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FILMMAKER NEWS & GOSSIP Top 10 Filmmaker Sites Filmmaking news for filmmakers, screenwriters and directors Independent Gossip - www.Indiewire.com Filmmaker Gossip - www.AintItCoolNews.com Moviemaking News - www.MovieMaker.com Filmmaking News - www.FilmmakerMagazine.com Low Budget Film News - www.FilmThreat.com Indie Film News - www.FadeInMag.com Independent Film News - www.Filmmaker.com Film & Movie Gossip - www.RumourMachine.com Canadian Film News - www.PraxisFilm.com Independent Film News - www.IndieTalk.com
FILMMAKER INDUSTRY CONTACTS Best 10 Film Contact Sites Find a screenwriter, a producer, a director, an actor! Hire a film crew, a cinematographer, a composer, an editor! Hire a TV Screenwriter – www.WGA.org Hire a Film Director – www.DGA.org Hire a Movie Actor – www.SAG.org Hire a Cinematographer - www.IATSE-intl.org Hire a Producer - www.IMDB.com Hire Talent & Stars - www.HCDonline.com Hire a Film Crew – www.FilmStaff.com Hire a Movie Crew – www.ProductionHUB.com Hire an English Actor – www.ActorsEquity.org Hire a Canadian Actor – www.Actra.ca
HOLLYWOOD NEWS & GOSSIP, B.O. Ten Best Hollywood Sites Movie Studio & Theatrical Distributors News. Who's Producing & Directing Movies? What Movies Make? Film Studio News - www.Variety.com Movie Studio News - www.HollywoodReporter.com Hollywood Gossip - www.Eonline.com/Gossip Movie Business News - www.CNN.com/ShowBiz Hollywood Box Office - www.BoxOfficeMojo.com Movie Studio Gossip - www.Premiere.com Top 100 American Films - www.Filmsite.org/BoxOffice Movie Star Gossip - www.RadarOnline.com Worldwide Box Office - www.BoxOfficeGuru.com Global Movie Box Office - www.WorlwideBoxoffice.com
MOVIEMAKING RESOURCES 10 Top Film Resource Sites Film Computer Programs! Moviemaking Software! Pre-Production paperwork, forms, budgets and contracts! Writers Software - www.WritersStore.com Writer Supplies (UK) - www.ScreenwritingStore.com.UK Filmmaking Contracts - www.FilmTvContracts.com Film How-To Books - www.WebFilmSchool.com Film & Movie Supplies - www.StudioDepot.com Producer Software - www.Media-Services.com Filmmaker Books - www.WebFilmSchool.com/bookstore Film Budgeting Software - www.ShowBizSoftware.com Europe Film Software - www.ScreenwriterStore.co.uk Movie Scheduling Programs - www.ShowBizSoftware.com
SCREENWRITER NEWS & GOSSIP Best 10 Screenwriter Sites Screenwriting secrets, screenplay tricks & script selling information Writers Guild Magazine - www.WGA.org/Written Script Sales & News - www.ScriptMag.com Screenwriting Tricks - www.CreativeScreenwriting.com Global Screenwriting - www.ScreenTalk.org New York Screenwriter - www.NYScreenwriter.com Hollywood Screenwriter - www.HollywoodScriptwriter.com Writing Movies - www.ScreenTalk.Biz Screenwriter Magazine - www.ScreenwriterMagazine.com Screenwriting News - www.ScreenwritersMonthly.com Online Writers Magazine - www.ScreenwritersUtopia.com
BUDGETING & SCHEDULING MOVIES Top 10 Film Budget Sites Pre-production! Plan your film shoot. Movie Budgets. Low-Budgets. Shooting Schedules. Production Boards. Movie Budget Software - www.Easy-Budget.com Filmmaker Budgets - www.BoilerPlate.net Independent Film Budgets - www.JungleSoftware.com Movie Scheduling - www.MindStarProds.com Film Shooting Schedules - www.EntertainmentPartners.com Storyboard Software - www.WritersStore.com Budget & Schedule Software - www.ShowBizSoftware.com Filmmaker Tools - www.FilmmakerTools.com Budget Your Movie - www.FilmBudget.com Directors Budget Movies - www.AssistantDirector.com
ACTOR NEWS, GOSSIP & UNIONS 10 Best Actor Sites Inside information on Film Actors, Movie Acting and TV Actors. The Craft of Acting. The Acting Business. Backstage Newspaper - www.Backstage.com Film Acting Parts - www.BreakdownServices.com Hollywood Actor News - www.HollywoodActor.com Chicago Actor News - www.Performink.com American Movie Actors Guild - www.SAG.org English Actors Guild - www.ActorsEquity.org Theater and Stage Actors - www.AFTRA.org Australian Movie Actors - www.Alliance.org.au Canadian Film & TV Actors - www.ACTRA.ca French Film & Movie Actors - www.UnionDesArtistes.com
MOVIE INSURANCE & FILM CONTRACTS Ten Best Film Law Sites Movie Equipment Insurance! Filmmaker Completion Bonds! Film Guarantors! Filmmaking Permits! Producers Representative - www.TheMoviePages.com Film Production Insurance - www.ProductionInsurance.com Movie Completion - www.BondFFI.com Film Completion Guarantor - www.MPBond.com Film Insurance - www.ProductionInsurance.com Entertainment Attorney - www.MarkLitwak.com Producers Agent - www.MediaLawyer.com Filmmakers Agent - www.SlossLaw.com Film Funding Attorneys - www.VLANY.org Film & TV Guarantors - www.ifgBonds.com
INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING BASICS Top 10 Filmmaking Sites Independent Filmmaker Resources. Be a Movie Producer. Be a Film Director. Filmmaking Information. Filmmaking info - www.Filmmaking.net Independent Filmmaker - www.Filmmaker.com Filmmaking Encyclopedia - www.CyberFilmSchool.com Film Production News - www.FilmandVideoMagazine.com Film Editing News - www.PostMagazine.com Commercial Filmmaking News - www.Millimeter.com Video Equipment News - www.VideoSystems.com Film & Video News - www.AVmediaResources.com Filmmaking Magazine - www.FilmmakerMagazine.com Moviemaking Magazine - www.Moviemaker.com
FILM PRODUCTION SUPPLIES Best 10 Fim Equipment Sites 35mm & 16mm Film & TV Supplies! Buy 35mm Film! Rent a Movie Camera! Hire a Film Crew! Purchase Movie Supplies! Kodak Movie Film - Kodak.com/US/en/Motion Fuji 16MM & 35MM Film - www.FujiFilm.com Arriflex 35MM Film Camera - www.Arriflex.com Panavision Movie Cameras - www.Panavision.com Filmmaking Supplies - www.StudioDepot.com Hire a Movie Crew - www.ProductionHUB.com Buy Film Equipment - www.BHphotoVideo.com Rent Film Equipment - www.AFCI.org Hollywood Film Suppliers - www.LA411.com New York Film Suppliers - www.NewYork411.com London Film Suppliers - www.TheKnowledheOnline.com
FILMMAKING & MOVIEMAKING AWARDS Ten Best MovieMaking Sites Win an Emmy, an Oscar or an Independent Film Award. Filmmaking Awards. Be an Award-winning Filmmaker! Win an Oscar - www.Oscar.org Win an Emmy - www.Emmys.org Win a Documentary Award - www.Documentary.org Independent Film Award - www.IFP.org Win a Golden Globe - www.HFPA.org Win an English Film Award - www.BAFTA.com Win an Independent UK Award - www.BIFA.org.uk Sundance Film Festival Award - www.Sundance.org Cannes Film Festival Award - www.Festival-Cannes.fr Europe Film Awards - www.EuropeanFilmAcademy.org
POST-PRODUCTION SUPPLIES 10 Best Post-Production Sites Find a Film Editor! Select a 35MM Film Laboratory! Get an Answer Print! Film Editors Training Courses Hollywood 35MM Film Lab - www.Fotokem.com Hollywood Union Film Lab - www.Technicolor.com New York 16Mm Film Lab - www.DUart.com Film Editors Guild - www.EditorsGuild.com Movie Editors News - www.PostMagazine.com Film Editor Training (West) - www.VideoSymphony.com Film Editor Training (East) - www.FMCtraining.com California Post-Production - www.LA411.com New York Post-Production - www.NewYork411.com England Post-Production - www.TheKnowledgeOnline.com
FILM WORKSHOPS & EDUCATION Best 10 Film Education Sites Filmmaking Courses, Directing Workshops, Lighting & Editing Seminars & Regional Independent Film Ed. LA Filmmaking Workshops - www.IFP.org NY Film Seminars - www.FVA.org Chicago Film Education - www.ChicagoFilmmakers.org Seattle Film Workshops - www.911Media.org Atlanta Filmmaking Workshops - www.ImageFV.org San Francisco Film Courses - www.FilmArts.org Detroit Film Workshops - www.DetroitFilm.org USA Film Media Associations - www.Namac.org American Film Institute Workshops - www.AFI.com/Education Film Director Training - www.AssistantDirector.com
MOVIE MUSIC & FILM COMPOSER Top 10 Film Music Sites Hire a Music Composer! Purchase Music! Music Clearance! Buy & create Sound Effects! ADR, Foley & Looping! Film Music News - www.FilmScoreMonthly.com Movie Music Magazine - www.FilmMusicMag.com Music Clearance Information - www.Clearance.com Music Clearance Authority - www.HarryFox.com ASCAP Music Rights - www.ASCAP.com BMI Music Rights - www.BMI.com Find Songs for Films - www.AllMusic.com Movie Music Clearance - www.MusicClearance.com Music Clearance Agency - www.Clearance.com Movie Sound Effects - www.SonicFoundry.com
ACTOR CRAFT & BUSINESS 10 Best Film Acting Sites Movie Acting techniques, Film Actor Business & Acting Craft. Movie Actor Monologues Acting Craft - www.ActingAtoZ.com Screen Actor Craft - www.ActorsCraft.com Acting on the Web - www.ActingOnTheWeb.com Acting Business - www.ActingBiz.com Actors Resources - www.ActorSource.com Actors Chatroom - www.ActorSite.com Acting Resources - www.LAactorsOnline.com Actors Career Guidance - www.StarvingActor.com Film Actor Monologues - www.ActorPoint.com Film Acting Monologues - www.ActorTips.com
DIGITAL FILMMAKING NEWS & GOSSIP Ten Best Digital Filmmaker Sites Digital News! Digital Cameras! Digital Lighting! Film Transfers! DV to Film! High Def to Film! DV Magazine - www.DV.com/magazine RES Magazine - www.RES.com Digital Videography - www.Videography.com Digital Videomaker - www.Videomaker.com Digital Producer Digital - www.Producer.com DV Information - www.DV.com Digital Film Information - www.DVinfo.net Digital Movie News - www.DVcentral.org Digital Film Transfers - www.DVfilm.com DV to Film Transfers - www.eFilm.com
ACTOR CASTING Top 10 Casting Actors Sites Cast your movie. Hire actors. Casting Call. How to find and cast a film actor or movie star. Post a Casting Notice - www.Backstage.com/casting Actors Directory - www.HCDonline.com Movie Actor Resumes - www.ActingResume.com Casting Film Actors - www.Casting-America.com VIP Film Casting - www.VIPcasting.com Cast an Actor - www.SubmitLink.com Feature Film Casting - www.BreakdownServices.com Daily Casting Calls - www.CastingCallOnline.com Find an Actor, Hire a Star - www.Castingnetwork.com
DIGITAL FILM EQUIPMENT & RESOURCES Best 10 Digital Equipment Sites Digital Cameras! Digital Equipment! Digital Editing Software! High Def, High Definition, Digital Video, Mini-DV & HDV! Sony - www.bssc.sel.sony.com/business Canon - www.Consumer.usa.canon.com DV Mail Order Cameras - www.BHPhotovideo.com DV Camera & Gear - www.DVgear.com Edit Software Macintosh - www.apple.com/FinalCutPro Avid Edit Software - www.avid.com Adobe Edit Software - www.Adobe.com/motion/main.html Camcorder Reviews - www.CamCorderInfo.com DV & Digital Formats - www.DVformat.com High Def & HDV Digital - www.VideoGuys.com
DIRECTOR NEWS, GOSSIP & UNIONS Ten Best Director Sites Want to be a Film Director? Want to hire a movie Director? Learn how to Direct? What to pay a Director? American Film Directors Union - www.DGA.org English Movie Directors Union - www.DGGB.co.uk Australian Film Directors Union - www.asdaFilm.org.au Canadian Movie Directors Union - www.DGC.ca New Zealand Directors Association - www.sdgNZ.co.nz Film Director Training - www.DGAtrainingProgram.org Assistant Director Training - www.AssistantDirectors.com Directors Cast Movie Actors - www.CastingSociety.com Film Director Directory - www.IMDBpro.com Director Casting Notice - www.CastList.com
FILM PUBLICITY & MOVIE MARKETING 10 Best Film Publicity Sites Film Publicist! Film Promotion Sites! Film Festivals! Film Sales Consultants - www.FilmFinders.com Press Agent Society - www.PRSA.org Film Publicists - www.Eppsonline.com Independent Movie Publicist - www.DDApr.com Independent Film Publicist - www.MediadeLarte.com Filmmaker News - www.IndieWire.com Independent Film Publicity - www.IndieRep.com Film Festival Directory - www.FilmFestivals.com Hollywood Foreign Press - www.HFPA.org Film Publicist - www.JagPR.com
SCREENWRITING RESOURCES Best 10 Screenwriting Sites Write a Script! Hire a Screenwriter! Get the Independent Screenwriting facts! Plus much more. Screenwriting A-Z - www.CreativeScreenwriting.com Screenwriter Nuts & Bolts - www.ScreenwritersUtopia.com Screenwriting Software - www.WritersStore.com Selling Scripts & Screenplays - www.ScriptMag.com Screenwriting Basics - www.SydField.com Screenplay & Teleplay Resources - www.ScreenStyle.com Screenwriter Resources - www.ShowBizSolutions.com UK Screenwriting Resources - www.ScreenwriterStore.co.uk Canadian Writing resources - www.PraxisFilm.com Free Sript Sreenplay Software - www.Sophocles.net
FILM FESTIVALS Top 10 Sites Film Festival Lists! Online Film Festivals! Film Festival Information! Film Festival Promo Site - www.FilmThreat.com Film Festival Database - www.FilmFestivalSource.com Film Festival Directory - www.FilmFestivals.com Internet Film Festivals - www.Cinema-Sites.com Web Film Festival - www.ZoieFilms.com Digital Film Festival - www.DFilm.com Film Festival Lists - www.InsideFilm.com Film Festival Submissions - www.WithoutaBox.com Mini DV Film Festival - www.HollywoodDVfilmfestival.com Film Festival Source - www.FilmFestivalSource.com SCREENWRITING COMPETITIONS Top 10 Script Competition Sites Win Awards! Screenplay Winners! Secure a Literary Agent! Sell a Script! Screenwriter Awards! Nicholl Fellowships Award - www.FellowshipProgram.nick.com Walt Disney Screenwriting - www.abcTalent.Disney.com Sundance Screenwriter Lab - www.Sundance.org Be a Director Award - www.ProjectGreenlight.com Warner Brothers Award - www.WarnerBros.com/WritersWorkshop Chesterfield Script Award - www.Chesterfield-co.com Script Competition - www.WriteMovies.com Slamdance Script Competition - www.Slamdance.com/Screencomp Final Draft Writers Award - www.FinalDraft.com/BigBreak
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS Best 10 Foreign Film Festivals The best foreign film festivals! Global Film Festivals! Foreign Festivals! Cannes Film Festival - www.Festival.Cannes.fr Berlin Film Festival - www.Berlinale.de Toronto Film Festival - www.e.bell.ca/FilmFest Raindance Film Festival - www.Raindance.co.uk Rotterdam Film Festival - www.FilmFestivalRotterdam.com Edinburgh Film Festival - www.EdfilmFest.org.uk Tokyo Film Festival - www.TIFF-jp.net Korea Pusan Film Festival - www.PIFF.org Hong Kong Film Festival - www.HKIFF.org.hk Stockholm Film Festival - www.FilmFestivalen.se
SCREENWRITING CONSULTANTS Ten Best Script Analyst Sites Planning the screenplay re-write! Hiring a Consultant! Doing a Script re-write! Want a Script Analyzed? Syd Field - www.SydField.com David Trottier - www.DaveTrottier.com Dara Marks - www.DaraMarks.com MOW Consultant - www.ScreenplayServices.com TV Script Consultant - www.HollywoodScript.com Natalie Rothenberg - www.InsiderSystem.com Melody Jackson - www.SmartGirlProd.com Script Coverage - www.CoverScript.com Screenplay Analysis - www.ScriptServices.com Screenplay Coverage - www.DeepFeedback.com
MAJOR THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTORS 10 Best Film Distributor Sites Movie Studios! The 7 Major Distributors! Theatrical Movie Distributors 1,000 Print Release! Global Distribution! 20th Century Fox Distributor - www.FoxMovies.com Disney Movie Studios - www.Disney.go.com/DisneyPictures Paramount Movie Distributor - www.Paramount.com Universal Film Distributor - www.UniversalPictures.com Sony Theatrical Distributor - www.spe.sony.com/movies Warner Brothers Distributor - www.WarnerBros.com Dreamworks SKG Distributor - www.Dreamworks.com Major Movie Distributors - www.HCDonline.com English Film Distributors - www.BFI.org.uk Australian Film Distribution - www.AFC.gov.au
A-LIST SCREENWRITERS 10 Famous Screenwriters Oscar Winners! Box Office Successes! William Goldman - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0001279/ Frank Pierson - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0682757/ Ron Bass - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0060103/ Robert Towne - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0001801/ Paul Schrader - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0001707/ Frank Darabont - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0001104/ Ruth Jhabvala - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0695609/ Cameron Crowe - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0001081/ Tom Stoppard - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0001779/ Nora Ephron - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0001188/ Frank Pierson - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0682757/
INDEPENDENT FILM DISTRIBUTORS Ten Best Independent Distributors Mini-Major Distributors! Art Films! Independent Film Distribution! Foreign Film Releases! Cult Distributors Miramax Movies Distributor - www.Miramax.com New Line Films Distributor - www.NewLine.com LionsGate Films - www.LionsGateFilms.com Action Film Distribution - www.YorkEntertainment.com Association of Global - www.DistributorsAFMA.com Low Budget Distributor - www.CurbEntertainment.com Foreign Film Distribution - www.FortissimoFilms.com Urban & Latino Film Distribution - www.MaverickEntertainment.cc Independent Film Distributors - www.IFTA-online.org Film & TV Distributor Directory - www.HCDonline.com
FAMOUS INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS Top 10 Filmmakers Screenwriter - Filmmaker! Successful Filmmakers who are also Producers, Directors and Executive Producers John Cassavetes - www.People.bu.edu/rcarney/cassavetes Quentin Tarantino - www.Tarantino.info Spike Lee - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0000490/ Kevin Smith - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0003620/ John Sayles - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0000626/ Atom Egoyan - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0000382/ Woody Allen - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0000095/ Spike Jonze - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0005069/ Joel & Ethan Coen - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0001054/ Neil Labute - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0001438/
MOVIE REVIEWS 10 Best Movie Review Sites Film Reviews! Movie Critics! Film Critiques! Movie Previews! Independent Film Reviews - www.RottenTomatoes.com Roger Ebert Film Reviews - www.Suntimes.com/Ebert Independent Movie Reviews - www.AintItCoolNews.com Film Theater Reviews - www.BoxOff.com NY Times Film Reviews - www.NYTimes.com/pages/movies Entertainment Weekly - Reviews www.ew.com/ew Hollywood Movie Reviews - www.Hollywood.com Movie Review Directory - www.MRQE.com Weekly Movie Reviews - www.Movies.go.com Showtimes & Movie Reviews - www.TVguide.com
A-LIST MOVIE PRODUCERS Ten Best Producers Mega Box Office Winners! Big Budget Movies! Studio Dealmakers! Hollywood Moguls! Jerry Bruckheimer - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0000988/ Joe Roth - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0005387/ George Lucas - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0000184/ Brian Grazer - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0004976/ Norman Lear - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0005131/ Saul Zaentz - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0951763/ Dino de Laurentiis - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0209569/ Howard Kazanjian - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0443599/ Albert Broccoli - www.IMDB.com/name/nm0110482/
FILM JOBS & MOVIE CAREERS Best Ten Film Job Sites How to get a movie job! How to launch a film career Your first Hollywood job! How to get Film Training! HBO Film Training - www.YouthMentoring.com ABC Television Training - www.ABCnewTalent.Disney.com Entertainment Careers - www.EntertainmentCareers.com Film Industry Jobs - www.JobsInTheBiz.com Movie Industry Jobs - www.FilmBiz.com/crew Find a Film Job - www.CreativePlanet.com Movie Studio Jobs - www.FoxCareers.com Theatrical Distributor Jobs - www.WBjobs.com Movie Job Lists - www.Crew-Net.com Film Crew Lists - www.FilmStaff.com
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INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC San Francisco, CA - www.ilm.com/ WETA DIGITAL New Zeland - www.wetafx.co.nz/ DIGITAL DOMAIN Los Angeles, CA - www.d2.com/ RYTHM & HUES - www.rhythm.com/home/ ZOIC STUDIOS - www.zoicstudios.com DOUBLE NEGATIVE London, England - www.dneg.com/ FRAMESTORE LONDON London, England - www.framestore-cfc.com/ SONY IMAGE WORKS Los Angeles, CA - www.imageworks.com/ SVENGALI FX http://www.svengali-fx.com/ STARGATE DIGITAL http://www.stargatestudios.net/ METHOD STUDIOS http://www.methodstudios.com/
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