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The One with the Indie Producer

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March 27, 2018 Film Industry, Indie, Producers, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

John welcomes independent producer Keith Calder to discuss what a producer actually does, how financing and distribution strategies have changed with streaming, and how to approach film festivals as a filmmaker.

We also answer a listener question about which career path to take after being laid-off: climb the Hollywood ladder or bootstrap and just make films.

Links:

  • Thanks for joining us, Keith Calder! You can check out his website and wikipedia page.
  • Blindspotting comes out this summer. Here is Variety’s review.
  • You’re Next and its IMDb page. You can watch it on Amazon now.
  • Down Under trailer and IMDb page.
  • LiarTown: The First Four Years 2013-2017 by Sean Tejaratchi.
  • Eco-Cha Tea Club
  • The Scriptnotes Listeners’ Guide!
  • The USB drives!
  • John August on Twitter
  • Keith Calder on Twitter
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Find past episodes
  • Outro by Luke Davis (send us yours!)

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 4-2-18: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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