BACK STAGE: The Indienomics of Casting
BACK STAGE: The Indienomics of Casting
The Indienomics of Casting
SAGIndie prepares a new generation of filmmakers—and throws a few Sundance parties.
By Daniel Holloway
BACK STAGE
February 2, 2011
BACK STAGE
February 2, 2011
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Photo by Fred Hayes
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When SAGIndie was born in 1997, only about 23 percent of movies at the Sundance Film Festival were produced under the Screen Actors Guild's low-budget agreements. In 2011, that number was close to 97 percent. SAGIndie national director Darrien Michele Gipson is proud of that statistic, and it's easy to understand why. It's a good indicator of how well she's doing her job.
"Our function is strictly to educate independent filmmakers on how to hire professional talent for independent film and to explain to them how it can be done economically," Gipson said.
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