Filmmaking Movies

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the...

A portrait of an independent filmmaker and the lengths he will go to fulfill his celluloid dream.

In this documentary about low-budget filmmaking in upstate New York, you'll learn how affordable digital-video technology has changed the lives of...

Promotional documentary for the MGM film "Ice Station Zebra" focusing on the career and cinematographic innovations of cameraman John Stephens.

The untold state of mind dealing with an incurable disease. One is wondering if there's still a dream to achieve in life. One is running as if this...

A documentary about an innovative Disability Studies class at NYU Tandon School of Engineering where engineering students and adults with cerebral...

A documentary film about cult director José María Zabalza. How he made pictures with very little money and was granted little...

After accidently winning a competition, two young filmmakers decide to make the movie of their dreams, only to discover it's harder than it looks

Short documentary on the making of Buster Keaton's One Week.

This documentary shows how different young people try to realize their dreams to become famous through the film industry.

What do the Japanese see in Canada? What's the magnetic pull from the Far East? And what's our take on this land of ours? Bolstering our feeling of...

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City...

The special effects in The Play House (1921) are discussed.

A final-year engineering student, who has dreamed of becoming a filmmaker since his first year, decides to make his debut short film before...

A history of movie magic from 1895 to 1995, showing primitive effects used in such films as "A Trip to the Moon" up to the state of the art effects...

An overview of the history of Great Britain's Amicus Films, which was a rival of Hammer Studios in the horror field. Included are interviews with...

Two struggling friends chase dreams, battling rejections and unforeseen challenges in their artistic careers, reflecting the under-appreciated life...

The production sound mixer and boom operator on Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" trade war stories from their time in the trenches alongside the man, the...

Short piece about Daryl F. Zanuck and his time at 20th Century Fox in the 1930s.

An interview with director Paul Annett, focusing on his cult film The Beast Must Die.