Author: Beth Dewey

Alaskan-born Beth Dewey began her cinematic career working for B-movie legend Roger Corman. As a picture editor, Dewey went on to earn three primetime Emmy nominations for her work on the Oscars. Tweeked, her first feature as writer/director, won Best Actress at the Brussels Independent Film Festival and was nominated for a Prism award. Dewey recently premiered Erasing Eden, her third feature, which was met with favorable reviews. Currently at work on an upcoming female action movie with creative partner Justo Diaz, Dewey strives to create complex female characters and tell original stories that reflect the modern female experience.

I’ve had the incredible good fortune of directing three micro-budget features that have manifested from literally nothing. It always boils down to puling an uncooperative rabbit from a seemingly unattainable hat and believing it will all come together in the end. Here’s a ridiculous but true tutorial on how I finished my last project “Erasing Eden” and was able to laugh at the train wreck that became my life. 6 WAYS TO FINISH A MICRO-BUDGET MOVIE: Being a micro-budget filmmaker has many challenges, but the biggest is actually finishing the film your heart is set on making.  You can sit…

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