On the 31st of May last year, during the London Screenwriters Festival 365, I had the pleasure of watching Clive Frayne’s DIY Script Doctor session and subsequent script chat. I found that Clive’s thoughts about regional filmmaking chimed very close to my own, so we connected on Twitter. Our discussions on Twitter lead to a […]
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10 things I learned from my first feature by Andy Mark Simpson
I wrote, directed and produced my self-funded debut feature ‘Young Hearts Run Free’ for under £10k (it’s a 1970s period film!) and then self-distributed in cinemas around the UK and the USA. That’s a very difficult eight year journey! It can be difficult to move on to your next projects so now I’m making a […]
A great example of a Crowd Funding campaign email…
UPDATE – With 1 hour to go, John reached his goal! Thanks to everyone who contributed. Actor and Producer John Schwab has always been a great supporter of everything I have done. And he was one of the very first contributors to Gone Fishing. And so when I got this email from him today about […]