Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (Your Own Damn Film School Series)

Have you always wanted to direct a movie, but don't know how to start?
Want to know how to get your first directing job?
What do directors even do, anyway?

Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman, creator of The Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic know-how. Direct Your Own Damn Movie will be your step-by-step roadmap on the journey through:

• scriptwriting
• pre-production
• casting
• managing your set
• post-production
• distribution

Master the art of directing the easy way. There is no better way to become a director than by following the instruction and wisdom of an actual successful film director, not someone who just talks about it.

Featuring expert advice from:

• Eli Roth (Grindhouse, Hostel)
• Jenna Fischer (LolliLove)
• Stan Lee (co-writer Spider-Man, Fantastic Four)
• Ron Jeremy (credits cannot be printed here)
• Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator)
• James Gunn (Dawn of the Dead, Slither)

WARNING Do not read this book if you suffer from motion sickness, or are about to operate heavy machinery. This book is not for the faint of heart, the good of taste, or those who might be pregnant.

There's more to directing than a cool-looking chair. Renegade director Lloyd Kaufman reveals all. Includes interviews with a host of luminaries on mistakes and disasters from their early film careers. Learn the ten directing commandments of Lloyd Kaufman, plus the all-important 11th: forget the first 10 and direct your own damn movie!

FOREWORD (maybe BACKWARD) by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor ("Crank")

CHAPTER 1 – JOINING THE ARMY OF ONE

CHAPTER 2 – IT’S THE SHIT! ... ER, SCRIPT!

CHAPTER 3 - SHOW, DON’T TELL, AND OTHER THINGS MY UNCLE LANCE WHISPERED TO ME IN THE BASEMENT

CHAPTER 4- PREPRODUCTION: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (AND BY IDAHO, I, OF COURSE, MEAN HELL)

CHAPTER 5-CASTING: STICK TO FISH, AVOID THE TOILET SEATS

CHAPTER 6—PREPARATION AND SCHEDULING: WHO KNEW THERE WAS SO MUCH PAPER INVOLVED IN THE ART OF DIRECTING?

CHAPTER 7 – MANAGING THE SET, OR MASTERING THE AGE-OLD ART OF BABYSITTING.

CHAPTER 8 – PUTTING THE "SPECIAL" IN SPECIAL EFFECTS, OR WHY WE SPEND 80% OF OUR BUDGET ON BROMO-SELTZER

CHAPTER 9 – POST PRODUCTION, OR TAKING A CUE FROM DEDICATED HOOKERS AND FINISHING YOUR MOVIE OFF RIGHT

CHAPTER 10 – IF YOU WANT IT DONE RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT YOURSELF, OR PAY SOMEONE A LOT OF MONEY

CHAPTER 11 – A CHAPTER JUST ABOUT DIRECTING

AFTERWORD – MY HAPPY ENDING