Professor Alex Rockwell on the set of "In the Soup," Courtesy of Medium
To celebrate Kickstarter's 10th anniversary, Grad Film professor Alex Rockwell sat down with Kickstarter Magazine to discuss his achievements in filmmaking, including directing In the Soup, which won the 1992 Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize, and his upcoming feature, Sweet Thing. He also details how he utilized the crowdfunding platform to not only fund post-production for his 2014 drama Little Feet, but also to find his intimate group of supporters. The article also features fellow filmmaker, Hal Hartley in the discussion.
Read more about Professor Rockwell's advice on financing the films one wants to make and how he has navigated the changing independent film landscape on Medium.