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Howard Schultz Masterclass: Learn Entrepreneurial Leadership
Howard Schultz Masterclass: Leading a Values-Based Business Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz rose from a childhood in public housing to leading a company that revolutionized the way the world drinks coffee. With no formal business education, he relied on his values while growing a 13-store chain into a global brand with more than 250,000 employees. With…
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This
Martin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? is a 1963 short film that Martin Scorsese created while a student at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. It is a comedic piece…
Read MoreStanley Kubrick’s Micro-Budget 1st Feature Film: Fear and Desire
Stanley Kubrick’s Micro-Budget 1st Feature Film: Fear and Desire We all start somewhere and the 1953 feature film Fear and Desire is where the legendary Stanley Kubrick got his. Fear and Desire is a 60-minute independent film, written, financed, shot, and directed by a 25-year-old Stanley Kubrick, who had just quit his job full-time job…
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Big Shave
Martin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Big Shave The Big Shave is a 1967 six-minute short film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is also known as Viet ’67. Peter Bernuth stars as the recipient of the title shave, repeatedly shaving away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene. – Wikipedia Download…
Read MoreGuillermo Del Toro’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Geometria
Guillermo Del Toro’s Micro-Budget First Film: Geometria I had the pleasure of meeting Guillermo del Toro on multiple occasions through my journies in Los Angeles. He is by far one of the most down to earth film directors I’ve ever met. He is a certified cinematic genius. From the magical Pan’s Labyrinth to the Oscar-winning Shape of Water…
Read MoreTim Burton’s Short Film: Hansel and Gretel
Tim Burton’s Short Film: Hansel and Gretel For you obscure media fans, here is one of legendary filmmaker Tim Burton’s early efforts in collaboration with The Disney Channel that aired only once on Halloween night in 1983. This is Burton’s unique, twisted, Burtonesque version of the classic Grimm Fairy Tale featuring an all Asian cast.…
Read MoreWes Anderson’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Bottle Rocket
Wes Anderson’s Micro-Budget First Film: Bottle Rocket Bottle Rocket, which was written by Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson, was the first micro-budget film the accomplished Wes Anderson directed. Screening at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, Bottle Rocket is loved and hated by many people. You can see the origins of Wes Anderson’s unique directing and…
Read MoreGeorge Lucas’ Rare Micro-Budget Short Film: Filmmaker – A Diary
George Lucas’ Rare Micro-Budget Short Film: Filmmaker – A Diary Even the legendary filmmaker George Lucas had to start somewhere. Filmmaker: A Diary by George Lucas. This 30 min documentary is an intimate portrait of another legend in the film industry Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas filmed and recorded sound for the documentary himself, using an…
Read MorePaul Thomas Anderson’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Dirk Diggler Story
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Micro-Budget First Film: The Dirk Diggler Story I can remember when a young director by the name Paul Thomas Anderson released a remarkably good film called Boogie Nights back in 1997. The film was kind of a small bomb going off in the film industry. Anderson made by far the best feature film about the groove porn business of…
Read MorePaul Thomas Anderson’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Cigarettes & Coffee
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Cigarettes & Coffee Cigarettes & Coffee is a 1993 short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Philip Baker Hall. It tells the story of five people connected through a twenty-dollar bill. The film helped launch the career of Anderson and was used as a basis for…
Read MoreJames Cameron’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Xenogenesis
James Cameron’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Xenogenesis Before James Cameron was breaking every box office record he was a struggling indie filmmaker. We all started somewhere and before The Terminator, Aliens or hell even Pirana II: The Spawning, James Cameron had been inspired by George Lucas‘, Star Wars. Enough so that, in 1978, James Cameron raised the budget from a group of local…
Read MoreFilmtrepreneur Side Hustles: Financial Freedom for Filmmakers
The Side Filmtrepreneur Hustle: Financial Freedom for Filmmakers Creating multiple revenue streams for a Filmtrepreneur is key. First, you need to create side hustles that will pay for your life while you are building your other businesses; ie shooting feature films, streaming series, etc. One way Filmtrepreneurs can do that is by creating an online…
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