Whenever I see a new film being released or making the news I always look up the director on imdb. A common trend I've seen is the director made a few shorts before their first feature. In some cases the shorts have been award winning, but not in all cases. And some directors have even gone from shorts to million dollar productions. Not all of these directors have written their own films either.
So if you've made a few really good short films, and even won a few awards, what is the correct path to getting yourself directing gigs on some low budget features? Representation? Word of mouth? Networking? Obviously there is the route of writing your own films and raising the funds yourself, but I'm talking about getting offered the director chair on an already funded project.
Cheers.
So if you've made a few really good short films, and even won a few awards, what is the correct path to getting yourself directing gigs on some low budget features? Representation? Word of mouth? Networking? Obviously there is the route of writing your own films and raising the funds yourself, but I'm talking about getting offered the director chair on an already funded project.
Cheers.