Documentary Archives - Film Courage

Filmmaker Burnout and Deciding To Go To Film School by Julian Shaw

Film Courage: You began making movies at three years old? Julian Shaw, Filmmaker/Actor: I...

A Writer’s Guide To Making A Documentary by Stuart Paul of PROJECT US

(Watch the video interview on Youtube here) In this Film Courage video interview, documentary filmmaker Stuart Paul...

Filmmaking Is A Process That Allows Filmmakers To Answer Hard Questions by Alexandria Bombach

Film Courage: We had a few questions come in from our Youtube viewers and this one is from Ms. Green and she writes ‘How...

How To Become A Filmmaker by ON HER SHOULDERS Alexandria Bombach

ON HER SHOULDERS releases on Friday, October 19 in New York and Wednesday, October 24 in Los Angeles, with a national rollout to follow. In...

Financial Struggles A Documentary Filmmaker Faces by Crime + Punishment’s Stephen Maing

Film Courage: Steve in an interview with the Sundance Institute you said you believe there is no financial incentive to draw the documentary process...

Advice For Teenage Filmmakers by Bing Liu of MINDING THE GAP Documentary

Film Courage: We had another question come in . It’s much more light-hearted than our previous conversation. Bing Liu, filmmaker of MINDING THE GAP documentary: What’s...

How Stephen Maing Made The Powerful Hulu Documentary Crime + Punishment

Film Courage: Steve, before you set out to make a film do you ask yourself what will the audience for this movie want? Or...

How MINDING THE GAP’s Bing Liu Went From Skateboard Videographer To Sundance Award Winning...

Film Courage: Bing, was there a day that filmmaking mattered to you more than skateboarding? Bing Liu, filmmaker of MINDING THE GAP: There were...

How A Shift To Documentaries Saved Matthew Miele’s Filmmaking Career [FULL INTERVIEW]

In this Film Courage video, filmmaker Matthew Miele (Always at The Carlyle, Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's, Harry Benson: Shoot First and more) talks...

Three Reasons Why Now Is A Great Time To Be A Documentary Filmmaker by...

Film Courage: I think you said earlier that documentaries are kind of…this is their time right now. Why do you think now so? Matthew Miele, filmmaker...