Penelope Buitenhuis is an award-winning Canadian director and former UBC film student, who began as an internationally-acclaimed short film director (Guns, Girls, and Guerillas, but has since expanded her reach into an equally successful career in feature films (Trouble, Dangerous Attraction, Tokyo Girls) and television
Insidious is the latest horror effort from the horror genre’s most successful modern creative team of director James Wan and actor-writer Leigh Whannell. We were fortunate enough to spend a few minutes chatting with this engaging pair to learn about the creative process of putting
Today, the highly-anticipated sequel Fubar II opens in theatres. In their return to the screen as loveable hosers and headbangers Terry and Dean, David Lawrence and Paul Spence are ready to give’r again! These two talented Canadian funnymen (who also co-wrote the script) were kind enough
All of us here at Biz Books are in the business of helping others to be creative, in addition to working at being so ourselves. Based on that, it’s always a cause for celebration when one of the “Biz Books Alumni” has a new project
A good lawyer who is familiar with split rights scenarios and the vagaries of new distribution models is essential, although hard to find. If you cannot find one, I suggest using a consultant in tandem with a lawyer. The consultant negotiates, the lawyer goes over
Two helpful ways to think about marketing: 1) Reaching the audience that already exists for your film and 2) thinking creatively of what audiences might be interested in your film. I recommend that you consider and conceive of a marketing strategy for your film early in