The Documentary Filmmaker’s Workbook is two books in one!
Everything you need to know to be the creative force in documentary filmmaking.
Directing Documentary
Flip the book over and turn it upside down…
Everything you need to know to guide a film from concept through distribution.
Producing Documentary
What’s Inside The Documentary Filmmaker’s Workbook?
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Informative and explanatory text about the filmmaking process
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Easy-to-follow steps for directing and producing a documentary film
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Writing prompts focused on translating concepts to YOUR own project
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Quotes from filmmakers guaranteed to provide insight and inspiration
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Samples of professionally produced work for you to model in your own project
About the Author
Nina Gilden Seavey, Emmy Award-winning Filmmaker, Podcaster, Author, and Film Professor
Nina is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has been teaching, making films, hosting podcasts, running film festivals, and authoring books and articles for the past 40 years.
Hundreds of students, emerging filmmakers, and accomplished documentarians have learned from Nina. Here’s what some of them have said about her:
“Nina is passionate about documentary and extremely knowledgeable. It was great to learn from someone with her level of experience. Nina opened my eyes to aspects that I had not given much thought to before.”
“Nina has so much information to pass along. She really is on to something by sharing her industry knowledge and encouragement. Good stories change lives, great stories change worlds. It takes talent, perseverance, and the know-how to create films. Nina has taken us a step, or two or more, to reaching our goals.”
“Nina’s wealth of information and experience and her generous way of sharing it, very practical and insightful - is her signature strength.”
For Students, Emerging Documentarians, and Experienced Filmmakers
Read The Documentary Filmmaker’s Workbook every day. It’s your instructional guide and your personal road map to successfully finishing your film.
But most of all, The Documentary Filmmaker’s Workbook is an ongoing dialogue between you and Nina that will give you the tools – and the confidence – to find your voice in documentary filmmaking. A voice that you will be able to share with the world!