Hope For Film by Ted Hope

Hope For Film by Ted Hope

Essential for the aspiring filmmaker, this revised and updated edition is an inspiring, tell-all look at the independent film business from one of the industry's most passionate supporters (Todd Solondz, director of Welcome to the Dollhouse)

Hope for Film captures the rebellious punk spirit of the indie film boom in 1990s New York City and its collapse two decades later to its technology-fueled regeneration and continuing streaming-based evolution. Ted Hope, whose films have garnered 12 Oscar nominations, draws from his own personal experiences working on the early films of Ang Lee, Eddie Burns, Alan Ball, Todd Field, Hal Hartley, Michel Gondry, Nicole Holofcener, and Todd Solondz, as well as his tenures at the San Francisco Film Society, Fandor, and Amazon Studios, taking readers through the decision-making process that brought him the occasional failure as well as much success.

Whether navigating negotiations with studio executives over final cuts or clashing with high-powered CA agents over their clients, Hope offers behind-the-scenes stories from the wild and often heated world of specialized cinema--where art and commerce collide. As mediator between these two opposing interests, Hope offers his unique perspective on how to make movies while keeping your integrity intact and how to create a sustainable business enterprise out of that art while staying true to yourself. Against a backdrop of seismic changes in the independent film industry, from corporate co-option to the rise of social media and the streaming giants, Hope for Film provides not only an entertaining and intimate ride through the business of arthouse movies over the last decades, but also hope for its future.

There is nobody in the independent film world quite like Ted Hope. His wisdom and heart shine through every page. --Ang Lee, Academy Award winning director of Brokeback Mountain

Ted Hope is one of the most respected voices in independent film. In 1990 he cofounded with James Schamus the production and sales powerhouse Good Machine. His 65-plus films includes many highlights and breakthroughs in independent cinema, including The Ice Storm, American Splendor, 21 Grams, Happiness, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Adventureland. Known within the industry for having an extraordinary ability to recognize emerging talent, Hope has more than 20 first features to his credit, including those of Alan Ball, Todd Field, Michel Gondry, Hal Hartley, and Nicole Holofcener. As the creator, editor, and regular contributor to HopeForFilm.com blog, Hope provides a must-read forum for discussion and engagement about the critical issues filmmakers and artists face.

Anthony Kaufman is a highly respected film journalist who has covered independent cinema since 1997. He was one of the founding editors of Indiewire.com and continues to write about films and the film industry for a variety of publications, including Variety and The Village Voice, for which he wrote the July 1999 cover story on The Blair Witch Project. He has also been published in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, and Slate, among others.

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ISBN 13	9781619023321
ISBN 10	1619023326
Title	Hope For Film
Author	Ted Hope
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Counterpoint
Year published	2014-08-21
Number of pages	296
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.