Success in Film: A Guide to Funding, Filming and Finishing Independent Films (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692462775)

Julia Verdin is an experienced film producer and indie film consultant who has produced 30 feature films and has extensive knowledge in all areas of producing, casting, financing, selling a film and taking films to the festivals. Many of Julia's films have had theatrical releases and played in major film festivals such as Sundance, Toronto and Venice. She has worked with top talent such as Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Danny Huston and Sienna Miller to name a few. As well as producing her own films, and running her production company Rough Diamond Productions, Julia has consulted for numerous filmmakers and through her expert advice and guidance helped them get their films made. Julia is a consulting producer for filmmakers group Raindance LA, has given seminars and participated on panels on film production for numerous organizations including Woman in Film, WGA, BAFTA LA, AFM, Story Expo, Raindance film festival, LA Femme film festivals and many others. For full resume and further info on films produced see http: //www.juliaverdin.com Credits include: The Merchant of Venice, Riding the bullet, Two Jacks, Stander, Slipstream, I Witness, Contaminated Man Matt Dean As an adjunct professor of editing and post production, Matt Dean has a career in film and Television spanning 25 years. Starting in Broadcast News for ABC in Virginia, Matt went on to produce and direct TV commercials and then documentaries and TV shows. In 2007 he worked as an art director for Unistar International Pictures and then expanded in career into Producing and post supervising feature films. To date he has worked on 24 feature films and 80 episodes of TV. His production Company Matt Dean Films helps deliver feature films and broadcast TV to domestic and international markets with clients that include ABC, FOX, Discovery, Nickelodeon, Bravo, Disney, MTV, OWN, ESPN, PBS, Redbull Media House, TLC and HGTV. http: //www.mattdeanfilms.com Credits include: Radio Free Albemuth, Across the Ice, Fighting for Freedom, Undercover Cupid, Creators of Tomorrow, Two Jacks, The Devil Within