The Distinguished Filmmakers Network Resources Page is intended to help all of our filmmakers access the tools they need to succeed in the film industry. From equipment rental to financing and marketing ideas to job and internship connections, we hope this will be a great place to get you started in making the transition between student to professional filmmaker.
General Filmmaking Resources
Including Prop Rentals, Costume Rentals, Equipment Rentals, Production Insurance, etc.
Los Angeles Production Directory
- www.la411.com
- www.la411.com/National (for National listings)
New York Production Directory
UK Production Directory
- www.theproductionguide.co.uk
- www.theknowledgeonline.com
- www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/arts_and_lifestyle/media_production/video_production
- www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/production/links-production
Casting Sites
Crew Sites
Local Filmmaking Commissions (permits, locations)
Funding/Finishing funds/Grants
Festivals
Would you like to submit your CMF movie to other festivals, or have a non-CMF movie you’d like to get screened?
CMF encourages filmmakers to submit their CMF movies to other festivals, but we do ask that you first email support@campusmoviefest.com to let us know which festival you plan to submit to so that we can make sure it doesn’t conflict with any of the rules of CMF.
You can find information about tons of other festivals by visiting www.withoutabox.com.
Fellowships & Competitions
There are lots of filmmaking fellowships and grants available to current students and university graduates in many areas of filmmaking.
- Film Independent’s Project Involve (Mentorship Program)
- Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Internship Program
- Disney/ABC Talent Development and Diversity Fellowships
- Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship
- NBC/Universal Early Career Programs
- CBS Diversity Institute
- The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
- Film Independent Labs & Programs
- AFI Directing Workshop for Women
- DGA Assistant Director Training Program / Producer Training Plan
- Writer’s Guild of America Diversity Resources
Jobs & Internships
Work or Intern with CMF
General Job Sites & Entertainment/Media Job Sites
- www.craigslist.org (search for tv/film/video or art/media/design)
- monster.com
- careerbuilder.com
- showbizjobs.com
- entertainmentcareers.net
- thegrapevineagency.com/blog
- thebiz.variety.com
On Set/Production Job Sites
- productionweekly.com - List of Current Films in Production
- www.mandy.com - Production Jobs, Classified Ads, Casting Calls
- realitystaff.com - Reality/Non-Fiction
- studiodaily.com/main/job - Studio Daily Job Board
- productionnotices.com - Subscription Sites
Studio/Network Job Listings
- Disney/ABC
- NBC/Universal
- 20th Century Fox
- A+E Networks
- CBS
- Turner Broadcasting System
- AMC Networks
- Warner Brothers
- TimeWarner
- Discovery Communications
- MTV Networks
- E! Entertainment
UK Entertainment Jobs
- www.theknowledgeonline.com
- https://careers.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp
- http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/jobs/media/uk/england/greater-london
Temp Agencies
- Hollywood/Los Angeles
Corestaff (SONY
310-244-8170 - Ultimate Staffing (FOX)
310-201-0062
Ad Personnel
310-284-3939 - Star Personnel
310-278-8630 - Staffmark
213-687-9300 - Friedman Agency
310-550-1002 - Spherion (WB)
818-972-0044 - 11th Hour
310-821-6900 - Volt Staffing
(Culver City)
310-337-7965
NYC
- Force One Entertainment
212-922-9898
Industry News
Useful groups/Tracking boards
Film Schools
SUggested Book & Websites
- “Rebel Without A Crew” by Robert Rodriguez
- “In the Blink of an Eye” by Walter Murch
- “Cinematography” by Blain Brown
- “Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out” by Carroll Hodge and Doe Mayer
- “Directing Actors” by Judith Weston
- “Clearance & Copyright” by Michael C. Donaldson
- “Save the Cat” by Blake Snyder
- “Story” by Robert McKee
- “Screenplay” by Syd Field
- “How to Write a Movie in 21 Days” by Viki King
- Creative Communities (Forums, Tutorials, Training)
- After Effects Tutorials, Plug-ins and Stock Footage for Post Production
- Filmmaking Forum
- MacRumors News Forum
- Apple Support
- Adobe Premiere Support
- AVID Tutorials & Training
- ProTools Tutorials
Advertising Yourself
Resume & Interview advice:
- freeresumehelp.net
- free-resume-tips.com/10tips
- Monster.com - How to write a resume
- msn.careerbuilder.com/msn/default.aspx
- www.cover-letters.com
- jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm
- www.jobinterviewquestions.org/
- Monster.com - 100 Potential Interview Questions
Pitch/Query letter examples:
Cheap/Free business cards:
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