Tell Me Something: Advice From Documentary Filmmakers

Tell Me Something: Advice From Documentary Filmmakers by Jessica Edwards. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780989532129.

What can you learn from the world’s best documentary filmmakers? For Tell Me Something, we asked filmmakers we admire for one piece of advice. Then we took their picture. The book features veterans like Barbara Kopple, Albert Maysles, Michael Apted, Frederick Wiseman, DA Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus, Martin Scorsese, Michael Moore, Errol Morris and renegades like Amir Bar-Lev, Alex Gibney, Sebastian Junger, Marshall Curry, Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern, Gary Hustwit and Lucy Walker and many more. The filmmakers in Tell Me Something offer advice on everything from career development to personal relationships to risk-taking to fashion choices. Edited by filmmaker Jessica Edwards, with original portraits taken by esteemed photographers, the book features personal stories and anecdotes from the filmmaking trenches. Doc-makers are a rare breed—they’re creative, they’re persistent, and they’re master storytellers. If you are in any creative field, this book will inspire you. Ebook is available from iTunes