Daren Smith

Daren Smith

Provo, Utah
Indie Film Producer, Author, Creative Entrepreneur. GP at Producer Fund, Founder of Craftsman Films
Dec
09
How To Pitch Your Film Projects

How To Pitch Your Film Projects

With season 2 of Truly Independent well underway, we're focused on the earliest aspects of the filmmaking process
5 min read
Dec
02
Invest In Indie Film

Invest In Indie Film

A Manifesto
2 min read
Nov
26
Make Films, Not Content

Make Films, Not Content

Films are crafted, curated, authored, ambitious, daring, boundary pushing, exploratory, emotional, impactful, meaningful, connecting, remarkable, and human. Content is none
2 min read
Nov
04
How To Spend Your Marketing Budget For The Theatrical Release Of Your Indie Film

How To Spend Your Marketing Budget For The Theatrical Release Of Your Indie Film

We've now released TWO movies in theaters in the last two months, and have spent many (yet still
5 min read
Oct
16
A director speaks into a walkie on a film set of Faith of Angels

How To Get Massive Outcomes From Indie Films

You’ve financed an indie film. How do you help ensure its success? The traditional way to make a profit
8 min read
Oct
07
What Does A Producer Do?

What Does A Producer Do?

One of the many goals I have with this site is to help investors become filmmakers, specifically Executive Producers. It
4 min read
Sep
23
Who Should Distribute Your Indie Film?

Who Should Distribute Your Indie Film?

Call me old fashioned, but the point of making films is to watch them in a theater with friends, family,
3 min read
Sep
16
Behind the Scenes: Distributing Our Indie Film In Theaters

Behind the Scenes: Distributing Our Indie Film In Theaters

The exact strategy we used to put Faith of Angels in theaters
8 min read
Sep
09
How To Finance Indie Films

How To Finance Indie Films

The way you finance your film can make or break the success of your project. Understanding that there are many
7 min read
Sep
02
How To Visit A Film Set As An Executive Producer

How To Visit A Film Set As An Executive Producer

So you've invested in a feature film, and they've started production. All of the excitement has
4 min read