Josh Folan

Biography

Josh Folan is a writer/director/editor/producer/actor/Bills fan – though not necessarily in that order – that began professionally making things people watch on screens in 2005, prior to which he studied finance at The Ohio State University. Filmmaking highlights since founding NYEH Entertainment in 2008 include 2018 Hamptons/Woodstock/Napa selection Ask For Jane, 2017 SXSW audience award winner The Light of the Moon, 2015 Slamdance selection BODY, 2015 Raindance selection The Lives of Hamilton Fish, 2016 SOHO Int’l selection and 2017 Queens World best screenplay nominee catch 22: based on the unwritten story by seanie sugrue, 2011 Hoboken Int’l best screenplay nominee All God’s Creatures, Love Is Dead! and Amazon nostalgia doc series Batteries Not Included. Also an author (he pens the low-budget indie Filmmaking, the Hard Way case study book series) and a retrohead gamer (he co-hosts The Imperial Scrolls of Honor Podcast), you can follow him at @joshfolan and/or @MYSHIFTKEYISBROKE if you’d like to keep up with his coming soons.

Videos

NYEH Things
Things I've made for people to watch on screens.

Books

Still Filmmaking, the Hard Way
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 88,280. Language: English. Published: July 1, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Film & video / direction & production, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Film & video / reference
A detailed recounting of the development, production and distribution of three micro-budget feature films sharing the commonality of being produced by independent filmmaking veteran Josh Folan.
Filmmaking, the Hard Way
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 38,850. Language: English. Published: May 26, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Film & video / reference, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Film & video / direction & production
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A cynical case study of the feature film production of All God’s Creatures written by multi-hyphenate writer/producer/director/actor Josh Folan, "Filmmaking, the Hard Way" puts low budget filmmaking under the microscope by analyzing the process of making a film from top to bottom with an honesty and transparency rarely found in writings of its kind.

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