Sell Your Own Damn Movie [Book]

This is the 3rd volume in Mr. Kaufman’s hilarious, how-to series for
hard-working self-starters and hard-laughing, cheeky filmmakers. “Sell Your Own Damn Movie!” covers everything you need to do to get your finished film seen by festival-goers, movie-goers, DVD-buyers and web-goers around the world. You will be lead through a primer on the history of film distribution to a discussion of the many ways you can get your film out there, either through a reputable distributor or all on your own. From the realities of distribution, to utilizing the internet to self-distribution, Mr. Kaufman tells you in his habitually lucid and off-the-wall way.

Inserts include interviews and pointers from veteran distribution pros as well as directors and producers who share their own front-line stories. Mr. Kaufman recounts his own raucous stories of marketing pleasures and nightmares from 35 years of movie-making experience, creating a uniquely useful and entertaining read. Autographed.

FEATURING EXPERT ADVICE FROM THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY SOLD THEIR FILMS:

• David Cronenberg (Director of The Fly, Crash, A History of Violence)
• Oren Peli (Director/Producer of Paranormal Activity)
• Ted Hope (Producer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, In the Bedroom, Happiness)
• Brad Kembel (Executive Vice President of International Distribution at Summit Films: Twilight)
• James Gunn (Writer/Director of Super, Dawn of the Dead, Slither)
• Jonathan Wolf (Executive Vice Presidnet, Independent Film and Television Alliance and Managing Direcgtor, American Film Market)…and many more who have sold their own damn movies!