Finding work in an era of Runaway Production

History When I first started in the business in Los Angeles in 1994, people were grumbling about “runaway production”. Back…

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Filmmaking Grants Resources

Sayla U’ilani Whalen, one of two recipients of Women in Media’s Developing Filmmaker Fellowships, funded by a grant from the…

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What do hard days look like to you?

I enjoy Mel Robbins. Her work is all about personal growth using science backed strategies. She spends a lot of…

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AI wants my job – sorta.

Well, it looks like AI has decided to take over a good part of my job. LinkedIn has a new…

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The Current State of Things

Fair warning! This post has a lot of data in it. Not everyone is interested in that. TL;DR – People…

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Grants as a Filmmaking Funding Strategy

The longer your film, the smaller the proportion of your budget is likely to come from grants. But even an…

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The New Year is coming

With the New Year, I expect a surge of new and resumed production as the production entities scramble to fulfil…

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What’s next in Recruiting and what it means to you.

LinkedIn has released its 2023 “Future of Recruiting” Report containing several predictions about hiring and recruitment in the next few…

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Analyze a Job Listing Quickly

I recently found a great new tool to make breaking down a job listing for keywords that much quicker. To…

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Working on a short film

A photo essay on my most recent short film shoot.

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