Independent Filmmaking

 

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Getting In
Opening Doors to Hollywood: How  to Sell Your Idea;  Carlos de Abreu & Howard Jay Smith [ Amazon | B & N ]
Dealmaking in the Film and Television Industry;  Mark Litwak [ Amazon | B & N

The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide; Chris Gore

[ Amazon | B & N ]

Writing Your Own Ticket/Storytelling
more recommended books & software for screenwriters

 
Screenplay; Syd Field [ Amazon | B & N ]
The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter; William Froug [ Amazon | B & N ]
Elements of Style  forScreenwriters; Paul Argentin  [ Amazon | B & N
The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Writers ;Christopher Vogler [ Amazon | B & N ]
The Hero With A Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell [ Amazon | B & N ]
The Mythic Image; Joseph Campbell [ Amazon | B & N ]
The Power of Myth; Joseph Campbell,Betty Sue Flowers (Ed.)  w/ Bill Moyers [ Amazon | B & N
Story : Substance, Structure, Style,& the Principles of Screenwriting; Robert McKee

[ Amazon | B & N ]

 

Just Doing It

 
The Filmmaker's Handbook; Edward Pincus & Steven Ascher [ Amazon | B & N ]
Filmmakers & Financing: Business Plans for Independents; Louise Levison [ Amazon | B & N ]
Making Movies;  Sidney Lumet [ Amazon | B & N ]
Rebel Without a Crew ; Robert Rodriguez [ Amazon | B & N ]
Selected Takes: Film Editors on Editing; Vincent LoBrutto  not avail | B & N ]
Shooting to Kill; Christine Vachon  [ Amazon |B & N ]
Breaking into Film: Making Your Career Search a Blockbuster [ Amazon |B & N ]
Feature Filmmaking At Used Car Prices [ Amazon |B & N ]
The Independent Film and Videomaker's Guide ; Michael Wiese [ Amazon | B & N ]
43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film [ Amazon | B & N ]
Film & Video Budgets [ Amazon | B & N ]
Film and Video Financing [ Amazon | B & N ]
Contracts for the Film & Television Industry [ Amazon | B & N ]
Dealmaking in the Film & Television Industry [ Amazon | B & N ]
Independent Feature Film Production [ Amazon | B & N ]

 

About Indies/Film History
The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism,Modernism, and the Movies; Ray Carney [ Amazon | B & N
Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes; John Pierson  [ Amazon | B & N ]
An Empire of Their Own : How the Jews Invented Hollywood; Neal Gabler [ Amazon | B & N ]
Life the Movie : How Entertainment Conquered Reality; Neal Gabler [ Amazon | B & N ]

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls; Peter Biskind 

[ Amazon | B & N ]

Killer Instinct;  by Jane Hamsher

[ Amazon | B & N ]

Back issues of Francis Ford Coppola's 

American Zoetrope All-Story Magazine 

are now available at Amazon!

Premiere Issue (Spring 1997) | Summer | Fall | Winter
Summer (1998) | Fall

More info about the Magazine is available at its web site

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