Producing Advice

Advice from Joke and Biagio–you decide what it’s worth!

The Secret to Impressing Celebrities

When you get that big meeting, don’t blow it. Here’s the secret to impressing a celebrity.

Nothing Wrong With a Little Spin

How’s that for spin?

How to Make the Leap from Short Films to Features

How to Make the Leap from Short Films to Features

These proven methods will sky-rocket your odds of breaking into features, all by using your short films the right way.

How We Launched Our Production Company

How We Launched Our Production Company

@esotericsean asked on Twitter how we did it. Here, we lay out the path that lead from one-bedroom apartment to offices in Universal City, and from no-credits to becoming Executive Producers.

Twitter Time Take 3 – Must-Read Trade Publications for Producers and Filmmakers

Twitter Time Take 3 – Must-Read Trade Publications for Producers and Filmmakers

In this Twitter Time, we share our favorite free and paid trade subscriptions…you NEED to read at least some of these.

Twitter Time Take 2

Twitter Time Take 2

Today’s question is from @cassandrahollis, and she wants to know what software to use when creating pitches for Hollywood.

Twitter Time Take 1

Twitter Time Take 1

Our first Twitter Time! We’re asking those of you following us on Twitter what questions you’d like answered about producing. This time, we talk about shaping story, working with writers, schedules, and protecting your ideas…

Showbiz is Slow-Biz

Showbiz is Slow-Biz

Don’t kill your Hollywood career before it starts. Learn this simple truth…

Want Hollywood Success? Read my Guest Post at Lateral Action.

Want Hollywood Success? Read my Guest Post at Lateral Action.

Mark McGuiness of Lateral Action, one of my new favorite sites, was kind enough to have me guest post on his excellent blog.

A Hands-On Producer is a Creative Entrepreneur

A Hands-On Producer is a Creative Entrepreneur

Lateral Action is a website I’m enjoying lately. It operates under the philosophy that “the most important skill for economic survival in the 21st century is creativity.” Great news for us creatives!