Filmmaker Autonomy: Beat The Gatekeepers

So many filmmakers struggle their entire careers to break through the gatekeepers of our industry - festival programmers, agents, financiers, etc., when it would be far simpler to create their own system that renders those legacy gatekeepers irrelevant or obsolete.

We all have the capacity to do this, it’s simply a matter deciding to take that path. That’s what this course is all about. 

Filmmaker Autonomy provides a step by step guide for building a custom system designed to help you achieve creative and financial freedom. Only by having full control over our creative work and how it’s funded, can we truly find autonomy.

At the core of this system is a creative business structure with a proven track record of generating profit, freeing up creative time, and rendering legacy gatekeepers obsolete.

The following 20 lessons serve the basis of the course:

01 – The Purpose Of Your System
02 – Who Are The Gatekeepers?
03 – Making The Gatekeepers Irrelevant: An Overview
04 – Financiers
05 – Agents
06 – Film Festival Programmers
07 – Distributors
08 – The Invisible Gatekeeper
09 – Circumventing The Gatekeepers
10 – 5 Pillars of An Autonomous System
11 – Your System Is Your Business
12 – Revenue Generators For Filmmakers
13 – Systematic Products & Services
14 – Building Your System From Scratch
15 – Case Study: Noam Kroll / CINECOLOR
16 – Case Study: Turn-Key Production Company
17 – Case Study: Production Consulting
18 – Case Study: Post-House Alternative
19 – Your Starting Point
20 – Final Thoughts