ Writer Samy Burch Plays With Power on the Page
What Actors Need To Know About Cinematography, Plus Building Your Post Team
‘Hungry Dog Blues’ Filmmakers Share Secret to Indie Film (Good Follow Up)
Gift Guide 2023 and the Pokémon Cards of Filmmaking
‘Asteroid City’ DP Robert D. Yeoman on Film vs Digital, Long-Term Director Relationships, and Sleep
An Indie Film Exec Unpacks The Post-Strike World
Demystifying Artist Labs and Programs with Tribeca Studios’ Bryce Norbitz
How To Talk About Your Film Career at the Holiday Dinner Table
‘TMNT: Mutant Mayhem’ Production Designer Yashar Kassai on the Future of Animation
Avoid Making Your Sets Look Like Sets; Plus, Are Intermissions Back?
Why Horror Films Are a Mirror of Society
Piloting Real-Time Post-Collab on Damien LeVeck’s Holiday Horror
Breaking Down the Color of Horror with LatinXorcists’ Ricardo Martinez
Practical Advice for Practical Effects With the Directors of SXSW Creature Feature ‘Snatchers'
Adventures in Indie Filmmaking and Leveraging Famous Faces
How 'The Creator' DP Challenges Big Budget Filmmaking with an Indie Mindset
How The Weird Satanist Guy Spawned a Sundance Indie With Demon Puppets
Why You Should Write Your Spec with 'Greenland' Screenwriter Chris Sparling
The WGA Strike is Over - What's Next?
The Most Disturbing Shorts at Sundance
The Writer's Strike Ends and Social Media Debates a Screenplay Page
How To Cast, Direct and Make Movies for Kids
The iPhone 15 is for Filmmakers, Casting Problems, and a Panamanian Adventure
How These SNL Editors Cut an Emmy-Nominated Sketch With 60+ VFX Shots in Two Days
Secrets to a Happy Set
How “Blackberry” Editor Induces Anxiety in Comedy
Strike Updates & Questions Directors Need To Answer in Prep (Feat. A Director in Prep)
Grit, Hustle and Self-Distribution: Learnings From Team Behind "Anchorage"
How To Write a Screenplay in Ten Days and Shoot a Movie in Less
How To Reinvent a Classic With Birth/Rebirth’s Laura Moss and Brendan J. O’Brien
How To Actually Shoot a Movie On Your iPhone
SNL Vet On Directing, Producing and Shooting Sketch, Parody and Satire
Rock & Roller Grace Potter Explains Her Filmic Inspirations, Aspirations
“Mutt” Director and Actor Unpack Career-Launching First Feature
How “The Bear” Editor Harnesses Chaos Across Film and TV
Top Legal Mistakes Filmmakers Make and How To Avoid Them
How To Shoot and Edit for Visual and Practical FX With “Appendage” Editor
How Appalachia-Based Filmmakers Blend Doc and Myth in “King Coal”
The DGA Deal Point Everyone Should Be Talking About, Plus Strike Updates
"Plan C" Editor Reveals the Skill Every Creative Should Foster
Your Double Strike Questions Answered: Waivers, Indies, Subscriptions and More
Why You Shouldn't Choose a Lane as a Filmmaker
What Indie Filmmakers Can Learn From ‘Indiana Jones’
What Podcasters and TV Writers Can Learn From Each Other
The Boundary-Pushing Tech at Cine Gear and Tribeca
What Can Tribeca Doc Editors Teach Us About Tools, Tone and Working Remote?
How To Sell Your TV Show Plus a Sundance Episodic Darling
The Festival Challenging Industry Norms & It's Best Feature Doc Winner
Big Movies Require Big Risks - 'God is a Bullet’ Producer and Financier Talks Filmmaking
‘Extraction 2’ Director Sam Hargrave’s Advice on Oners, Stunts, and Emails
Live From TriBeCa plus a Film That Takes on Toxic Frat Culture
‘White Lotus’ DP Explains the Difference Between Shooting Film & TV
How to Transition Roles Within the Film Industry Feat. ‘Flamin’ Hot’ Director Eva Longoria
How to Craft a Freaky Jump Scare With ‘Boogeyman’ Director Rob Savage
Why We’ll Be Babysitting AI To Avoid a Cliche Hellhole
An Accidental First Feature—Walé Oyéjidé’s on His Stunning ‘Bravo, Burkina!’
How To Navigate Hollywood Power Structures and What SAG Striking Means for the WGA
How To Break Into TV and Keep Healthy Boundaries
Is Your Project Fellowship-Ready? Plus, Find The Perfect IP For You
A Step-By-Step Guide to Indie Film: From Labs to Sundance to Theaters
Live From the WGA Picket Line and Why It Matters to You
How To Nail Camp Across Genres
How To Salvage a Toxic Production and the Death of the Movie Star
Puberty and Filmmaking—Not So Different! ‘Are You There God?’ Director Kelly Fremon Craig
Golden Elevator to Indie Film? Plus, Rolling Calls
'Chevalier' Director Stephen Williams on Big Breaks Outside of Hollywood
Day 2 of NAB 2023: Innovation, Battle Testing Camera to Cloud
Day 1 of NAB 2023: The Largest Community of Creatives and the Philosophy of What Makes a Camera Great
‘Renfield’ Director Chris McKay: The DNA of Your Movie Is the People Who Make It
WGA Strikes for Everybody, Plus Ray Romano, and Falling Out of Love
‘Joyland’ Director Saim Sadiq Redefines What it Means to be a Director
True Originality is Within Your Grasp
Turning "You're Not Gonna Make It" into Emmys with Director-Editor Kabir Akhtar
The Money Episode
How to Greenlight Yourself with ‘Wildflower’ Director
Tarantino's Last Movie, plus, Surviving Freelance, Anchoring Scripts, and Ronin 4D Flex
How to Cut Weeks of Shooting and Still Win at Sundance with ‘Mami Wata’ Director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi and Cinematographer Lílis Soares
Too Many Cooks in the Best Picture Category? Plus, Critiques, Critics, and 'No Hard Feelings'
Daniels and Paul Rogers talk Oscar-Winning (Re-Run)
From Sundance to SXSW: "Fancy Dance" Director Erica Tremblay and Co-Writer Miciana Alise
Big Data in Little Hollywood
SXSW Preview: Should You Produce Your Festival Experience? Plus Interview with Director Ella Glendining
Do We Miss Development Hell? Plus, The Last of Us
"The Banshees of Inisherin" Editor Mikkel E.G. Nielsen on Making Films Come Full Circle
Do We Need AI to Cry? Plus, the Future of Red.
Nailing the LOL with Women Write Now’s Sundance Fellows
Editors and Post Sound Have a Crush on Each Other('s Work)
How to Deal with Agents, Managers, and Breaking Up with Collaborators
Jason Woliner on Developing Filmmaking Stamina and Creative Confidence
For These DP's Connecting with Story and Storytellers Prevents Burnout
Live From Sundance: Festival Favorites, Acquisitions, and the Good/Bad/Ugly of Networking
“Don’t Follow the Rules, Rewrite the Rules” — Sundance Director Alison O'Daniel on Slow Burn Filmmaking by Design, Weaving Captioning into Film Narrative
Live from Sundance, plus Powderkeg Media’s Head of Development Approaches the Fest in a Time of Pure Flux
What We Wish We Knew About Film Festivals When We Were Younger
What is the 'Secret Sauce' of a Great Film? Oscar-Winning Editor Lee Smith Helps Us Find Out
Why is Francis Ford Coppola Losing His Crew?
How to Make Money as a Cinematographer
You Can Own a Piece of A Disruptive Film and TV Development Model
Darius Khondji on Scale, Scope, and Cinematic Storytelling
Filmmaker First Steps: Anne Sophie Bine on Short Film Success
There is a Whole New Way Movies Are Marketed... Will it Work?
Going Right From Film School Shorts to a First Feature
Making Your Creative Intentions Count
Todd Field Tells us How to Study Character in Tar
A.I. Leaps Forward Again...Do Filmmakers Need to Worry?
How to Craft Natural Light into Stunning Visuals in Banshees of Inisherin
NEW AI Tech That Blows Our Minds and How to Use Improv on Set
Navigating Ego in Filmmaking
How to Get Your Kinds of Movies Made with Dean Craig Writer/Director of 'The Estate'
Is This the Tool Filmmakers Need to Find Their Audience?
Tony Kushner Breaks Down 'The Fabelmans' and Collaborating with Steven Spielberg
You Finished Your Screenplay. Now What?
“Smile” Director and DP Share the Secret Rules to Their On-Set Success
How to Get Commercial Directing Gigs and Brand New Camera Tech We Love
How This 15 Year Old Shot a Horror Short and Got it To Cannes
How to Give Notes That Help and What AI Will Do to Filmmaking
Paul Feig Teaches Us the Nuances of Comedy and Collaboration
When and How to "Run and Gun" Wisely
How Can You Option Valuable IP and Get it Made with Josh Gordon and Will Speck
Box Office Smarts for Filmmakers or How To Make Your Movie When Something Like it Bombed
"Bodies Bodies Bodies" Director Halina Reijn Shares Her Directing Process
How to Stay Healthy During #SetLife
'The Redeem Team' Director Jon Weinbach Teaches Us How to Sell The Stories We Love
How Do You Make Money While Pursuing a Filmmaking Career?
Debunking and Decoding the Industry with 'Superbad' and 'Confess, Fletch' Director Greg Mottola
How to Shoot Sex Scenes Responsibly, Even Without A Big Budget
What's The Cost of Doing Work You Care About? Jerrod Carmichael Explains
Is There Still a Place in Cinema for Rule Breakers?
Face Down Your Filmmaking Challenges with this Approach From Medieval Director Petr Jakl
How to Become More Hireable and What We like About the Fuji X-H2
How to Find Your Way Into the Industry with Jessica M. Thompson
Joe Dante Believes You Can Create Amazing Things
When is the Right Time to Take Big Career Swings?
Yes, You Can Still Do This... and Audiences Need You to!
China Sends Hollywood a Message
How to Identify Your Filmmaking Voice and Expand Beyond It
How Can You Navigate Hollywood if You Aren't Rich or Connected?
How to Create Your Directing Opportunities with Liz Allen Rosenbaum
Find Out What the Hell Happened with HBO Max
How 'Nope' Editor Nicholas Monsour Creates Perspective and Meaning
How Do You Know When Your Edit is Done?
The New Soft Skills You Need as a Modern Filmmaker
Here's How This DP Did Something Nobody's EVER Done Before
Is it Bad That Spielberg and A.I. Generators Are Playing in Our Sandbox?
This is Why You Can Do Better Work Even With Limitations
How To Create Amazing Cinematic Sequences with the 'Elvis' Editors and Cinematographer
How You Can Benefit from Finding Filmmaking Communities
Here is How a Random Crush Turned into Someone's Break Through Feature
The Personal and the Political of Filmmaking in Unprecedented Times
Unlocking the Challenges of Directing Actors with Sophie Hyde
Let's Face Filmmaker Imposter Syndrome Together
Straightforward Ways to Be a Better Director from 'Hustle' Director Jeremiah Zagar
Find Out What's Happening to the Streaming Business Model and What's Next in Lenses from Cine Gear
Go Inside the Editing of "Top Gun: Maverick"
Learn From The "Sketchy" Things We Did When We Started Out...
Make Your Feature by Embracing Fear
What's Your Responsibility as a Filmmaker AND Film-watcher?
Film Festival Founders Share How You Can Grow from the Festival Experience
Do Movie Stars Still Matter for Indie Filmmakers?
Will This Be James Cameron's WATERloo?
How This Writing Team Got Their First Feature (With a Little Help From This Podcast!)
The Problem with TV, The Cat People's Narrative, And a Tool That Finally Crosses the Streams
Award-Winning Director John Madden Talks Crafting Tension in 'Operation Mincemeat'
Word of Mouth and Making Good Movies Still Works!
Filmmaking Tools and Tech That Excite Us the Most as We Wrap Up NAB 2022
These Innovations Let You Light However You Want
Robert Eggers Explains How the Devil is in the Details on 'The Northman'
The First Day of NAB 2022 Introduces Insane New Workflows
There May Be No Better Way to Learn and Get Inspired Than This
The Genius Talent Behind "Everything Everywhere All At Once", All at Once
What Happened to All The Sex in Movies?
A Round Table On Apps Every Filmmaker Needs
NAB is Coming And Here is Why We're Pumped
How This First Time Filmmaker Got Elite Talent on Her Side
Plagiarizing Film Students and Was 'The Godfather' Lit Poorly?
How This First Time Filmmaker Got it Done By Laying it All on The Line
What To Do With Your Hands... At a Film Festival or Awards Show
Learn Directly From these 2021 Academy Award Filmmakers
Who Will Win The Streaming War and All Your $$?
The Oscar Nominated Art Team Behind "Nightmare Alley"
Dune: A Masterclass in Bringing a World to Life Through Sound
The Tragedy of People Missing the Point of Movies
Find Out Why These Producers Read ‘Mass’ and Had to Make It
3 Filmmaking News Stories That Push All Kinds of Buttons
The Not-So-Secret Hack That Makes 'Winning Time' So Amazing
Why Does The Academy Hate Actual Filmmaking?
Want To Binge The Best Movies Ever? This Month You Can...
Investors Scamming Filmmakers and a New Camera That Blows Our Mind
How Two Very Different Paths Led To Filmmaking Careers
This Eye-Tracking Tech Could Change Filmmaking and Watching
Creating Subtext in The Power of The Dog
In a World of Mostly Bad Things, Make Something Good
Station 11 DP's Teach Creating New Looks in Familiar Genre
Censorship, Changed Endings, and The Big Chungus of Gear
What Cameras Are Most Popular for Sundance Filmmakers?
How Driving to LA With Nothing But the Dream Worked For These Guys
A Rights-Buying Story So Weird it Might Be a Joke
The Secrets Behind Directing Great Television From Someone Who Does It
How to Make the Slow Time of Year Busy
How Do You Raise Money at a Film Festival?
Nathalie Biancheri on Writing and Directing 'Wolf'
Nora Fingscheidt On Being 'Drafted' to Direct a Large Scale Feature
Licorice Pizza's Editor and DP On Breaking Rules with PTA
Nightmare Alley DP and Editor Shed Light on Crafting Utter Darkness
Why Make Movies? 2021 In Review
Sir Kenneth Branagh on 'Belfast', Cinema History, Growing Up, and Being Human
What’s Going On With the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Coverage?
Dolph Lundgren On Hollywood, Ambition, and Changing Course
Why Comic-Con is for Filmmakers
DP Robert Yeoman on Shooting With Wes Anderson
Turn Your Holidays into a Filmmaking Laboratory
How to Shoot a Feature in One Take. FOR REAL.
Sony Venice 2 Drops Here is What You Should Know
What’s it Like to Write a Movie For Marvel?
Optioning Scripts for Indie Filmmakers, When to Drone, and GOOD DEAL/BAD DEAL
'The Harder They Fall' and 'The Master' DP on Creating a Modern Western Look
Dune DP Greig Fraser and Editor Joe Walker Break Down Crafting a Cinematic Epic
Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson Cairns Dissect 'Last Night in Soho'
Manfrotto Camera Movement Week and Box Office Victories
Film Set Tragedy
IATSE’s New Contract
Justin Long, Christian Long, and Justin Chon for 'Lady of the Manor' and 'Blue Bayou'
Should You Pay For Script Coverage?
Fuqua, Gyllenhaal, and Melfi on THE GUILTY and THE STARLING
Bond is Back And We're Chatting With No Time To Die's Visual Wizards
STRIKE! And Russians in Space... With Cameras?
Sara Colangelo Tells The Truth in 'Worth'
What Does the Huge CAA News Mean For You?
How Two Friends Turned an Inside Joke into a Feature Film
Ed Burns Shares the Art of Indie Film Compromise
Just How Cinematic IS This New iPhone 13?!
Welcome To The Wild West Of Streaming Wars and Digital Cameras
How to Carve a Sundance Worthy Doc From Hours of Archival Footage
Working on Labor Day
Paul Schrader Tells Us the Keys To Character Study and How 'Taxi Driver 2' Almost Happened
What Could Blockchain Coming to Hollywood Mean For Filmmakers?
Turning Disappointment into Growth with Shawn Levy
Free Range Production Assistants and Billion Dollar Deals
Creating an Epic Landscape in ‘The Green Knight’
Toxic Fandom, Tarantino's Mother Issues, and We Play 'Good Deal/Bad Deal'
From Caviar With Arnold To 'Cruising' With The Rock
Are Director's 'Hot Takes' Good For Their Movies?
How They Made the Camera Sing and Dance in 'In The Heights'
ScarJo Takes on Disney and What Makes a 'Good' Deepfaker?
What Comes After an Entry-Level Job?
How 'Stillwater' Keeps You Riveted and How 'Let Us In' Found an ‘IP’ Loophole
Nine Days is the Film Of Our Times. How the Heck Did it Get Made?
M. Night Shyamalan Explains his Directing Choices on 'Old', Plus the 'PIG' Filmmakers Preach Perseverance
How to Take and Give Notes, What is the Future of Celluloid, and RIP Richard Donner
'Gunpowder Milkshake' Director Navot Papushado On Shooting Awesome Gunfights
No Sudden Move Writer Ed Solomon Teaches Us About Success, Failure, Growth, and Alaskan Strip Clubs
TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz Takes Us Behind The Scenes On One of Hollywood's Biggest Sets
How Many Ks Do You Need? Blackmagic Week Special Episode
How Has Visual Effects Photography Has Evolved and Where Is It Going?
You're Not a DP Until You've Cut Your Own Material
Are Netflix and Actors Are Both Trying to Hide Something?
'Wonder Showzen' and 'False Positive' Co-Creator John Lee Wants You to Push Buttons
Edgar Wright Shares His Inspiration and Passion with "The Sparks Bros"
Renny Harlin Says He Could Live Without Food... But Not Without Movies
What Makes This New Drone So Special?
Safe Sex on Sets and Creative Cloud Questions
AMC is Buying Arclight and How Do Filmmakers Ask For a Raise?
Screenwriting Guru Robert McKee Demystifies Character and Structure
Choosing Your First Industry Job
How to Budget Your Indie Feature
Director Timur Bekmambetov Is Loving This New Innovative Filmmaking Technique
How Ratings and Algorithms Impact Your Filmmaking Career
Who Will Save Arclight Cinemas?
'Miss Juneteenth' Writer/Director Shows Us How to Beat the Odds
I'm Producing A Feature... What First Steps Do I Take?
The Guys Who Edited Borat Tell All
The Pros and Cons of Integrating AI into Filmmaking
Following a True Story Landed This Writer/Director His Feature Debut
How to Break In... As a PA
Ridley Scott's Longtime DP Darius Wolski Has War Stories
Why Rian Johnson Can't Stop Winning
Success Happened Because There Was No Plan B
Do Directors Need a Certain Personality Type To Suceed?
Creating the Physical Look of David Fincher's 'Mank'
Is Zach Snyder's 'Justice League' a Good Movie?
Mark Toia Self-Financed a VFX-Heavy Robot Action Movie for 1.6 Million
How WandaVision Achieved Its Kaleidoscope of Looks With One Camera
How Michael Stephenson Turned a Child Actor Nightmare Into a Fruitful Directing Career
TCM Chooses to Discuss Rather Than 'Cancel' and Why It Matters
Mark Ruffalo's Doc on The Rights of Nature Breaks Ground
Is George Lucas Returning to Star Wars? We Discuss the Filmmaking Maverick
What Do Producers Want? We Ask One
Sorry Dude, Amazon Prime Video Direct Does Not Want Your Documentary
The United States vs. Billie Holiday DP Says Celluloid Was a 'No Brainer'
Was Gina Carano's Firing Fair?
'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' DP Tobias Schliessler is Always Learning
Meet Matt Ritter: The Man Who Almost Scored the Film Rights to the Gamestop Madness
Oscar-Winning Director of 'The Mauritanian' and 'The Last King of Scotland' Kevin Macdonald
Why Remote Sundance is Awesome For Filmmakers and Audiences
'Search Party' DP Jonathan Furmanski Discusses the Art Of Lensing Comedy
What You Need to Know About the Sony Alpha 1
Frank Oz, Voice of Yoda and Muppet Co-Founder, Breaks New Ground and New Formats
Is There Anything Left in the Superhero Genre to Explore?
How to Work Your Way Up at a Production Company Until You Direct Your Debut Feature
Is Quentin Tarantino Giving Us Bad Career Advice?
Can Cinema Make You Immortal? A Deep Chat With 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Creator Kirsten Johnson
Did Patty Jenkins Try to Save 'Wonder Woman'?
The Producers of 'Black Bear' Tell You What It Really Takes To Make a Legit Indie Film
How Writer-Director Tara Miele Brought Her Passion Project 'Wander Darkly' to Life
Why ScriptHop Will Help Get Your Screenplay Read By the Right People
What Is Up with Tom Cruise and Why Did His COVID Regulation Tirade Seem Fake?
Why Disney's New Wave of Content Matters (For Better or Worse)
Oscar-Winning Sound Supervisor Mark Mangini Gives You The Keys to the Kingdom
How Watson Wu Captures Your Favorite Sounds
Heavyweight Directors Vs. Warner Bros: Who Will Have the Last Word?
Why 'The Crown' Takes Liberties with Historical Facts and You Should Too (Because It’s All Fiction)
How Oscar Winning DP Chris Menges Mastered Naturalistic Cinematography
One Director's Honest, Harsh, and Heartwarming Story of Making it in Hollywood
How Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin Ascended to the Top of the Film World with 'The Climb'
What's the Best Cinema Camera for Under 10K?
Phedon Papamichael is an Actor's Cinematographer. What Does That Mean?
How 'The Queen's Gambit' Editor Michelle Tesoro Became So Versatile In Cutting Prestige TV
Why Did Leonardo DiCaprio Want 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Rewritten?
How Ross Emery Became a Go-To Cameraman for Modern Sci-Fi Classics
Malin Akerman Explains How to Attach Talent to a Project
DaVinci Resolve 17 Has Tons of New Features You'll Like
Sony's New Virtual Sound Tech Was So Good These Veteran Mixers Couldn't Believe Their Ears
Daron Aronofsky's Rockstar DP Matthew Libatique Talks Career and 'Requiem For a Dream' Anniversary
What You Can Do With the Blackmagic 12K... Oh And About That Election...
‘Over The Moon’ Director Glen Keane Uncovers The Secret Sauce Of Story
The Ghost of Quibi Haunts The Entertainment Industry
'Lovecraft Country' DP Michael Watson On Shooting During Covid-19
Jim Cummings Might Owe His Directing Career to a Shopping Cart
How Filmmaker Friendly is the iPhone 12?
'Back to the Future' Writer Bob Gale Shares Timeless Screenwriting Advice
Not Coming to A Theater Near You? How Disney+ Is Changing Movies
No One Gives A Sh*t About Max Barbakow and Andy Siara, Creators of “Palm Springs”
Why Can't The White House Find a Competent Video Editor?
How One Filmmaker Gave Up A Successful Career to Make Documentaries... And How it Worked
What Grants Should You Be Looking At This Fall?
’The Last Shift’ is a Masterclass in How to Make the Leap from DIY Nonfiction to Big-Time Narrative
9.24.20: Why the Canon C70 Is The Compact Camera We've Been Waiting For
9.17.20: How CAA Tried to Outsmart the WGA (And Failed)
Cinematic Legend Walter Murch on Editing, Sound Design, and His Unique Methods
9.10.20: Why Colourlab Will Be a Game-Changer (For Real!)
You Need to Know the Miracle of "The Peanut Butter Falcon"
9.03.20: What is Sync Sketch? And Remembering Chadwick Boseman
David Fincher's Longtime DP Jeff Cronenweth has Advice, Insight, and Stories
8.27.20: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Film Festival Strategy
How Logan Schneider Became the "Drunk History" DP
8.20.20: A Middle-Class Moviemaking Manifesto?
8.14.20: How will the end of the Paramount Decrees affect theaters and filmmakers?
8.6.20: Will families pay $30 for Mulan?
How Do You 'Just Shoot It' During a Pandemic?
7.31.20: Did Filmmakers Finally Get What They Wanted?
7.24.20: Ks For Days
7.17.20: Is Canon feeling burned?
7.10.20: Revolutions, Revelations, and Resolutions
This is How One Man Created a Thriving Indie Production Company with Hope
7.3.20: To Sit Or Not To Sit?
What Will Creatives Do About Apple's Big News?
6.19.20: The Dinosaurs Are Going Back to Set, But Not The Writers
What Is It like to Write a Spider-Man Movie?
6.12.20: Lights, Camera, Covid?
6.5.20: What Is the Role of the Filmmaker in a Time of Unprecedented Upheaval?
5.26.20: Will 'Tenet' bring movie goers back to theaters?
Getting a Camera Inside the Moment That Shook the NBA
5.22.20: Remembering Lynn Shelton, 'Unreal' Visuals, and Adobe Premiere Updates
5.15.20: Fake Artist... Real Weirdness. What Do We Make of Lil Miquela?
Jonathan Frakes Shoots to Thrill
5.8.20: How will Netflix Get Back On Set?
'Rick and Morty' Creator Justin Roiland Gives Us a Tour of His New Show and His Twisted Mind
5.1.20: What Can You Do to Make the Most of Quarantine?
These Two Filmmakers Heard About a Job, Wanted It, and Won It
4.24.20: When Can Production Resume in the Time of Coronavirus?
4.17.20: Adobe Productions Is Here and so Are Our Questions
How Colorists Help You Get the Best Finished Product
4.10.20: How to Get the Cash the Government is Giving Freelancers
Does Making Midnight Movies Sharpen Your Style?
4.3.20: How Unemployment on a Shut-Down Production Works
6 DPs Reveal Their Process and How They Built Their Careers
3.27.20: Who Will Get Netflix's $100 Million?
3.20.20: Welcome to Quarantine... Now What?
3.12.20: How Will Coronavirus Impact Filmmakers?
Why Making a Short is a Career Game-Changer
3.4.20: What City Do You Need To Be in To Pursue a Career in Filmmaking?
How Do You Find a Good Producer? Sundance Producers Show Us The Way
2.28.20: How Long Until The Tech Behind 'The Mandalorian' is Available to More of Us?
2.21.20: Kinefinity's Price Drop, Coronavirus, Bond, and Working with Actors
7 Editors Take Us Behind the Curtain on Cutting a Sundance Feature
2.12.20: Canon Goes 8K, RED goes 6K, SNL Wants Smoke, Plus FCP7 Help!
Powerful Emotions, Exciting Innovations and Record Breaking Deals
Fifteen Filmmakers, One Boat: How OMNIBOAT Became the First Film ‘Based on a PDF’
1.27.20: What We Learned, Enjoyed, and Endured at Sundance 2020
How Dan Mirvish Started Slamdance Film Festival
What is The Future of Interactive Storytelling?
1.26.20: What's Hot, Exciting, and New on the First Day of Sundance 2020
Attention Creators: This Might Be Your Best Way Into Sundance
1.21.20: Attend the Great Beating Heart of American Independent Film
1.7.20: Unraveling '1917', Meet the Insta 360, and Chris Terrio taking on ILM
Sundance Institute Founder and Director Michelle Satter Predicts the Future of Indie Filmmaking
12.20.19: We Watched Watchmen! Plus Nikon News, and How Fair Use Works on YouTube
12.13.19: Can You Distribute Your Short Film and is The Mandalorian Lying to Us?!
12.05.19: The Perks of Being a P.O.C. (Proof of Concept, That Is)
11.27.19: Analyzing Every Corner of 'The Irishman'
11.21.2019: A Potential Movie Distribution Game-Changer plus The New MacBook Pro
11.14.19: Begun The Streaming War Has
Andre Hyland talks comedy and horror in 'The Death of Dick Long' and 'Old Haunt'
11.07.19: Nothing Less Than The Future of Cinema Itself Is At Stake
How Larry Sher Shot 'Joker', Built a Career, and Almost Got Fired on His First Day of Filmmaking
10.24.19: Will Crackdowns on the 'Gig Economy' Crush Indie-Filmmaking?
10.17.19: What Would the Perfect Film School Curriculum Look Like?
10.10.19: No Film School vs. Joker, Marty vs. Marvel, and Your Short Film vs. Film Festivals
10.4.19: The Irishman Strives, GoPro Stumbles, and We Follow Up on Distribber
9.27.19: BMPCC4K Updates, Moon Pirates, Bankruptcy, and Beef with Orson Welles
Downton Abbey Goes Big: Here is How Michael Engler Expanded the Canvas
9.20.19: The Joker, Raw Wars, and BAD Vibrations!
9.13.19: The Sony FX9, The iPhone 11 PRO, plus The Rise of The Middle Class DP
9.6.19: Ryan Koo Critiques a Camera (BMPCC6K)And Other News
How to Take Advantage of Your Low Budget (and Get Into Sundance… Twice)
8.30.19: Behold The Panasonic S1H And Its Myriad Wonders
8.22.19: Sony Vs. Disney, Apple Vs. Red, The Office Vs. The Office
8.16.19: The Pros and Cons of the BMPCC 6K
8.9.19: Can You Tell When The Project You're Working On is Good?
8.1.9: Once Upon A Time in (No) Film School
7.26.19 Those Human-ish Cats Still Make Us Feel Weird and Other Stories of the Week
‘Relaxer’ Filmmakers: Don't Make Poser Movies or You Will Fail!
7.12.19: RIP Macbook, Firmware Updates, and Which John Wick Timeline Are We In?
7.5.19: Deep Fakes, Netflix Victories and Gas Money
6.21.19: DP Shane Hurlbut on His Process, Collaborators, and the Hurlbut Academy
Jim Jarmusch on How to Pick Up on Your Actor's Needs
6.14.19: Praising Chernobyl, "Burning Cane" and Taking a Stand Against Apple’s New Monitor
6.7.2019: The Week of Panasonic's New Mirrorless Camera and Apple's New Cheese Grater
The Ultimate Screenwriting Masterclass with John Fusco and Jon Fusco
How to Build the Perfect Lookbook with Adam Egypt Mortimer
5.23.19: Game of Thrones Ends, War Against ATA Rages On
Why You Should Experiment Early In Your Career: 'The Mountain'
NFS 5.19.19: Game of Thrones Goes Heavy Metal, ARRI Goes to Charleston
How to Prove You Can Write With Just One Script - 'Big Time Adolescence' Director Jason Orley
How to One-Man-Crew it like an Olympian
NFS 5.2.19: The Long Night is Over
How to Ensure You are Taking Advantage of the Democratization of Film
How to Subversively Film a Politically Subversive Film
Why Writing and Directing Comedy Go Hand in Hand: Will Forte & 'Extra Ordinary'
How to Make a Coming of Age Movie that Doesn't Suck: Ninian Doff on 'Boyz in the Wood'
Masturbation on Film: Karen Maine, Natalia Dyer & More on SXSW Standout 'Yes, God, Yes'
'Don't be Afraid if You Didn't Go To Film School': The Method to Success Behind 'Greener Grass'
'There's No Business Like Slow Business': Lee Cronin on His Path to Horror Glory
How Young Filmmakers Can Take Advantage of Fellowships
DIAY: Do It ALL Yourself with Director Johannes Nyholhm
How To Put Yourself in the Room: Sundance Breakout ‘Them That Follow’
How to Become a Sundance Worthy Documentary Cinematographer
Does This Year's Sundance Signal the Death of Truly Independent Film? NFS Live Pt.2
No Film School Live from Sundance 2019 Pt.1
Best of the 2018 No Film School Podcast Interviews, Part 3
Best of the 2018 No Film School Podcast Interviews, Part 2
IFW 1.10.19: The Final Episode
Best of the 2018 No Film School Podcast Interviews, Part 1
IFW 12.20.18: Indie Film Weekly Will Come to an End in 2019
IFW 12.13.18: How to Build Relationships in the Biz & 2018's Biggest Box Office Draw
Why the Bolex is the World’s Most Beloved Camera
IFW 12.6.18: Sundance Selections & Our Full Review of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
Making the Move from Producer to Director: Cristina Gallego on 'Birds of Passage'
IFW 11.29.18: The First Film Awards of the Season & How to Shoot Safe Sex
Yorgos Lanthimos on How to Shoot Surrealist Film
IFW 11.22.18: A Thanksgiving Miracle & Are Big Changes Coming for Final Cut?
Academy Award Winner László Nemes on Following Your Inspiration to Success
IFW 11.15.18: Our Favorite Books on Cinema & The Death of a Real-Life Superhero
Mike Leigh on How to Become Your Actor's Dream Director
IFW 11.8.18: The Greatest Foreign Films of All Time & How Much You Should Be Asking for Upfront?
'Diamantino': How to Make a Masterpiece Out of Your Mistakes
IFW 11.1.18: Farewell FilmStruck & Is Apple Finally Filmmaker Friendly?
For Paycheck or For Passion? Steven Yeun on 'Burning', 'Sorry to Bother You' and Building a Career
IFW 10.25.18: Our Thoughts on the New MacBook Pro & Where to Submit Your Film Online
Why You Should Edit Your Own Films
IFW 10.18.18: Why 2018 Has Been a Great Year for Movies & Where to Move if You Want to Make One
One Hundred Different Ways to Get Your Film Funded
IFW 10.11.18: Your Favorite Filmmakers Defined & A New Mirrorless Camera from Fuji
How to Become a Top Notch Sound Designer with the Team Behind 'First Man'
IFW 10.4.18: When to Move On to Freelancing & Why You Should Be Playing Video Games
Jeremy Saulnier on Why Being a DP is More Fun than Being a Director
IFW 9.27.18: How to Correctly Use a Fish & A New Mirrorless Camera From Panasonic?
From Film School 'Failure' to Godard's Cinematographer: Fabrice Aragno on Working with Jean-Luc
IFW 9.20.18: Two of the Years Biggest Cameras & How to Advertise Your Short Film
'Think Slow, Act Fast': Joe Walker on Editing for Steve McQueen and Denis Villeneuve
IFW 9.12.2018: The Academy Makes a Smart Decision & How Hard Should You Be Working?
How Do You Know What to Cut on the Editing Floor? The First Short: THE GUY [Episode 3]
IFW 9.6.18: Our Most Anticipated Films at TIFF & Other Movies to See in Fall 2018
How to Raise Money & What Should You Expect in Production? The First Short: THE GUY [Episode 2]
IFW 8.30.18: Our Top Advice from Three Years of Filmmaker Interviews
How Do You Make a Film with Zero Experience? The First Short: THE GUY [Episode 1]
IFW 8.23.18: 360° Filmmaking Finally Makes Sense & How Old is Too Old to Make a Movie?
'Meow Wolf': How to Build an Immersive World Through Film
IFW 8.16.18: Blackmagic's New Resolve is a Masterpiece & The Scariest Trailer Ever Made
How to Make a Short Film for Only $4.50
IFW 8.9.18: How to Perfect Your Script & Why Docs Are the New Blockbusters
How to Shoot a Feature Film for Only $7000
IFW 8.2.18: What to Know Before You Drone & The Best Way to Get Your Short Seen
How to Become a Top TV Editor
IFW 7.26.18: Nikon Teases a Full Frame Mirrorless & What Should We Make of the James Gunn Firing?
How to Make the Jump from Short to Feature with Award Winning Director Jim Cummings
IFW 7.19.18: How to Start Your Own Netflix & Why You Should Buy a Still Camera Over Video
Why Making a Good Music Documentary Means Speaking Two Universal Languages
IFW 7.12.18: How to Properly Use a Green Screen & The 25 Coolest Festivals in the World
How Working Within Extreme Constraints Actually Benefits Your Film
IFW 7.5.18: Where to Live for a Career in Film & How to Spend Your Camera Budget
'Leave No Trace': The Secret Ingredient to Great Casting
IFW 6.28.18: How YouTube and Instagram Are Competing For Your Videos
What You Can Do in Distribution to Maximize the Life of Your Film
IFW 6.21.18: Our First Impressions of ProRes RAW & The Movie Ticket Subscription Race Heats Up
How to Meld the Perfect Collaborative Atmosphere on Set
IFW 6.14.18: Why Renting Gear Just Got Easier & How to Overcome Your Creative Block
No Business School: How to Save Time and Money on Your Films
IFW 6.7.18: Our Favorite Gear from Cinegear 2018 & Why Movie Theaters are Failing Audiences
"Hearts Beat Loud": The Secrets to Recording Live Music for Film
How Do You Become a Filmmaker (And Other Questions)? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 10]
How Tech Can Be Used to Turn Your Movie into a Global Movement
IFW 5.24.18: Netflix Nabs the Obamas & A Major Week for RED
How Do You Release Your Film? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 9]
How Post-Production Makes or Breaks a Film, Part 2: The Secret Art of Colorists
IFW 5.17.18: How to Make Sure You Get Paid & Have We Discovered the New RED?
How Do You Finish Your Film? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 8]
How Post-Production Makes or Breaks a Film, Part 1: The Editor's Process
IFW 5.10.18: A Selfie-Free Cannes Kicks Off & Can Your Short Really Be a Calling Card?
How Do You Go Through Production? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 7]
How Do You Protect Your Film’s Subjects, Data, and Yourself in Unsafe Situations?
IFW 5.3.18: Why RED is Partnering with Facebook & Is MoviePass Finished?
How Do You Tell Your Story Visually? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 6]
What a Festival Programmer Looks for in a Short Film
IFW 4.26.18: Has Tribeca Become New York’s Best Fest for Indie Filmmakers?
How Do You Attach Cast and Prep a Film? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 5]
Why Now is the Time to Make Your Doc Short
IFW 4.19.18: The NAB Tech That You Need to Know & Does Netflix or Cannes Have Indie Film's Back?
How Do You Pitch Your Film and Find Financing? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 4]
How to Get a Vimeo Staff Pick with DANIELS, Kirsten Lepore, and Head Curator Sam Morrill
IFW 4.12.18: The Gear That Finally Made NAB Exciting Again
How Do You Become a Screenwriter? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 3]
How the Directors of 'Prospect' Built a Utopia in Pre-Production
IFW 4.5.18: Silicon Valley Takes on Hollywood & How Long Should Your Short Film Be?
How Do You Turn a Short into a Feature? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 2]
'First Match': Money-Saving Production Hacks to Make Low-Budget Features Shine
IFW 3.29.18: Canon Reveals its ARRI Competitor & Spielberg's Take on Netflix
How Do You Know Which Idea to Pursue? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 1]
Don't Wait for Somebody to Make Your Movie, Do it Yourself: The Winning Mantra Behind 'Thunder Road'
IFW 3.22.18: No Film School's Greatest Piece of Original Content Ever & A New Cut of 'The Shining'?
The First Feature: AMATEUR Podcast Announcement
How to Film in the Face of Opposition
IFW 3.15.18: Why SXSW is More than Just a Film Festival
Episodic Roundtable: How to Get Your Series Off the Ground
IFW 3.8.18: What to Look for at SXSW 2018 & How to Perfect Your Dolly Moves
How To Use Trends in Filmmaking to Your Advantage
IFW 3.1.18: Canon Finally Makes a Mirrorless Camera & Our 2018 Oscars Preview
Why You Need to Stop Making Excuses and Make a Short Film
IFW 2.22.18: When to Use a Cine Lens & Has BitCoin Officially Hit the Film Industry?
'Piercing': How to Cultivate Tone and Style in Your Film
IFW 2.15.18: The Worst Job On Set Gets Better & What Camera Should You Shoot Your Short On?
How to Maintain Your Sanity as Director When Everything Descends Into Chaos
IFW 2.8.18: ARRI Finally Goes 4K & Tarantino's Big On-Set Boner
DP Roundtable: How to be the Cinematographer Your Director Needs
IFW 2.1.18: Why VR is Finally Hot & Has RED Developed Its Alexa Killer?
The Zellner Brothers on Why You Need to Do Something New With Every Film You Make
IFW 1.25.18: Did Streaming Deals Die at Sundance 2018?
How to Build a Score That Raises Your Audience's Expectations
IFW 1.18.18: The Best Filmmaking Apps & Our Sundance 2018 Preview
Best of the The No Film School Podcast 2017, Part 3
IFW 1.11.18: Our Pick for Best Mirrorless Camera & A Golden Globes to Remember
Best of the The No Film School Podcast 2017, Part 2
IFW 1.4.18: The Most Popular Rental Gear of 2017 & Is Netflix About to Be Sold?
Best of the The No Film School Podcast 2017, Part 1
IFW 12.21.17: The Best Movies, Gear, and Filmmaking Advice of 2017
IFW 12.14.17: Netflix's Most Popular Shows Revealed & An Unexpected Way to Improve Your Script
How to Film in a War Zone
IFW 12.7.17: How a Filmmaker Brought Down the Russian Olympics & When Do You Hide Brand Logos?
IFW 11.30.17: Major Changes Coming To Awards Season & When Should You Shoot Anamorphic?
A Pre-to-Post Primer on Documentary Filmmaking
IFW 11.23.17: How the FCC is Screwing Filmmakers & Your Best Black Friday Deals
How Do You Know if One Character Can Carry Your Whole Movie?
IFW 11.16.17: How to Make Your Old Footage Look Great & Cash in with Kickstarter's Answer to Patreon
How Niche Filmmaking Can Move Your Filmmaking Career Ahead
How To Shoot Where You're Not Allowed
Hitchcock 101: Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Psycho
IFW 10.26.17: Halloween Spooktacular II - Advice for the Aspiring Horror Auteur
How to Master the Art of Satire: Ruben Östlund on 'The Square'
IFW 10.19.17: Welcome to a Post-Harvey Hollywood & Your Best Bet for a 360° Stereo Camera
Spielberg: Behind the Scenes with the World’s Most Famous Filmmaker
IFW 10.12.17: Two Cameras with Unprecedented Resolution & Must-Sees from the New York Film Festival
'The Florida Project': Sean Baker on Why You Need to Invest in Yourself When No One Else Will
IFW 10.5.17: The Future of Buying and Selling Lenses & The Best Screenwriters of All Time
What is a Film Fellowship and Why Should You Do One?
IFW 9.28.17: The Next Hottest Rental Camera & It's Time to Stop Putting Lives at Risk on Set
Pitching Do's and Don’ts: How to Get Your Film Funded
IFW 9.21.17: Why Your Film Isn't Getting into Festivals & Tips From a Guerrilla Filmmaking Legend
How To Keep Your Production Running Smoothly Across Every Medium
IFW 9.14.17: All Things Apple & Panasonic's Surprisingly Affordable New Camera
How a 4-Day Journalism Assignment Became an Explosive Yearlong Doc Production
IFW 9.7.17: From Werner Herzog to Barry Jenkins: Best Advice from Over 50 Filmmaker Interviews
'Expect That Everything Will Go Wrong': How to Ensure Your First Short Film is the Best it Can Be
IFW 8.31.17: The Best Way to Choose an Anamorphic Lens & Who Rules the Indie Box Office?
What to Do When You've Lost All Hope for Your Film
IFW 8.24.17: The Death of Final Cut 7 & Indie Film's Sex Abuse Scandal
The First Family of DIY on How to ‘Make Your Own Damn Movie'
IFW 8.17.17: 8K is a Lie & Will the Controversial Plan to Make Movies Cheap Actually Kill Them?
Why Making a Film is the Only Thing That Can Ever Really Prepare You for Making Your First Film
IFW 8.10.17: Best Tripods for Your Budget & The Academy's Surprise President
The Worst Things a Director Can Do on Set
IFW 8.3.17: The Demise of DSLR & Soderbergh's Plan to Save Movies
How Stupid Videos Led to a $5 Million Deal For 'Brigsby Bear' & An 11 Year Trip to 'Killing Ground'
IFW 7.27.17: How to Break into Modern Hollywood & The Latest DSLR Fail
'Landline': How to Avoid Sophomore Slump and Make Your Second Feature
IFW 7.20.17: The Dangers of Being on Set & Best Advice from Summer's Top Indie Directors
Flying Lotus on How Rejecting Film School Made Him a Greater Director
IFW 7.13.17: Russia's Plot to Kill Indies & RED's Hype Machine
Nathan Silver on How a Director Can Pull off Making 8 Films in 8 Years
IFW 7.6.17: Canon's Big Misstep & Is Rotten Tomatoes Ruining Moviegoing?
This Director Proves Everyone Can Act, If Only Given the Right Character
IFW 6.29.17: Star Wars' Systemic Problem & How to Avoid Getting Hacked
How Starting a Production Company Can Help You Make Your First Film
IFW 6.22.17: Why You Should Go to Film School & How to Rent Your Gear for Profit
How to Tap into Your Animalistic Filmmaking Instincts and Become a 'Bitch'
IFW 6.15.17: What to Look for in a Budget Lens & Why David Mamet is Anti-Film School
How to Make an Authentic Movie About Someone Else's Story
IFW 6.8.17: Hollywood's Dark Overlord & Panasonic's Race for Indie Dominance
How to Avoid the Crucial Mistakes Everyone Makes on their First Movie
IFW 6.1.17: Canon's Leaked Camera & Why the Judges Cried at Cannes
How Do You Know if Your Film is Porn or Art?
IFW 5.25.17: How to Keep Your Actors in the Moment & Where Not to Pitch Your Project
Divide and Conquer: Why You Should be Working With a Co-Director
IFW 5.18.17: A Game-Changing Law for Freelancers & Are Indies Rising From the Blockbuster's Ashes?
How to Turn an On-Set Day Job Into Your Own Film
IFW 5.11.17: How to Beat the Film Fest System & David Lynch Leaves Movies Behind Forever
What to Expect on the Road to Becoming an Ace Documentary Producer
Indie Film Weekly 5.4.17: 'The Handmaid's Tale' Backlash & Is Tribeca Secretly a Doc Fest?
John Carroll Lynch on How to Be the Director Your Actors Have Always Wanted
Indie Film Weekly 4.27.17: Why This Year's NAB is the Most 'Terrifying' for Filmmakers Yet
How to Make the Jump from Lowly PA to Almighty Director
Indie Film Weekly 4.20.17: Tribeca Must-Sees & How to Create a DCP the Right Way
DP Roundtable: The Shots That Almost Killed Us
Indie Film Weekly 4.12.17: NAB Sneak Peek & What’s Shutting Down Hollywood
'DRIB': What Happens When Reality and Fiction Collide?
Where VR Has Never Gone Before: The 40 Minute Narrative Feature ‘Miyubi’
What it Takes to Get Your Midnight Short into SXSW
Indie Film Weekly 3.30.17: Here's Why Hollywood Studios Are Panicking and What it Means For You
How to Make a Movie Entirely on Your Own
Indie Film Weekly 3.23.17: Has Netflix Replaced Cinema?
Nick Offerman and 'Infinity Baby' Crew: Being a Script Supervisor is the Best Path to Directing
Indie Film Weekly 3.16.17: Why SXSW is the Festival for Fearless Filmmakers
DP Roundtable: From Brilliant Color to Black and White, Lensing a Sundance Award-Winning Film
Indie Film Weekly 3.9.17: Smooth Aperture Moves & How To Get the World Talking About Your Film
How to Start a Production Company: From Film School to Raising Money Out of Your Bedroom Office
Indie Film Weekly 3.2.17: How To Make Your Actors Cry & Some Last Words From Bill Paxton
Why VR is Not Filmmaking
Indie Film Weekly 2.23.17: We Put RED and ARRI Head to Head & What Makes a Film 'Indie,' Anyway?
Breaking the Algorithm: How to Make Your Video Stand Out Online
Indie Film Weekly 2.16.17: Most Anticipated Cameras of 2017 & How Not to Do a Guerrilla Film Shoot
What It Takes to Get Your Short into Sundance
Indie Film Weekly 2.9.17: Risks of Making a Super Bowl Ad & Secrets To Shooting a Perfect Long Take
How an Unlikely Yiddish Indie Became A24's First Foreign Language Acquisition
Indie Film Weekly 2.2.17: Netflix and Trump Go After The Oscars
A Civil War in 'Bushwick': Getting Your Film Made, from Pitch to Production
Indie Film Weekly 1.26.17: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird of Sundance 2017
How to Use Documentary as a Call to Action: The Mobilization Tactics of 'Whose Streets?'
Indie Film Weekly 1.19.17: The Sundance Hype is Real & RED Helium's Record-Breaking Sensor
How Filmmakers Can Conquer VR's Biggest Challenges
Indie Film Weekly 1.12.17: Why Gear Trade Shows May Be Dying & Kodak Revives a Film Stock Favorite
Indie Film Weekly 1.5.17: A Rough Start for American Filmmakers in 2017 & Full GH5 Specs Revealed
Johannes Nyholm on How to Film Contemporary Surrealism
Justin Kurzel on Keeping Your Vision and Breaking the Video Game Curse with 'Assassin’s Creed'
Indie Film Weekly 12.22.16: Best Movies, Cameras & Filmmaker Advice of 2016
'A Monster Calls': How to Direct Young Actors to Brilliant Performances
Indie Film Weekly 12.15.16: The Best 4K Under $4K & Netflix's Bad Deal
Indie Film Weekly 12.8.16: Steadicam Inventor's Key to Creativity & 'Last Tango' Rape Controversy
Alice Rohrwacher on Why You Have to Go into the Void to Make Good Movies
Indie Film Weekly 12.1.16: The Secret to a Great Screenplay & Hollywood's Math Problem
Write Characters With Room For Actors: Wayne Roberts and Christopher Abbott on 'Katie Says Goodbye'
Indie Film Weekly 11.17.16: Early Oscar News & Film Budget Fundamentals
Indie Film Weekly 11.11.16: What a Trump Presidency Means for Filmmakers
'The Eagle Huntress': What You Can Expect After Sundance
Indie Film Weekly 11.3.16: Apple vs. Microsoft - Who Wants Filmmakers More?
Indie Film Weekly 10.27.16: How Not to Ask Your Actors to Get Naked - A Halloween Spooktacular
How Directors Joe Wright and Owen Harris Built the Dystopian Worlds of 'Black Mirror’
Indie Film Weekly 10.20.16: Filmmakers Tackle the US Political Circus
Indie Film Weekly 10.13.16: RED Evolves with New 8K Brains & How to Shoot Digital to Feel Like Film
Friction is Where the Good Stuff Comes: The Intense Writer/Director Collaboration Behind 'Christine'
Indie Film Weekly 10.6.16: VR Nazi Hunters & How Much To Charge Your Clients
Indie Film Weekly 9.29.16: Hail the Disruptors!
How to Keep Your Subjects Safe: Nanette Burstein on Dangerous Documentary
Indie Film Weekly 9.22.16: Panasonic Gives Us The Camera We Need & Who to Choose, Agent or Manager?
Indie Film Weekly 9.14.16: Why TIFF Matters for Filmmakers (and What You Missed This Year)
Indie Film Weekly 9.8.16: IBC Gear Sneak Peek, Canon's Redemption & Festival Madness
Indie Film Weekly 9.1.16: Drone Laws Take Flight & What's Up With Canon’s Latest DSLR
Indie Film Weekly 8.25.16: The Best Budget Cameras & What’s Missing from BBC’s Top 100 Films
Indie Film Weekly 8.18.16: The Unintentional DIY Episode
Indie Film Weekly 8.11.16: A New Way to Shoot Magic Hour & What to Watch at Fall Fests
Indie Film Weekly 8.4.16: Closing in on 8K & The Camera that Could Kill GoPro
Indie Film Weekly 7.28.16: We Pick the Best Camera for First-Time Directors
Indie Film Weekly 7.21.16: Has China Created The Darth Vader of Theater Chains?
Indie Film Weekly 7.14.16: The Real Reason Pokemon Go Matters & RED Goes 8K for Bay
Indie Film Weekly 7.8.16: Saying Goodbye to a Film Legend and An Idealistic Camera
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Inside the Minds of Film's Coolest Gatekeepers (& How to Get Yours Programmed)