Advice for Indie Filmmakers from Stephen Follows

Stephen Follows offers Practical advice for indie directors who want to keep making films.

Here are the topics he discusses:

  1. Stay flexible and keep moving
  2. Start small but start now
  3. Think like a micro-budget filmmaker
  4. You need to create your own opportunities
  5. Learn by doing everything
  6. Understand where indie films truly live
  7. Consider if film school is for you
  8. You never know what an opportunity looks like
  9. Find your thing
  10. Learn what people want to watch
  11. Build the right team
  12. Stay ahead of the game
  13. Keep going, no matter what

I particularly like this:

“The filmmakers who get noticed are the ones who don’t wait for permission. They write, shoot, and edit their own work. Even a no-budget short is better than waiting for the perfect offer that may never come.”

My take: good advice! TL;DR? Just do it.

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