Surprise Ending
After the Apocalypse is a black and white science fiction film shot on 16mm, about five survivors trying to cope…
Making Films
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Subtilting within reason
Dear Doc Doctor: Should I provide subtitles for the subjects in my documentary who speak Spanglish, or other "hybrid" languages…
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Risky Business
There’s an old adage in the business world that you should never risk offending a client by talking about religion…
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What’s (still) experimental?
For filmmakers, being experimental isn’t as easy as it used to be. Fifty years ago, tossing aside Hollywood’s conventions of…
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Coming Clean
David Sampliner and Tim Nackashi’s debut documentary film Dirty Work premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2004 and is currently…
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Networking 101
Everyone knows the value of networking, right? It can get you a job, it can get you a great DP,…
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Don’t Worry, Film Happy
After more than twenty years in the business, I decided to quit my career as a costume designer. I was…
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Lost Angels
I could just be romanticizing it now that I’ve moved, but in New York all the filmmakers I knew seemed…
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Double Vision
The so-called “Film Brat” generation of the middle to late 1970s has been blamed for, or credited with, many things…