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How to Make It as a Filmmaker Outside New York and Los Angeles

The director of A Chef's Life shares her recipe for cinematic success.

May 15, 2018

The Invisible Woman

Natalia Almada on systemic sexism, misogyny and marginalization, and making Everything Else, her film about an unseen female protagonist.

May 4, 2018

How Directing a Documentary About Elephants Led to Me Finding My Voice

Ashley Bell started acting to escape herself, but had to undergo a transformation for her directorial debut, Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story.

April 27, 2018

On Being a Millennial Making a Holocaust Film

Serena Dykman shares her experiences making her directorial debut, Nana, which is released this week.

April 11, 2018

Interviewing the “Villain” of Wild Wild Country

The Way Brothers share their experiences talking at length with Ma Anand Sheela, the controversial subject of their new Netflix documentary series.

Why I Don’t Owe Anyone My Sexual Harassment Story

Millions of women and men spoke up against sexual harassment as part of the #MeToo movement. But director Sarah Moshman, for one, is not naming names.

March 27, 2018

What the Face Reveals: From King Kong and Avatar to The Cage Fighter

The award-winning VFX facial artist turned documentary director explains how he used microexpressions as a storytelling tool in his debut feature.

February 9, 2018

My Friend, the Murderer: an Ethical Filmmaking Dilemma

Jade Porter filmed Mario Saenz for her documentary Concrete Futuro. But now the skate star is in the spotlight for very different reasons.

February 2, 2018

Underrated/Overlooked: Theo Anthony on The Profit

The director of Rat Film on Marcus Lemonis’ problematic but compelling reality TV show, and some uncomfortable truths about documentary.

January 23, 2018

Behind Enemy Lines: Documenting the Trump Campaign as an Independent Filmmaker

The directors of Get Me Roger Stone on the scrappy doc techniques they had to employ while making their film about Trump's longtime advisor.

Does a Documentary Have to Take a Stance?

A film critic called me “irresponsible” for remaining objective to the highly controversial subjects of my new film. I have some thoughts.

December 6, 2017

The Power of Invisibility, or How to Play the Long Game as a Documentary Filmmaker

Oren Jacoby on a vital lesson taught to him by his mentor Ricky Leacock, and how it impacted his latest film, Shadowman.

December 1, 2017