There are many issues independent filmmakers complain about when it comes to the indie film business, many all stem from the film industry coping with he same problem, Uncertainty. This article expands on that to help creatives better adapt to it.

If you want to succeed as an indie filmmaker, you need to have a network and a community. Trouble is the only major film communities in the US are New York, LA, and Atlanta. What’s stopping us from fixing that? This blog identifies problems we need to solve to expand beyond the coasts.

In the film industry, we’re all ont he cutting edge of culture. Unfortunately, the contrarian tendencies of our artistic sides sometimes causes us to assume if it’s popular, it’s bad. That’s an oversimplification. Here’s why.

There’s a lot more to Distribution than Filmmakers think. Here are some things I learned at the helm of a US Distributor.

COVID-19 affected the entire world. To some degree, it still affects us all. Here’s 2023 update to some estimations I made in 2020 as to the effects of the pandemic on the industry.

Everyone talks about the streaming wars, and even though the dust is already settling, we should make sure to examine the lasting effects of the subscription streaming wars.

Film markets were changing even before COVID. Here’s an analysis from 2019.

If you want to make movies, you need to be an entrepreneur. Here’s why.

If you want to grow your audience and build your brand, there’s one thing that’s more important than anything else (That might even include money)

Filmmakers know the system sales agents use to exploit their content is well, exploitative. The issue runs deeper that dishonesty. Here’s an exploration.

DVD is dead right? Well, maybe not entirely. Find out why.

Genre preferences tend to only change around the edges but this blog was at least a bit prescient.

I predicted where the state of film industry finance was heading, mixed bag.

In this older blog, I predict where the industry was headed in 2019, some hits, some misses.

If you want to build a filmmaking career, you need a brand. Here’s why.

Nobody LIKES crowdfunding, but there are good reasons to do it. Here are the 4 best ones IMNSHO.

A legacy port of my breakdown of the 2018 American Film Market.

Closing investment for your film is all about your relationship with your investor. It’s weirdly like dating. Here’s why.

A lot of filmmakers are afraid to give up exclusive distritbution or sales rights out of fear of loss. Unfortunately, such a mindset all but guarantees loss of revenue. Here’s why.

If you want to make movies for a living, you’ll likely have to start a company. That alone makes you an entrepreneur, but here are 6 other reasons why.