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10 lessons I learned from 10 years of NUTS!
10 years ago today, my 2nd feature doc NUTS! premiered at Sundance. But this newsletter is not about that, but the 10 years that followed.
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How I made a feature-length documentary for less than $10k
Greetings from the sound mix, arguably the best part of the entire filmmaking process — or at least 2nd-best, after that initial wild dreaming period…
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Shark Attack 3, or: How I learned to stop worrying and embrace my inner genre filmmaker
5 lessons I might take in 2026 from the art and economics of shark attack movies.
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6 Music Docs I Love
Maybe these are my all-time favorite music documentaries? In any case they're all really good!
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How to garden in winter
The other day I asked myself, “why live, though?” and the answer was easy: because I have to see my tulips next year!!!
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Documentary Ethics in Real Life, part 2
Why did I delete this scene from my film in the middle of its festival run? Did I do the right thing?
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My only writing advice is please, please try to sound like a human being
Here is how I use the fear of sounding like ChatGPT as a motivational tool to level up my writing.
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