Rick’s Substack
My Substack is an introduction to my work in indie feature film production (over 50+ years!), and the books I've written, fiction and those ABOUT "the making of," (FEATURE FILMMAKING AT USED-CAR PRICES, Viking Penguin books).
Recommendations
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Emika Oka
Picking the best-written books
Garrison Keillor
Steve Gillard
Sherman Alexie
film
"Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices"
"NEW DARK AGES––How a Punk Movie EMERALD CITIES Got Its IMPROV"
"Twelve Dead Frogs and Other Stories––A Filmmaker's Memoir."
"The Miracle of Morgan's Cake––Production Secrets of a $15,000 IMPROV Sundance Feature"
SLEEPER TRILOGY––Three Undiscovered First Features by Rick Schmidt, 1973-1983: Told By Himself."
