A
Absolute Beginners
Absolutist Disaster (Wooley)
Accountants
Actors
-director relations
child
demands of
difficult/problem
vanity of
See also Casting; Extras; Salaries
Additional dialogue recording (ADR)
Advocate, The
Akerman, Chantal
Alberti, Maryse
American Family Association
American Film Market
American Playhouse
Anderson, John
Angelika Film Center
Animals/animal handlers
Apparatus
Arquette, Patricia
Art director
ASPCA
Auditions
Aukin, David
Automobile costs
Autumn
Avid system
B
Baker, Dylan
Bale, Christian
Bard College
Barker, Michael
Basic Instinct
Basquiat
Beatty, Warren
Berlin, Bridget
Berlin Film Festival
Berlinger, Joe
Bernard, Tom
Blue Velvet
Bluteau, Lothaire
Boom operator
Bowie, David
Boys Life
Boys Life 2
Breakdown Services
Brodie, V.S.
Brooks, Albert
Brother’s Keeper
Brothers McMullen, The
Brown University
Budgeting
as aesthetic
bogus figures
and cost reports
and director relations
dream/bad-dream budget
in England
and market
parity in pay
sample budget ($2.5 million)
sample budgets (super-low)
and scheduling
types of expenses
and union vs nonunion cast/crew
Burns, Edward
Burwell, Carter
Buscemi, Steve
C
Call sheets
Camera operator
Camera package
Camera test
Canadian National Cinema
Cannes Film Festival
Cannes market
Capote, Truman
Carpenter, Richard
Cartage
Casting
auditions
breakdown
budget for
extras
and financing
nonunion
open call
of problem actors
of stars
Casting director
Catering
Cellular phones
Chan, Tony
Channel Four
Chelsea Girls
Cheshire, Godfrey
Chester, Craig
Child actors
Cinematographer
Cinematographer assistants
Clark, Larry
Clearance report
Clerks
Coen, Joel and Ethan
Cold Lazarus
Collective for Living Cinema
Collette, Toni
accent of
casting of
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
Combination Platter
Confessional, The
consecutive employment
Contempt
Copying costs
Copyright
Corbett, Ginger
Cost reports
Costume designer
Cover shots
Craft service
Creative control
Credits
Crew
budget for
hiring
key jobs
nonunion
relations among
Critics
Cronenberg, David
Cruising
Crying Game, The
D
Dailies, watching
Dark Harbor
Dash, Julie
Daughters of the Dust
Davison, Jaye
Daytrippers
De Luca, Mike
Depp, Johnny
DePrez, Therese
Deutchman, Ira
Development
Dieckman, Katherine
Directors
-actor relations
assistant
and budgeting
first-time
important qualities for
photography
salaries of
second assistant
Distribution
and acquisitions persons
contract in
and critics
at film festivals
and final cut
mainstream
and marketing
at markets
options for
and press
and ratings board
and release
sales representatives in
and screenings
self-distribution
of short films
small distributors
to television
Dolby license
Dolly rental
Dorff, Stephen
Dottie Gets Spanked
Downey, Robert, Jr.
Drug use
DuArt
Duberman, Martin
Dunyea, Cheryl
E
Easton, Graham
Editing costs
Editor
Edwards, Eric
Egoyan, Atom
El Mariachi
Electrical costs
Ellsworth, Barry
Endless Love
Entertainment Tonight
Extras
casting
fees
non-SAG
F
Farewell My Concubine
Figgis, Suzie
Film costs
Film festivals
critics at
diary of life at
hucksterism at
impact on sales
versus markets
types of
See also specific festivals
Financing
cast-driven
and creative control
and foreign sales
government grants
limited partnerships
in obscurity
options for
piecemeal
pitching
and production accountant
television
of Happiness
of Velvet Goldmine
Fine Line
Fine, Russell
First-aid kit
Flirting With Disaster
Foreign sales
Fox Searchlight
Freeway
Friedman, Peter
Fringe benefits
Frohnmeyer, John
G
Gay films
financing
heterosexual actors in
and Religious Right
Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Gels
Gerrans, Jon
Go Fish
casting of
development of
financing
marketing of
in Sundance Festival
Golden, Julie
Goldwyn (Samuel) Company
Gomez, Nick
Good Machine
Gordon, Lawrence
Grips
H
Hairstyling
Halston, Julie
Hamptons Film Festival
Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The
Happiness
casting of
financing of
production design on
and ratings board
Harold, Jaime
Harris, Jared
Harris, Richard
Harron, Mary
Hart, John
Haynes, Todd
at Cannes Festival
and critics
Dottie Gets Spanked
and financing
formation of Apparatus
media relations of
Poison
in postproduction
and producer
in production
qualities as director
Safe
storyboards of
at Sundance Festival
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
See also Velvet Goldmine
Health Pension and Welfare
(HP&W)
Hill, Jeff
Hobbs, Christopher
Holding areas
Hope, Ted
Hoving, Trea
Howard’s End
Hu, Marcus
I
I Shot Andy Warhol
in Cannes Festival
development of
distribution of
legal issues in
marketing of
in production
and ratings board
in Sundance Festival
wardrobe in
Ice Storm, The
I’m Losing You
Improvisation
In Cold Blood (Capote)
Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM)
Independent Feature Project (IFP)
Independent filmmaking
camps in
characterized
commercial success of
development phase of
marketing aspect of
producer’s role in
rights and permissions in
See also Actors; Budgeting; Crew;
Distribution; Financing; Postproduction;
Production; specific films
Insurance
costs
of essential elements
Izzard, Eddie
J
Jacob, Giles
Jarman, Derek
Jarmusch, Jim
Jeanne Dielman
K
Kalin, Tom
I Shot Andy Warhol
Swoon,
Kamen, Michael
Kemp, Lindsay
Kidman, Nicole
Kids
animals in
in Cannes Festival
casting of
cinematography on
and drug use rumors
first-time director of
nonunion cast/crew of
production design of
and ratings board
in Sundance Festival
wardrobe for
Killer Films
King, Peter
Kiss Me, Guido
credits for
distribution of
financing of
music licensing for
Koffler, Pam
Kubrick, Stanley
Kuras, Ellen
L
Lab costs
Last Seduction, The
Law, Lindsay
Lawyers
Lee, Ang
Lee, Spike
Leigh, Mike
Life is Sweet
Limited partnerships
Linde, David
Line producer
Living in Oblivion
Location
catering at
exteriors
holding areas
overshot
permissions
rental cost
restoration
search for
stylizing
tech scout of
Location manager
Location manager assistant
Long Time Companion
Lost in America
Lumet, Sidney
Lynn, Michael
Lyons, James
M
MacLaine, Shirley
Makeup
Making Movies (Lumet)
Makos, Chris
Marketing
Matthews, Donna
McCarthy, Todd
McGregor, Ewan
Media relations
Meek, Scott
Meistrich, Larry
Metro Pictures
Metropolitan
Michael Alig Story, The
Minahan, Dan
Miramax
Mitchell, Fiona
Moore, Julianne
Munch, Chris
Music licensing fees
N
Name, Billy
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
NC-17 rating
Negative cutter
New Line
New York Film Festival
New York Times
New York Times Magazine
Newsday
Nurse
O
October Films
Office Killer
cinematography of
first-time director of
test screenings of
One False Move
Open call
Options
Orion Pictures
Overtime, budgeting
P
Palmer, Wendy
Parking coordinator
Parting Glances
Payroll service
Photography
location
stills
Photography director
Pierce, Kim
Pierson, John
Pillow Book, The
Pinnington, David
Plimpton, Martha
Poison
budget for
development of
financing of
location of
marketing of
SAG contract in
in Sundance Festival
Postcards from America
Postproduction
cost report
credits
deliverable list
editor in
final cut
music in
negative cutting in
schedule
sound in
test screenings
Postproduction accountant
Postproduction office
Powell, Sandy
Pressman, Ed
Producers
cardinal rules of
confidence, projecting
fees
line
role of
during production
Production
with animals
call sheets
crises/disputes during
dailies, watching
delays in
diary
improvisation in
on location
over schedule
preparation for
producer’s role during
report
storyboarding
wrap
Production accountant
Production assistants
Production designer
Production office
Production office coordinator
Production report
Props
Pulp Fiction
Q
Queenan, Joe
Questionnaires
R
Rain machine
Ratings board
Red Rock West
Reed, Lou
Rehearsal
Release
Religious Right
Reservoir Dogs
Reviews
Rhys-Myers, Jonathan
Rich, Matty
Rights and permissions
Robinson, David
Rodriguez, Robert
Rosenberg, Tom
Rosenblum, Ralph
Rothman, Tom
Roumel, Katie
S
Safe
budget for
in Cannes Festival
casting
and critics
distribution of
earthquake during
financing of
location of
postproduction of
in production
in Sundance Festival
Safford, Tony
Salaries
ADR allowance
budgeting
and consecutive employment
and fringes
overtime
parity in
and perks
and SAG contracts
Sales representatives
Savage Grace
Schamus, James
Scheduling
Schneider, Cynthia
Schulberg, Sandra
Schwimmer, David
Sciorra, Annabella
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Screenings
for distributors
test
Screenplay
in budget
and development
Script supervisor
Scum Manifesto, The
Sellars, Peter
Sense and Sensibility
Sets
construction costs of
dressing staff for
production designer
Sevigny, Chloe
Sherman, Cindy
Sherwood, Bill
She’s Gotta Have it
Shine
Shoot. See Production
Simply Halston
Simpson, Brad
Sinofski, Bruce
Sirk, Douglas
Slackers
Slamdance Festival
Sling Blade
Sloss, John
Smith, Kevin
Solanis, Valerie
Solondz, Todd
physical appearance of
Velvet Goldmine
Welcome to the Dollhouse
See also Happiness
Somerville, Jimmy
Sonnenfeld, Barry
Sony Classics
Sound
Sound of Music, The
Special effects
Spencer, Scott
Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes (Pierson)
Stand-ins
Steadicam
Stern, Sandy
Stillman, Wilt
Stills photographer
Stipe, Michael
Stone, Sharon
Stonewall
and Cannes Festival
distribution of
right and permissions for
Storage space
Storyboards
Straight Out of Brooklyn
Strand Releasing
Stremmel, Michael
Student films
Stunt coordinator
Stunts
Sundance Film Festival
commercialism of
diary of life at
impact on independent filmmaking
original intent of
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Supplies
Swingers
Swoon
development of
distribution of
location of
and ratings board
SAG contract in
testing of
T
Take It Like A Man
Taplin, Joe
Taylor, Lili
Teamsters Union
Tech scout
Television financing
Telluride Film Festival
Test screenings
Thompson, Anne
Thompson, Kevin
Titles
Toronto Film Festival
Transportation costs
labor
vehicle rental
Troche, Rose
Turner, Guin
Tusk, Mark
Tutor
U
Ulee’s Gold
Unit manager
Updike, John
V
Vachon, Christine
DuArt lawsuit against
film studies of
first independent feature of
formation of Apparatus
jobs in independent films
passion for film
See also Independent filmmaking; specific films
Van Sant, Gus
Vanya on 42nd St.
Variety
Vehicle rental
Velvet Goldmine
actors’ behavior during
budget for
casting of
development of
financing
foreign sales of
legal issues in
line producer of
music rights in
in postproduction
in production
production design of
Venice Film Festival
Video playback
Village Voice
Vitale, Ruth
Viva
W
Wages. See Salaries
Wagner, Bruce
Walkie-talkies rental
Walking and Talking
Wall, Anthony
Wallace, Ronna
Wardrobe
costs
design
inventory
maintenance of
Warhol, Andy
Washington Post
Watchmen
Watermelon Woman, The
Wedding Banquet, The
Weinstein, Harvey
Welch, Tahnee
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Whelan, Tom
When The Shooting Stops (Rosenblum)
Wiesgal, Jonathan
Wildmon, Donald
Witches of Eastwick, The
Woods, Cary
Wooley, Steve
Z
Zalaznick, Lauren
Zeitgeist