Jon Reiss Interview with Nat Mundel
This was published on voyagemedia.com today. Author Jon Reiss on the Death of the Film Festival AND HIS BEST KEPT SECRETS THAT COULD MAKE YOUR NEXT INDIE FILM A SUCCESS!! In his interview with Nat Mundel, independent filmmaker, author, and educator Jon Reiss unabashedly confirms one thing: the film festival acquisition model is dead or […]
The Producer of Marketing and Distribution
This is my article published on screendaily.com. The Producer of Marketing and Distribution BY JON REISS In my first guest column for Screen Daily in November of last year, I introduced what I call the new 50/50. This idea is to convey to filmmakers that half of their work is making the film, half of […]
Innovative Theatrical Release for “Trash Humpers” – Reminds me of my Target Video Experiences
Another indie is expanding their distribution vision to get their film out into the world: Record label Drag City has announced that they will handle U.S. distribution for Harmony Korine’s “Trash Humpers” as reported in Indiewire today. When I was booking tours of Target Video back in 81/82 (I know I’m a dinosaur) in the […]
Interview With Cassidy At SXSW
This was published today on Living Proof Magazine. SXSW INTERVIEW | FILMMAKER JON REISS By CASSIDY Jon Reiss has spent the last 30 years making badass documentary films about punk rock, the rave scene, and graffiti. You have almost certainly seen his film Bomb It, a feature length documentary about global graffiti culture. The film […]
NEW BREED PARK CITY – Discovering the Questions Jon Reiss, Ira Deutchman,
In Park City From Sabi Pictures and Filmmaker Magazine and Workbook Project SOLUTION-BASED: NEW BREED AT PARK CITY PART 2 Here’s the second of the New Breed videos discussing the current and future states of distribution. From the makers: Filmmakers Zak Forsman and Kevin K. Shah of Sabi Pictures arrive at Park City with an […]
Review: DIY Filmmaking | Think Outside the Box Office and Tips from Bomb It!’s Jon Reiss
From Adam David Mezei (Thanks Adam for the nice words!) DIY Filmmaking | Think Outside the Box Office and Tips from Bomb It!’s Jon Reiss I spent Sunday evening flipping through Winter 2010’s edition of Filmmaker Magazine, fresh off the press for January. I stumbled across two excellent DIY articles, one called REMIND (p84) penned […]
Filmmaker Magazine article: Choosing a Fulfillment Company for Film Distribution
I’m back in Filmmaker Magazine – this time with a grind down to the details article on fulfillment companies: DIY NUTS AND BOLTS:CHOOSING A FULFILLMENT COMPANY By Jon Reiss As you may know I recently released a book, Think Outside the Box Office, a practical guide to distributing and marketing a film in today’s economically […]
Declaration of Indies – Reiss and Broderick in the NYT Today
Manohla Dargis interviewed me for an article on self distribution for the New York Times – it came out today. Proud to be in the company of the esteemed Peter Broderick! Declaration of Indies: Just Sell It Yourself! By MANOHLA DARGIS Published: January 14, 2010 LAST November inside a conference room at the University of […]
Jon Reiss Consulting at Slamdance & Offering free Consulting to 10 Sundance/Slamdance Filmmakers
As some of you might know, one of the reasons that I wrote Think Outside the Box Office was after those first Filmmaker articles I wrote in Fall ‘08 about my experiences distributing my graffiti doc Bomb It, many filmmakers contacted me to help them with their films. However they were all broke, as most […]
Think Outside the Box Office Review by Erin’s Woodstock Movie
“Anyone who is serious about surviving in the contemporary independent film world needs to read this book.” This review from Erin’s Woodstock Movie gives a good background as to my path to writing the book. Book Review: Think Outside The Box Office By escherer The successes of low-budget independent films at Sundance like Slacker, Clerks, […]