The Insider's Guide to Independent Film Production is dedicated to helping indie filmmakers avoid all the mistakes our indie producers have made. Towards that end, we offer a comprehensive range of services and courses to educate and prepare indie filmmakers for the production process.

All of our speakers and guest speakers are real-world producers, entertainment attorneys and agents with extensive backgrounds in independent film.

The program is run by Kurt Inderbitzin. With 9 films to his credit, an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago, and an MFA in screenwriting from the University of New Orleans, Kurt has a comprehensive understanding of both the creative and financial side of filmmaking. While Kurt was President of Abandon Pictures, Abandon produced the independent films Scotland, P.A., a Sundance Film Festival selection starring Oscar winner Christopher Walken, Oxygen starring Oscar winner Adrian Brody (both of which received national theatrical releases) and Off the Lip, a low budget surfing film. Kurt also wrote, produced and directed the ultra-low budget independent feature film Welcome to the Neighborhood, which won three "Best of Fests" at film festivals and was sold profitably to an international distributor, and produced and directed Brian Gina Nick, an independent horror film that is currently in post-production. Kurt has also written or produced seven television films for CBS, NBC, ABC, USA, Lifetime and TBS and worked for a year as a writer/consultant on TNT's original dramatic series Bull. He has also been a guest lecturer on film production at:

University of La Verne
Texas Christian University
California State University, Northridge
Susquehanna University
Breckenridge Film Festival
Texas Film Festival
Temecula Valley International Film Festival
Sarasota Film Festival
Women in Film
Hollywood Networking Breakfast
Writers Boot Camp

Kurt has also been a Writer's Guild mentor for five years running.

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~ Kathy Choiniere

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~ Nicola McGillicuddy

"A true nuts and bolts primer on the subject of the independent film, from concept to completion and beyond. This is the real stuff every aspiring filmaker needs to know - and it's all as current as it gets."
~ Larry Anderson

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~ John Palmer