What we use
The gear, software, and books we actually use on set, in the edit, and between shoots. Free and paid.
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Books we recommend
Directing
Film/TV Director’s Field Manual, Rob Spera
Directing Actors, Judith Weston
The Film Director’s Intuition, Judith Weston (audiobook)
Making Movies, Sidney Lumet
Story and screenwriting
The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr (audiobook)
Aristotle’s Poetics for Screenwriters, Michael Tierno
Cinema Speculation, Quentin Tarantino
Acting and creativity
Sanford Meisner on Acting, Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell
The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron