Filmmaking Tips

We explore the wisdom shared through the years by the ‘Wayne’s World’ director.

Welcome to Filmmaking Tips, a long-running column in which we gather up the shared knowledge of a particular filmmaker and assemble it all into the internet’s…

Brad Bird cares about character development. He sets and specifies narrative stakes. He’s dedicated to meticulous world-building. He is amongst a steadily diminishing class of…

In 2015, we compiled filmmaking advice from the director of ‘Dead Poets Society’ and ‘The Truman Show.’

In 2015, Landon Palmer compiled filmmaking advice from the director of ‘Selma.’

Here’s some cool advice from the director of ‘Thief,’ ‘Heat,’ and ‘Miami Vice.’

Welcome to Filmmaking Tips, a long-running column in which we gather up the shared knowledge of a particular filmmaker and assemble it all into the internet’s…

Explore the filmmaking lessons we can learn from the work and wisdom of director Steve McQueen.

From 2013, here’s a compilation of advice from the Oscar-winning director of ‘A Beautiful Mind’ and ‘Apollo 13.’