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The Art of Film Funding

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The Art of Film Funding Podcast is to educate and inform filmmakers. Author/Grantor Carole Dean interviews top professionals from the film industry for up-to-date information on film funding, production, marketing, and hybrid distribution. You will learn how to crowdfund, make an ask for funding, save money on your budgets, hear top attorneys discuss new US and state tax funding and stay abreast of current trends in the industry. Carole is President and Founder of From the Heart Productions, the non-profit dedicated to providing independent filmmakers the information and help they need to get their films funded. Carole started and runs the three yearly Roy Dean Film Grants giving $25,000.00 each in cash and goods and services. She is author of The Art of Film Funding, Alternative Financing Concepts, second edition.

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Michael Holstein is a co-founder and executive producer at Mesmeric Media. He began his career writing for HBO's The Wire and marketing major films like The Rock and Independence Day. After earning a law degree, Michael became VP of Business Affairs at WETA-TV in Washington, DC, where he produced numerous shows, including In Performance at the White House and PBS NewsHour. Some of his honors include being the only 3x winner of Real Screen's "Summit Showdown" competition and being a 2017 Producer's Guild Award nominee. For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.
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On-Demand Episodes

Leslie Neale, Social Justice Documentarian, shares her secrets on filmmaking, funding, TV acquisitions and top actors for voice over. Her film, Unlikely Friends, is airing on Discovery 11/21/13. To learn more about Leslie and her films... more

John Trigonis, an independent filmmaker and successful crowdfunder himself, has literally written the book on Crowdfunding for Filmmakers, and now puts his skills to greater use with Indiegogo as the funding platform's manager of film... more

Adam Chapnick, creator of Distribber.com and now indiegogo specialist gives us the inside story on how to mount and run a successful campaign. Get your indiegogo going with From the Heart as your fiscal sponsor, donors get tax... more

Our guest, Don Schwartz, is an actor and journalist. His first book, Telling Their Own Stories: Conversations with Documentary Filmmakers, has just been published and is available from Amazon. His film reviews and filmmaker profiles... more

Michael Wiese shares stories of his brilliant life with luminaries like Shirley MacLane and Buckminster Fuller. His stories of raising money for filmmaking are creative, hilarious and touching. Most of this is from his new Engaging book,... more

This episode is about financing your doc and feature film with our guest veteran Actor/Writer/Producer Tom Malloy who has raised over $14 million. He's the author of BANKROLL II, A NEW APPROACH TO FINANCING FEATURE... more

Our guest, Demetrius Bagley, is a business producer of Vegucated. He will share secrets of their successful production and marketing campaign. Learn more at http://www.getvegucated.com/For info about Carole Dean and From the Heart... more

Our guest, Filmmaker Scott Glosserman, director of Behind the Mask and Truth in Numbers has created Gathr.us, a distribution on demand for docs and features giving filmmakers an opportunity to screen their films in more cities and make... more

Tom Malloy & Carole Dean discuss their upcoming Intentional Filmmaking Class. Tom tells how he raised over 14 million. Please email caroleedean@att.net any questions for the show. In addition to his work as an actor and filmmaker, Tom... more

We'll be discussing The American Jobs Act of 2012 and how you are allowed to market your film to potential investors. Corky Kessler explains how you can now raise up to one million dollars under this new law. To learn more about... more
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