THE NO-BUDGET DIARY 07: IMDB

THE NO-BUDGET DIARY 07: IMDB






I won’t reveal the secrets of how I came to get listed on imdb. All I can do is give advice. And that advice is make your own darn movies. If you want to be a film maker, start making films. After you’ve made one you are now a filmmaker. Now make another. I think it was Robert Rodriguez who said something to that effect in his book “Rebel Without a Crew.



Screen them any way you can to get views. Screen them for friends, host them online and most importantly, send them to film festivals. Just pop film festival into your search bar and you’ll find hundreds of festivals all around the world. Festivals come in many sizes with a variety of themes. Match up your project with the festival that best suits it. The largest or local festivals may turn you away but a niche festival like a horror festival could help screen your work for your target market.


In 2004 Eli Roth mentions imdb in his audio commentary to Cabin Fever. He taked about how it's important because important people go there and it's just cool to be recognized for making independent films. It’s a sometime coveted site for film geeks but to most people it’s a source for solving problems that being with the question “wasn’t she in that movie?



I first got on imdb in 2006ish. I was a producer on many projects. Over half of them may never be listed on imdb but a few of them did. It was only a big deal to me and I knew no one who used the site. Explaining it to people was a waste of time.

Fast forward to now and getting a page for anything I do post work for seems to come very easy. I don’t know if it’s just because I have a page that makes getting a new page easier or if my work is actually meriting the recognition.

I think if you work hard you’ll get rewarded in this line of business. After all the prize is having people like your work so if you’re willing to put a lot into it you’ll get something worth your time.