Disproving the pernicious old saw that those who cannot do, teach, Rick Pamplin has spent decades dividing his time between writing and directing films (including Provoked, 1989 and Hoover, 2000, whose screenplay is included in the permanent collection of the Motion Picture Academy library in Los Angeles), founding and running his own production company (Pamplin…
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business first published by Through the Trees “It’s been said that there are three things you should never do when making a film: make a film about yourself; make a film about filmmaking; or open the film with a quote.” So says Canadian filmmaker Justin McConnell at the beginning…
Blumhouse of Horrors was first published in a very different form by Little White Lies Jason Blum is the sort of producer that other producers want to be. He founded the independent Blumhouse Productions in 2000, and the fourth title that he picked up – a no-budget found footage horror film called Paranormal Activity (2008) –…
First published (in a slightly shorter version) by Grolsch FilmWorks The founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, in 2005 Jason Blum produced one of the most profitable films of all time, Paranormal Activity, and ever since his name has been synonymous with lucrative low-budget genre titles like Insidious (2010), Sinister (2012) and The Purge (2013),…