Getting into the Film/TV Industry + Conversation with Doc Filmmaker & Performance Artist, Jeremy Xido
Professional actor, writer, director, and documentary filmmaker, Jeremy Xido, initially set out to do research for a documentary film about Chinese railway construction workers in Angola. What he ende...
11 Aug 20171h 9min
How to Make a Living Shooting EPK/BTS + Conversation with Digital Film Pioneer, Feature Film, and Documentary Director, Stefan Avalos
Shooting BTS (behind-the-scenes), or EPK (electronic press kit) as it’s known in the film industry, can be a great and a rather appropriate way for a documentary filmmaker to make some additional inco...
4 Aug 20171h 18min
5 Ways to Make Your Documentary Film Standout + Conversation with Academy Award-Nominated Director, Scriptwriter Daniel Raim
Documentary ScriptwritingOne of the more over-looked aspects of making your documentary film is the scriptwriting process. If your intention is to just shoot, shoot, shoot, and then go through your fo...
28 Jul 20171h 2min
The Importance of the War Correspondent, Documentary Filmmaker + Conversation with Legendary War Journo, Nate Thayer
The War CorrespondentHistory wouldn’t be quite the same without the tireless and sometimes incredibly dangerous work of the war correspondent or doc filmmaker. Ever since I could pick up a camera, I f...
21 Jul 20171h 7min
Personal Finances & the Documentary Filmmaker + Conversation with ‘Glitter Tribe’ Director Jon Manning
Debt can be a crippling thing for anyone, and documentary filmmakers are no exception. In fact, it’s we independent filmmakers who are often hit in particular with the ugly debt stick. The kids’ dayca...
14 Jul 20171h 2min
TDL Now Weekly Show! + Conversation with ‘Real Boy’ Director Shaleece Haas
Welcome to the first episode of The Documentary Life‘s new weekly format! Contained within this initial release I’ll start off by detailing how the new format will work from this point forward. Namely...
7 Jul 20171h
The World of the Documentary Film Festival, Part Two
Documentary Film Festival, Part TwoWelcome to part two of a very special two-part series that explores the mysterious world of the documentary film festival from the perspective of the filmmaker as we...
23 Jun 201749min
The World of the Documentary Film Festival, Part One
Documentary Film Festival, Part One Welcome to part one of a very special two-part series that explores the mysterious world of the documentary film festival from the perspective of the filmmaker as w...
9 Jun 20171h 4min
