Filmmaking Tips Archives

6 Filmmaking Tips From Sam Peckinpah

Perhaps the single most illustrative fact about Sam Peckinpah is that he was developing a script while fighting against the… Read More

August 14, 2013

Welcome to Filmmaking Tips, a long-running column in which we gather up the shared knowledge of a particular filmmaker and assemble… Read More

April 17, 2013

We compile the best advice from the master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, director of such classics as 'Seven Samurai' and 'Rashomon.' Read More

November 28, 2012

Here’s a bit of free film school (for fans and filmmakers alike) directly from a man who built his own… Read More

October 4, 2012

We have explored the archives of Paul Thomas Anderson's interviews and assembled them into a bit of free film school. Read More

September 19, 2012

Saddle up, and get some advice from the director of 'The Searchers' and 'Stagecoach.' Read More

August 1, 2012

We compiled filmmaking advice from Austrian auteur Michael Haneke, director of such movies as 'Funny Games' and 'Cache.' Read More

July 11, 2012

From 2012, we rounded up the best filmmaking advice we could find from the man behind such classics as 'Scanners'… Read More

June 13, 2012

Here's your chance to have a close encounter with some free film school. We mine the wisdom of Steven Spielberg… Read More

May 16, 2012