Kelly Jo Brick: The Write Path With Vanessa Roth

A series of interviews with hard working writers – by another hard-working writer!

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by Kelly Jo Brick

Aspiring writers often wonder how the pros got where they are. The truth is, everyone’s story is different, but there are some common elements: dedication, persistence and hard work.

Academy Award winning documentarian, Vanessa Roth, grew up in a filmmaking family, seeing the process of writing, being on set and watching as movies were being made.   From early on, Vanessa had a love storytelling and knew she wanted to do something that had a social impact. read article

Kelly Jo Brick Attends the Sundance Institute Film Financing Intensive

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by Kelly Jo Brick

With research showing that film financing and going out to ask investors for money are big challenges for female independent filmmakers, Women In Film and Sundance Institute have teamed up for a Female Filmmakers Financing Intensive.

TVWriter.com Contributing Editor, Kelly Jo Brick, was one of the filmmakers selected to participate in this event. She shares these takeaways from her experience with the Financing Intensive.

1.  Creating opportunities: As part of a small group selected to workshop our current projects with Sundance advisors, I was quickly caught up in the energy and enthusiasm of those around me, both advisors and participants, real examples of people who aren’t waiting to be chosen, but are going out and making things happen, which is something anyone can do. read article