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Ask a Studio Head How To Get Into the Movie Business

Posted by Roblimo on from the you-ought-to-be-in-pictures dept.

Larry Meistrich started making movies with next to no money. He's the founder and chairman of NEHST Studios, "a diversified film production, financing and distribution company" that opened its doors in May, 2007. As the above links show, Larry is a serious expert on the inner workings of the movie and TV production business, with a long string of production successes on his resume. Ask him whatever you like. Usual interview rules apply. And who knows? Maybe NEHST will finance your next movie.

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  1. IANAMM by TrueJim · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whenever I've read biographies of folks who have gone on to become movie makers, the basic answer always seems to be the same: the way to get into the movie business is to start making movies.

    Grab your friends, find a camcorder, write a script, download some software, make a movie.

    Then make another.

    And another.

    Keep doing it until you get good at it. It take an incredible amount of time and determination. You spend a lot of money.

    Somewhere along the way you become part of the "movie making community." Profit!

    --
    I hope that after I die the one word people use to describe me is "resurrected."