6 Filmmakers Share Their Advice for Project-Winning Treatments

Before the lights, cameras, actors, and awards, there’s only you and your idea. This idea exists in the dark, constantly…

How Diego Contreras Found Gold in the Desert

The best stories are often the ones we find by accident while we’re working on something else. We don’t force…

Detail Work: Inside GE’s ‘Unimpossible Missions’ Ads

It’s very hard to tell what makes a film great. Students spend hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to learn…

The Nitty-Gritty Art of Being a Producer

It takes a lot of people to make a film, but only a handful of them get much credit. Director.…

To Film School or Not to Film School: 8 Filmmakers’ Perspectives

Learning a craft is never easy, and there aren’t any shortcuts. As we’ve talked with filmmakers over the past few…

5 Spectacular Vimeo Staff Picks That Used Musicbed Tracks

For a lot of people, Vimeo’s launch changed the game. And for a talented few, Vimeo Staff Picks launched careers.…

The Last 5%: Taking Your Work from Good to Great

“On your way to wonderful, you’re gonna have to pass through all right,” Bill Withers warns filmmaker Damani Baker in…

Best Investments: 5 Filmmakers on the Choices That Paid Off

You realize pretty quickly in life that you are working with limited resources. Limited time. Limited money. Limited talent. One…