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"All the filmmakers you admire? They didn’t let ANYTHING stop them."

HFF's 1st excerpt from "Yes You Can: How to Make a Movie for Almost No Money" by Courtney Daniels

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Courtney Daniels
Sep 12, 2025
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Ted’s Note:

There are many reasons why we desperately need a new wave of microbudget filmmaking in both America and the World.

Not only has the door closed in the corporate suites for new voices from outside the system, but America has pushed away its production by not remaining competitive to the incentives overseas, as well as by pricing our labor hig…

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Filmmaker. What Other Couples Do. Bedroom Story. It’s Not You, It’s LA (aka This Fucking Town). Author of “Yes You Can - How to Make a Movie for Almost No Money.” Gen X at Midlife podcast, on Apple and Spotify.
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