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Josh Folan is a writer/director/editor/producer/actor that began professionally making things people watch on screens in 2005, prior to which he studied finance at The Ohio State University. Filmmaking highlights since founding NYEH Entertainment in 2008 include 2018 Hamptons/Woodstock/Napa selection Ask For Jane, 2017 SXSW audience award winner The Light of the Moon, 2015 Slamdance selection BODY, 2015 Raindance selection The Lives of Hamilton Fish, 2016 SOHO Int’l selection and 2017 Queens World best screenplay nominee catch 22: based on the unwritten story by seanie sugrue, 2011 Hoboken Int’l best screenplay nominee All God’s Creatures, Love Is Dead! and Amazon nostalgia doc series Batteries Not Included. Also an author and contributor t ...more

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Josh Folan's Blog: Filmmaking, the Hard Way

Film 101 – Your Syllabus

In my perpetual sifting through the mostly useless piles of ones and zeroes that I’ve mainlined over the years I’ve been working in this industry, I’m willing to go to bat for the titles in the following list. I’ve categorized them because I have an organization fetish (the producer in me), and tacked on an aloof quote to each category because I find that literary practice amusing (the writer in m Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 06, 2013 12:10 • Tags: diy, film-books, filmmaker, filmmaking, producing

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	Filmmaking, the Hard Way: A Cynical Case Study of the Making of All God's Creatures by Josh Folan (Goodreads Author), Ryan Gielen (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), John Rockwell Harris (Photographer) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still Filmmaking, the Hard Way it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still Filmmaking, the Hard Way: A cynical case study of three feature film productions – catch 22: based on the unwritten story by seanie sugrue, Love Is Dead! & Ask For Jane by Josh Folan (Goodreads Author), John Bryll Pulido (Illustrator), Cait Cortelyou (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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