Directing for the Screen

Anna Weinstein is a screenwriter and educator based in Atlanta. She works as a writer-for-hire to develop features and television series, and she is on the screenwriting faculty in the English Department at Kennesaw State University, where she teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. Anna is the Founding Editor of the PERFORM: Succeeding as a Creative Professional book series.

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTEDTAKING RISKS AND FINDING MENTORSBeginning With SchoolAn Interview With Elizabeth Allen RosenbaumSHORT ’N SWEETThe Short Film as a Calling CardBy Susan LiddyGETTING A SEAT AT THE TABLEInterning, Script Supervising, and Approaching a Producer With a ProjectAn Interview With Chiemi KarasawaYOU AND YOUR DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY (DP)Finding and Working With Your DP By David Waldman and David LandauBREAKING IN TO FEATURESWorking With Comedic Actors and Developing New ProjectsAn Interview With Peter SegalCHAPTER 2: STICKING IT OUTWHAT’S AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANYWAY?Roles and ResponsibilitiesBy Peter D. MarshallFILM FESTIVALS AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMSThe BasicsBy Karen Dee Carpenter GETTING FISCAL SPONSORSHIPAn Interview With Dianne DebicellaDEVELOPING A BUSINESS ACUMENAn Interview With Quincy NewellDIRECTING FOR TELEVISIONA Global PerspectiveBy Phoebe HartDIRECTING THE ONE-HOUR TELEVISION DRAMAHow It Works in Los Angeles and New YorkAn Interview With Jeremy PodeswaCHAPTER 3: FINDING SUCCESSPURSUING TRUTH IN STORYTELLINGA Lifelong Career in Documentaries and FeaturesAn Interview With Michael AptedDOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING IN PAKISTANWhen Directing Can Be DangerousAn Interview With Sharmeen Obaid-ChinoyDIRECTING THE PERSONAL DOCUMENTARYAn Intersex AdventureBy Phoebe HartDIRECTING FOR STUDIOS VS. INDEPENDENT FILMMAKINGReflections on Thirty Years the Film IndustryAn Interview With Boaz Yakin BECOMING INDEPENDENTDistribution After the MultiplexBy Max Sexton and Dominic LeesCHAPTER 4: GETTING AHEADINDEPENDENT FILM DISTRIBUTIONAn Interview With Orly RavidINDEPENDENT FILMMAKINGBy Pieter AquiliaTHE EVOLUTION OF A DIRECTING CAREERFrom Australia to Hollywood and Back AgainAn Interview With Gillian ArmstrongROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES AND DISCOVERIESFilmmaker David Gordon Green’s JourneyBy Chris VognarDIRECTING TELEVISION COMMERCIALSGuidelines for a Fruitful CareerBy Bill LinsmanDIRECTING DOCUMENTARIESNotes From the FieldBy Timothy A. PowellCHAPTER 5: STARTING AGAINTRANSMEDIA STORYTELLINGThe Next Step in DirectingBy Jean Desormeaux and Randall KapuscinskiNAVIGATING THE CREATIVE PROCESS Insights on Gender and the Business of DirectingAn Interview With Susanne Bier PROCESSNG BOX OFFICE RESULTSBuilding a Career in Unconventional StorytellingAn Interview With Jaco Van DormaelBOUNCING BACK AFTER A SETBACKThe Determination to Begin AgainAn Interview With Isabel Coixet DIRECTING SITCOMS AND THEATERFrom Stage to ScreenAn Interview With Sheldon Epps INDEX

"This is not a 'how to' book, but an absorbing read which takes you on many different routes into directing. Full of insights, the range of interviewees is impressive. They all urge would-be directors to observe and learn, be persistent and find their voice."—Claire Barwell, Former Chair of NAHEMI, Course Leader of Film Production at the Farnham Film School, University for the Creative Arts"Directing for the Screen offers lively and astute advice from the insiders. Anna Weinstein has mixed with some of the best and probes them about their success—and learning from loss."—Matthew Sorrento, Lecturer, Film Studies at Rutgers University in Camden, NJ