72 Essential Filmmaker Resources

• FilmFestivals.com
• Without A Box
• Sundance
• Slamdance
• Cannes

Film Commissions

• The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI)

• Filmmaker IQ Forums
• DVInfo -  (highly recommended)
  

Employment

• Craigslist.org
• Mandy.com
• Backstage.com
• Variety – The Biz
• EntertainmentCareers.net

Film Sound

• FilmSound.org
• Film Sound Daily
• Audio Directory
• Unidentified Sound Object

Visual FX

• Creative Cow Forums
• Video Copilot

Distribution and VOD publishing

• Createspace
• Filmbaby

Film News

• Cinematical
• Indiewire
• Filmmaker Magazine
• Killerfilm

Screenwriting

• The Artful Writer
• John August
• Screenwriter’s Utopia
• The Daily Script
• The Writers Store
• Wordplay ColumnsSimply Scripts
• TriggerStreet.com

Film Blogs

• CinemaTech
• Self-Reliant Filmmaking
• Workbook Project
• Filmmakeriq.com
• Indy Mogul
• DIYlogbook

Industry

• The Internet Movie DataBase (IMDB)
• Variety

Unions, and Guilds

• Writers Guild of America (WGA)
• Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
• Directors Guild of America (DGA)
• The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG)
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
• American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
• American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)

Script Registration

• U.S. Copyright Office
• WGA  Screenplay Registry

Music Licensing Sites

• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
• The Harry Fox Agency
• SESAC

DIY Camera Rigs

• $14 Steadycam
• Snodart’s excellent Stabilizer
• Very Simple Stabilizer
• Hand held stabilizer
  
• The Plank Cam
• $15 Camera Mount
• DIY Smooth Pannin
• Joren Clark Camera Steadying Device
• Jib Arm
• Snodart’s Jib
• Heavy Duty Jib
• Jib Arm rig
• Speed-Rail Jib Arm
• Camera Jib Arm Design