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THE “ALMOST NO BUDGET” APPROACH

Courtney Daniels is back with another HFF Takeover post!

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Courtney Daniels
Mar 26, 2026
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This post is another HFF excerpt from the book “Yes You Can: How to Make a Movie for Almost No Money” by Courtney Daniels.

Please check out the prior ones she has shared with us:

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

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

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September 12, 2025
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A Super Indie Path

A Super Indie Path

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September 26, 2025
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THE “ALMOST NO BUDGET” APPROACH

After finishing post-production on What Other Couples Do (and still a few years away from making back the money we’d spent), I wasn’t immediately r…

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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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