This book is a definitive step-by-step guide for low budget independent film producing. Filled with practical advice award-winning producer Maureen Ryan has culled from her 20-plus years of production experience, it takes you through the entire process of bringing a film into the world. From development and script breakdown, to budgeting and preproduction, to production and post, and to sales and distribution, Producer to Producer gives you all the information you need in easy-to-follow, chronological order.Emerging and professional producers alike will benefit from this comprehensive guide to low budget film producing. Producer to Producer, which outlines every aspect of film producing in detail, is designed to take to production meetings. It includes checklists to keep you on track from 12 weeks before shooting to the first day of principal photography and through postproduction.The companion website www.ProducerToProducer.com is filled with all the essential and updated information that any independent film producers will need to make their films. Book purchasers will have free access to an indispensable archive of production forms and templates.

Maureen A. Ryan has been a film producer for over 20 years with experience in narrative and documentary feature films, shorts, commercials, music videos, and industrials. Other films she produced have won a BAFTA Award, a Peabody Award, and an Emmy nomination. She has taught film producing at Columbia University's School of the Arts Graduate Film Program since 1999 and also teaches producing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.