Producer Foundry

Every filmmaker wants to find investors, but once you find them you have to close them. There are ways to finance your film besides equity investment anyway. Every good Executive Producer knows this about Film Financing, and they know how to use these tools to maximize the profitability of a ...

We've said it before, we will say it again. Sadly, there's no money in MAKING movies, only in SELLING them. While marketing convinces people to buy your work, you need distribution to make it available for them to do so. There's a lot of red tape in distribution, and it's hard to find reliable...

The sad truth to the matter is that there's no money in MAKING movies, only in SELLING them. As little as most filmmakers may want to hear it, this means you're going to have to learn to market yourself, and your work. Luckily, this workshop is here to help. When you walk out of this workshop,...

Making Movies is HARD, but financing them is even harder. Most filmmakers spend all their time chasing investors, and only want to know how to find them. In doing this, they ignore 9 other ways to finance MOVIES. Nearly half of them are types of financing you DON'T HAVE TO PAY BACK. Don't beli...

If you want to get your film financed, you're going to need a great package. This workshop is designed to show you everything you need to build a package for your film that you will be able to finance. After this workshop, you'll be able to put together a package so you can successfully raise m...

In Producer Foundry's First workshop, Debbie Brubaker, UPM of Big Eyes and Blue Jasmine provides an overview of scheduling and budgeting a narrative feature. This 4 part video series was shot at a sold out event on Saturday, February 21st in San Francisco. Brubaker, Known as San Francisco's "God...

The world of independent film and media is rapidly evolving and the industry will be nearly unrecognizable within a few years. With the wide adoption of second screen viewing and cross platform storytelling, it’s more important than ever for film and media makers to understand how to use the myr...

No matter how you plan to distribute your film, the relationships you foster are key to finding success. If you're self distributing, those relationships are the ones you foster through social media and your local communities. If, like many filmmakers, you're looking for more traditional distri...

Great movie ideas, like great business ideas, are not actionable unless they get the funding and resources needed to make it happen. Many believe that a good idea is all it takes to get funding, but what it really takes is a good pitch. Being able to effectively deliver a pitch is critical to y...