Save New York's TV and film tax credits
I’m a few days late on this, but as someone who’s been trying to get a low-budget NYC production off the ground for the past six months, this is not a pleasant specter to stare in the face: (more…)
View ArticleCan a blog be self-sustaining? NoFilmSchool's traffic and revenue
Can a blog like NoFilmSchool be self-sustaining? As a blogger you can make money by being a contributor to a huge tech or political blog, wherein you’re one of many staff writers churning out content...
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Your Film May Be More Appealing to Investors if You Start* by the End of the...
Did you know that for the last seven years, film investors could tax-deduct the entirety of their film investment (up to $20 million), in the same year they made the investment, regardless of whether...
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Where the Money Goes in Hollywood
Hollywood’s accounting practices are so infamously convoluted that you could write a book on them. Two, in fact: author Edward Jay Epstein has written two books on the topic, The Big Picture: Money and...
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Here's My Vimeo Panel on 'The Art of Getting Paid' (Bonus: the History of...
This year’s Vimeo Festival + Awards screened a bevy of award-winning awesome videos (many of which we featured here on NFS), and also featured a number of workshops, panels, and the like. I showed up...
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Film and TV Tax Incentives Renewed in Fiscal Cliff Deal, Section 181 Extended...
If you’re involved in the film or TV industry in any way, there’s a good chance you or someone you know has benefitted from Section 181 of the U.S. IRS Tax Code since it was established in 2004....
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Finding Money, Pitching Investors, Building Relationships: Being Smart with...
Finding money is often one of the toughest tasks many independent film producers face, as well as one of the most critical. You need money to make movies, and you need to make movies to build a...
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