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Running the Show - The Essential Guide to Being a First Assistant Director

English · Hardback

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In this new and updated edition, veteran First AD Liz Gill walks you through the entire filmmaking process through the perspective of the First AD, from pre-production, shoot, wrap, and everything in between.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1 Pre-pre-production
Chapter 2 Pre-production
Chapter 3 Production
Chapter 4 Wrap
Appendix 1 SAG Tier Budget Thresholds
Appendix 2 Filmmakers’ Code of Professional Responsibility
Appendix 3 Some Filmster Jokes
Glossary
Websites and Other Resources
List of Illustrations
Index

About the author

Liz Gill has been working as a First AD since 1994 for directors such as Barry Levinson, Todd Haynes, and Kevin Reynolds, working on widely seen films such as The Omen and Bloody Sunday. She studied at Columbia University and NYU before beginning her career as an assistant to Martin Scorsese. She then worked as an Assistant Director on non-union and studio films in New York City and Los Angeles before moving to Ireland, where she is one of the top First ADs in the country. Liz is also a Director, with feature credits Gold in the Streets and Goldfish Memory as well as TV work for the BBC, RTÉ, Starz, Encore and Hallmark, and she was most recently Producer of the feature film Tomato Red and Series 5 and 6 the TV series Vikings.

Summary

In this new and updated edition, veteran First AD Liz Gill walks you through the entire filmmaking process through the perspective of the First AD, from pre-production, shoot, wrap, and everything in between.

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