Dana Marisa Schoenfeld: Actor, director and producer in New York City, New York.

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld
Hi everyone!

Hey All! Excited to have this interview of me by Yitzi Weiner and Rachel Dunbar published in Authority Magazine and Arianna Huffington's ThriveGlobal Publication.

https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/43339-have-short-term-not-just-long-term-goals-with-filmmaker-and-actress-dana-marisa-schoenfeld

Allen Lynch

Hello Dana! Great article! Much continued success!

Rosemary Thomas

nice.

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

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Cindi Maciolek

Quick question. How do you handle insurance when you're on a low budget, do-it-yourself project - pilot, short or feature?

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

I use a company called Truman Dyke - They are based in Los Angeles and are experts on all things entertainment insurance related. Always best to use a company who understands all the intricacies of en...

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Cindi Maciolek

This is extremely helpful! Thank you so much!!!

Chris Bournea

Joleene, thank you for the great information on how to produce an indie pilot. This is a very useful, step-by-step guide.

Joleene DesRosiers

Chris Bournea Hi, Chris! So glad you found it helpful. Dana is so full of knowledge. When I was interviewing her, I think I took twice as long because it was such a great conversation!...

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Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

Thank you Chris and Joleene! I could talk to you for hours about this subject! I had a blast. :)

Joleene DesRosiers

We did talk for a long time. I got a little educated myself. :)

Bishal Dutta

This is an amazing article, thank you for sharing great content like this!

Joleene DesRosiers

My absolute pleasure, Bishal Dutta. I have had the pleasure of being on set with Dana. She's an incredible spirit and very talented. I love this list!

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

Thank you Bishal and Joleene! Bishal, I agree that Joleene is a great writer! And the content is so fun to talk about. I just love making things and sharing how I did it. And Joleene is the best.

Cindi Maciolek

Great info! Thank you!

Joleene DesRosiers

'Welcome. Pretty cool to have it all in one place. My favorite tip was Chipotle at no cost! Here on the east coast, my writing partner and I were able to get free food four our cast and it gave us a little extra wiggle room cash wise to spend in other areas. :)

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

I'm so glad you called Chipotle and took advantage of that tip! It's a miracle that they are so kind to filmmakers. :) I have saved a ton of money using them, much to the chagrin of my waistline. :)

Curtis Kessinger

It is up to each one of us to take action to do exactly what she has done. Equipment and filmmaking education are so cheap there is no reason for us not to be making our own content. I'm old and still remember having to shoot on film so the equipment today makes it a cakewalk in comparison. Even sho...

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Joleene DesRosiers

Curtis Kessinger YES! Yes, yes. Take the steps and the things you need have no choice but to appear. There's always a way.

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

Always a way indeed!

James Drago

What a great read! Reaffirmed some things for me and took the fear away in other places! Thank you Joleene and Dana!

Joleene DesRosiers

Hey, James Drago ! Awesome. My goal with any post/interview is to give you gold. May you take that gold and use it ways that help you grow. And then buy me something with it. :)...

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James Drago

Hahahaha. Your goal was achieved! Now I have one to hit!

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

Joleene is such a terrific writer! I am so glad this post took some of your fear away! Go create that pilot now - and can we have front row seats the screening please?

Cali Gilbert

WOW! Fabulous piece Joleene. Thanks so much for sharing. So many great tips and certainly material I can implement in my own career. Loved what she said about how reinforcements will show up once you believe in yourself. AMEN Sister! I've seen this in my publishing career and believe it wholeheartedly as a filmmaker. Thanks again!

Joleene DesRosiers

Cali Gilbert Hi, Cali! Yeah, she's got a lot of great nuggets to share. So glad you found it helpful.

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

Thank you, Cali! I'm so glad this post is helpful to you! And I am so grateful to the brilliant Joleene Moody for the opportunity to chat with her about filmmaking.

I thought what you need to make a pilot is 250+ hours of flight training, a medical certificate and several FAA-administered oral, written and practical tests? Or in other words, about 2-3 years, a lot of money and a great deal of perseverance?

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

hahahahaha! Yes that too.

Patricia Poulos

What an exceptional lady. Thank you for this opportunity.

Joleene DesRosiers

One of the reasons I love my work. :)

Patricia Poulos

I have met so many exceptional women here. ( I've lived in a male-bubble.)These are not social-women but women of substance - creatives. I never cease to be amazed.

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

Thanks so much, Patricia! I adore being a female filmmaker and know so many talented women who inspire me.

Sunny Chae

Dear Dana I would like to cordially invite you to the premiere industry showcase of the year, Worldwide Star Search being held in Los Angeles at the beautiful Sheraton Suites Downtown on August 17, 2013! This event is not to be missed! At the showcase you’ll be able to: Audition union and non-union,...

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Daniel Buhr

Hi there! My name is Daniel Buhr and iam a ambition and serious composer living in Sweden,and who want establish a network with people in the film/media business all around the world. For the last year I have try to establish connection and tried to write as much music as possible to learn and devel...

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Eric Raphael Harman

I am thinking of doing some short videos, fun, creative, interviews, improvised, brutally honest, contemporary issues.. etc.. For Promotions and my Youtube and more. Do you have ideas? Are you intersted? No Pay but fun and free promotion for you. Contact me at calicast@yahoo.com "Blood and Butterfli...

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System Admin

Hey Dana, a few days ago we implemented a new privacy setting to give you the option of accepting private messages only from users within your network. Today, I discovered a bug with the way this option is set for new users. I just wanted to let you know that the bug is now fixed, so all members are now able to receive private messages from any other member (the default setting). If you'd like to receive private messages only from users within your network, you can change this setting here. Also, you can access your privacy settings at any time from the drop-down menu that appears when you hov...

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