Jed Dannenbaum, senior lecturer at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, is an award-winning writer, producer and director of non-fiction films. Carroll Hodge is an independent filmmaker and has taught film production at USC since 1987. Doe Mayer is the Mary Pickford Professor of Film and Television Production at USC, and has been working in film and television for the past twenty-five years.
Norman Lear If I were a film or television student starting out, it's the book I'd want to read, because it tells you to create from your gut and your heart and your spirit. Victoria Riskin screenwriter and President of the Writers Guild of America, west Indispensable reading for students and professionals alike. George Stoney Professor of Film and Television, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University Creative Filmmaking is entirely fresh and different and welcomed. William McDonald Head of Production, UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media In Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out, the authors have stunningly codified an elusive process media educators must attempt to articulate every day in every classroom. This practical, illuminating and inspiring book will become a foundation text in film schools around the world.