Financing Your Indie Film: Investors, Crowdfunding, and More...

You have completed your indie film screenplay, but not sure which is the most effective to get investors to finance the same? In this session, producer/director/writer Brian Herskowitz will share expert advice on how to successfully finance your indie film.
MENTOR:
Brian Herskowitz
Producer/Director/Writer
Brian Herskowitz has worked as a TV writer on THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS OF HERCULES(Universal Television), BLOSSOM(NBC), DREAM ON(HBO), and TOUR OF DUTY(CBS). He directed ODESSA OR BUST with Red Buttons, Jason Alexander, George Wendt, and Jason Schwartzman, MURRAY GHOST (short content series), JOANNE (starring Gina Hect), SNOUT (short film), IT TAKES BRAINS (short film), and the feature-length documentary 1736 SOMEWHERE TO
TURN.
He has also directed stage plays, including CIRCLE OF WILL, SHUFFLE OFF THIS MORTAL BUFFALO,
and CONFESSION AND AVOIDANCE, based on his play adapted from the book by his father, Mickey
Herskowitz. Brian Line Produced Candace Bushnell’s BROADROOM (web series, Jennie Garth, Jennifer
Esposito).
Features include MUSICAL CHAIRS (producer, STARZ, HULU), TIO PAPI (writer/producer, AMAZON, APPLE TV), THE PHOTOGRAPHER(writer), BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT (writer/producer, AMAZON, APPLE TV), ZBurbs (Exec Producer, APPLE TV), STAR LEAF (Co-Exec Producer, AMAZON, VUDU, SLING), BUCKY AND THE SQUIRRELS (Producer, AMAZON, APPLE TV). He will be directing his feature script BEFORE MOONRISE in 2023 or early 2024.
Brian has taught screenwriting at Writer’s Bootcamp, UCLA Extensions, Lifton Institute, and Stage 32.
For 19 years, he has led the Boston University Writer in Hollywood Program. Brian’s first book was a
textbook on screenwriting, PROCESS TO PRODUCT. His second book, CONCEPTUS, is an award-winning
novel that grew out of one of his screenplays.
As an actor, Brian’s has been a member of SAG since 1976. The majority of his work has been in voice
over for film, TV, and commercials. He has been heard on shows such as True Blood, Grandfathered,
New Girl, Kidding, and movies such as Forest Gump, Raw Deal, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,
Invasion USA, Rugrats in Paris, Underdog, Chicken Little. Some of his national radio commercials include
Berringer’s Wine, McDonalds, and Drugstore.com.You have completed your indie film screenplay, but not sure which is the most effective to get investors to finance the same? In this session, producer/director/writer Brian Herskowitz will share expert advice on how to successfully finance your indie film.
MENTOR:
Brian Herskowitz
Producer/Director/Writer
Brian Herskowitz has worked as a TV writer on THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS OF HERCULES(Universal Television), BLOSSOM(NBC), DREAM ON(HBO), and TOUR OF DUTY(CBS). He directed ODESSA OR BUST with Red Buttons, Jason Alexander, George Wendt, and Jason Schwartzman, MURRAY GHOST (short content series), JOANNE (starring Gina Hect), SNOUT (short film), IT TAKES BRAINS (short film), and the feature-length documentary 1736 SOMEWHERE TO
TURN.
He has also directed stage plays, including CIRCLE OF WILL, SHUFFLE OFF THIS MORTAL BUFFALO,
and CONFESSION AND AVOIDANCE, based on his play adapted from the book by his father, Mickey
Herskowitz. Brian Line Produced Candace Bushnell’s BROADROOM (web series, Jennie Garth, Jennifer
Esposito).
Features include MUSICAL CHAIRS (producer, STARZ, HULU), TIO PAPI (writer/producer, AMAZON, APPLE TV), THE PHOTOGRAPHER(writer), BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT (writer/producer, AMAZON, APPLE TV), ZBurbs (Exec Producer, APPLE TV), STAR LEAF (Co-Exec Producer, AMAZON, VUDU, SLING), BUCKY AND THE SQUIRRELS (Producer, AMAZON, APPLE TV). He will be directing his feature script BEFORE MOONRISE in 2023 or early 2024.
Brian has taught screenwriting at Writer’s Bootcamp, UCLA Extensions, Lifton Institute, and Stage 32.
For 19 years, he has led the Boston University Writer in Hollywood Program. Brian’s first book was a
textbook on screenwriting, PROCESS TO PRODUCT. His second book, CONCEPTUS, is an award-winning
novel that grew out of one of his screenplays.
As an actor, Brian’s has been a member of SAG since 1976. The majority of his work has been in voice
over for film, TV, and commercials. He has been heard on shows such as True Blood, Grandfathered,
New Girl, Kidding, and movies such as Forest Gump, Raw Deal, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,
Invasion USA, Rugrats in Paris, Underdog, Chicken Little. Some of his national radio commercials include
Berringer’s Wine, McDonalds, and Drugstore.com.