How to Hire an Experienced Director for a Low-Budget Feature

[alonerdottiearebel]

How does one go about hiring a director for a low-budget feature?

Obviously, you would want someone who has some experience: several short films; at least 1 feature; some commercials; etc.

If you post an ad to a site like Craigslist or Showbizjobs, etc... you're going to get every "wannabe" in the world applying and perhaps no experienced directors would even be scanning those sites.

Is there a better solution?

 

[DBXMe2]

You sign up at IMDb Pro... and you have all the numbers and names of people who directed everyone around you etc.

That's what everyone in da bizzzzz does lol

GL!

14$ a month though, but if you are serious about film production it pays itself off.

 

[Dan Selakovich]

It's a good idea to have someone that has directed a feature. As far as the politics of a set is concerned, shorts and features are 2 different worlds. You don't want a director that angers crew members out of ignorance of the process (see Project Greenlight, season 2!).

Dan

 

[Dan Selakovich]

Why don't you shoot me an e-mail off forum, and I can probably point you in the right direction once I know more details about your project.

 

[Kim Welch]

Post in our classifieds!

Post in our classifieds!

https://forums.studentfilmmakers.com/

If you want to get help with things like this, you can post free in our classifieds. We have a large number of pros as you can see from people in our forums answering questions like Dan does, and there are newcomers that are very talented.

We usually include links to posts in our newsletter and they show on the front page and forums page if you are in the top ten most recent posts.

https://forums.studentfilmmakers.com/

 

[Dan Selakovich]

Wow, I didn't even know about your classifieds. Very cool.

Dan

 

[Kim Welch]

Thank you! And they are free
Thank you, Dan! And they are free. Anyone can post crew calls, casting calls and paid jobs on our hub, and approved posts appear on the homepage, which is a great way to find an experienced director: https://studentfilmmakers.com/casting-and-crew/