In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been deluged by emails from young filmmakers, direct out of film school or college, looking for guidance as they try to figure out their next steps.

And while I don’t know how helpful what I’ve passed along to them has actually been, I figured I’d replicate it here nonetheless, in case it might be at least somewhat useful to you readers, or to folks you know.

So, coming up, a Making Movies series of posts. Let’s get to it.