Posted by Paul Devlin:
So great hanging with my boys at Dan Snyder’s house in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Took a walk on the beach and this is what we found.
Thanks for hosting us Dan!
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Music Video – Ricky Martin
Posted by Paul Devlin:
Oh the nostalgic ’90s, back when you could actually make a living creating music videos.
I cranked out dozens of these back when I was freelance editing at post-production houses around New York City. Go Ricky!
Making Tax Season Less Taxing for Filmmakers
Next Monday, March 23rd at 7PM, Paul Devlin will be on a panel hosted by the DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, NYC)!
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Freelancers, rejoice! Just in time for the dreaded tax season, DCTV will be presenting an informative and calm-inducing panel discussion on tax preparation for independent filmmakers and freelance artists.
From learning about great tax saving deductions, to taxes in the sharing economy, new challenges with Obamacare, and what you need to know about the IRS and how to protect yourself in case of an audit, this well-rounded panel will keep you informed and hopefully put you at ease.
Panelists
Paul Devlin, Filmmaker is a 5-time Emmy winner and Independent Spirit Award nominee who made the critically-acclaimed feature documentaries SlamNation, Power Trip, BLAST!, and The Front Man. He wrote about the IRS’s battle with documentary filmmakers and his own (mis)adventures in being audited in this Filmmaker article.
Steven Zelin, CPA was born and raised in NYC and has been a licensed CPA for over fifteen years. He has an MBA in Finance and Marketing and a B.S. in Accountancy, is an Adjunct Professor of Accounting at Long Island University, and conducts a seminar every year on The Business of Being an Artist. Steven is active on the Not-for-Profit and Taxation of Individuals committees of the New York State Society of CPAs. He’s also known as The Singing CPA, “that really smart tax guy who writes and sings funny stuff.”
Tickets
$10 / DCTV Members
$15 / General
$35 / General + Discounted DCTV Membership!
D-Word Pitch at CBS March Madness
Posted by Paul Devlin:
D-Word is the online community for documentary professionals. I joined in the beginning about 15 years ago and it has been remarkable to watch filmmaker Doug Block’s vision emerge as an indispensable resource for documentary filmmakers. Basically D-Word gathers all the wisdom and experience of the world-wide documentary community in one place.
Now we’re in the midst of a campaign to upgrade and thrive for the next 15 years. I made this little video in support during breaks at my day job covering March Madness for CBS. If you’re a documentary professional or interested in documentary filmmakers, give D-Word a look!
The Almighty Bob
Posted by Paul Devlin:
Happy Birthday, Almighty Bob!
This piece was a birthday present for my dear friend Robert Wagner 20 years ago. Now I’m re-gifting it to him. Rob was the singer for The Blasés, a band that was hugely popular in New Jersey in the ’80s and ’90s. This piece features some great tracks from Rob’s solo work.
We went on a hike up Shrine Pass outside of Vail, Colorado, along with my mom, Nancy Devlin, and my girlfriend at the time, Shannon Stanczak. Of course, I brought a video camera and of course, Rob starting riffing.
Filmmaker Magazine: “Look Your Customers in the Eye”
“Look Your Customers in the Eye” is an article by Paul Devlin, published in Filmmaker Magazine.
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Independent filmmaker Brian Paul is a man who lives his films. In that spirit, he has taken DIY film distribution to a whole new level. Street level, that is.
For the past two years, Paul has made a comfortable living by selling his hybrid fi lm Cure for the Crash…The Art of Train Hoppin’ directly from art market street stalls in New Orleans. His unique distribution strategy has proved remarkably successful. Paul claims to have sold thousands of DVDs of Cure for the Crash by personally engaging more than 100,000 people face-to-face.
“When I was a teenager in West Philly,” Paul explains, “I used to work in a pawn shop, where I learned how to help people make a decision.” Later, his aggressiveness evolved into charm as Paul took a job selling art at high-end galleries on Royal Street in New Orleans. Paul went on to use these sales skills to move DVDs of Cure for the Crash from his Vespa at historic Jackson Square in the Big Easy while simultaneously pushing hard with mailings and email blasts to attract a distribution deal.