Complete event listing for
Case Study
Saturday, March 8
Webb most recently directed the smash hit The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Sally Field which grossed over $750 million worldwide. Upcoming, he helmed the latest chapter in the Spider-Man l…
Beginner
Presenters
Logan Hill, Marc Webb
Tilda Swinton, a native of Scotland, started making films with the English director Derek Jarman in 1985, with Caravaggio. She gained international recognition in 1992 for her starring role in Orlando, directed by Sally …
Beginner
Presenters
Tilda Swinton, Eugene Hernandez
With “Bad Words,” his audacious feature directorial debut, Jason Bateman expands an already packed career portfolio with this subversive comedy that critics are calling a smart, uproarious and exuberant crowd-pleaser. We…
Beginner
Presenters
Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor
Sunday, March 9
In over a decade, Jon Favreau has established himself as a prolific writer, director, producer, and actor with his eclectic body of work. Jon Favreau began his career as a writer with Swingers, in which he starred, and …
Beginner
Presenters
Ben Lyons, Jon Favreau
"We need to develop a sustainable investor class that supports the artists and benefits from doing so." - Ted Hope, Executive Director, San Francisco Film Society Traditionally, Investments in Independent Film are a high…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Collis
Ralph Steadman began his career as a cartoonist satirising the British social and political scene of the 60s. In the 1970s, responding to what he called ‘the screaming lifestyle of America’ he teamed up with Hunter S. Th…
Beginner
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Ralph Steadman, Doug Brinkley
Legendary comic actor Jeffrey Tambor (The Larry Sanders Show, Arrested Development) returns to SXSW for another edition of his Acting Workshop. Over the past four decades, Tambor has been an inspiration both on and off-s…
Beginner
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Jeffrey Tambor
Have you put together a trailer for your new film or video and don't know if it's working? Come to Trailer Park and show your trailer to a team of experts--i.e,, a film critic, a fellow filmmaker, a festival programmer, …
Intermediate
Presenters
Gerald Peary
Monday, March 10
Lena Dunham stars in the HBO series, GIRLS, which she created and serves as executive producer, writer, and director. Dunham won two Golden Globe Awards for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy…
Beginner
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Lena Dunham
Nicolas Cage is one of the most prolific actors of our time. He leapt into the American consciousness as the quintessential LA teen in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH and VALLEY GIRL and has continued as a leading man for …
Beginner
Presenters
David Gordon Green, Nicolas Cage
The studios have slowly but surely abandoned movie development, finance and production. Their physical plant is no longer necessary and the last bastion of their control over business - the collective monopoly on distrib…
Intermediate
Presenters
Janet Brown, John Sloss, John Pierson, Ross Fremer, Ryan Werner
One of the legends of '70s cinema, a vanguard of the midnight movie, and just as famous for films he didn't make as the films he did, Jodorowsky is not an artist whose body of work can be easily described. Cineastes arou…
Beginner
Presenters
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Drew McWeeny
Have you put together a trailer for your new film or video and don't know if it's working? Come to Trailer Park and show your trailer to a team of experts--i.e,, a film critic, a fellow filmmaker, a festival programmer, …
Intermediate
Presenters
Gerald Peary
In 2011, Patagonia partnered with scientist Matt Stoecker and filmmakers Ben Knight and Travis Rummel to make DamNation, a powerful film premiering at SXSW about removing obsolete dams and restoring rivers. Now Patagonia…
Beginner
Presenters
Jeremy Boxer, Joy Howard, Nancy Schafer, Travis Rummel, Yvon Chouinard
Tuesday, March 11
This presentation is designed to help you guide your clients through the murky waters of public stunts, no releases, hidden cameras, errors and omissions insurance, and more.…
Advanced
Presenters
Michael Donaldson
One of Hollywood's most distinguished, popular, and versatile actors, Robert Duvall possesses a rare gift for totally immersing himself in his roles. The legendary actor has been nominated for six Academy Awards, winning…
Beginner
Presenters
Robert Duvall, Leonard Maltin
The panel will use the SXSW 2013 feature documentary BEFORE YOU KNOW IT as a case study looking at how the film was created with the subjects living in three different cities as well as the producer living in North Carol…
Beginning
Presenters
Jimmy LaValle, Kyle Henry, Mike Simpson, PJ Raval, Sara Giustini
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