Filmmaker is a quarterly publication magazine covering issues relating to the independent film industry. The magazine was founded in 1992 by Karol Martesko-Fenster, Scott Macaulay and Holly Willis. The magazine is now published by the IFP (Independent Filmmaker Project), which acts in the independent film community.
Background The magazine was launched in 1992, as a merger between the two magazines run by IFP (The Off-Hollywood Report, 1986-1992) and IFP/West ("Montage: the Unruly Magazine of Independent Film.")
With a readership of more than 60,000, the magazine includes interviews, case studies, financing and distribution information, festival reports, technical and production updates, legal pointers, and filmmakers on filmmaking in their own words.
The magazine used to be available outside the US in London but has not been on sale in the UK since early 2009. It has been printed on a regularly quarterly schedule, only missing one print release in the summer of 2020 during the global pandemic, instead releasing this issue by PDF.
Annual features 25 New Faces of Independent Film: Each year (typically in the Summer issue), Filmmaker publishes its list of independent film's emerging talent. The list typically contains directors, producers, actors and animators. Past lists have featured Ryan Gosling, Andrew Bujalski, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Greg Pak, Oren Peli, Miranda July, Tze Chun, Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass, Zoe Kazan, Lena Dunham, Rooney Mara, Azazel Jacobs, Craig Zobel, Elliot Page, and Hilary Swank.
List of issues Issue Cover #0 Fall 1992 Simple Men #1 Winter 1992/93 Bad Lieutenant #2 Spring 1993 Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer #3 Summer 1993 Crush #4 Fall 1993 Wittgenstein #5 Winter 1993/94 Suture #6 Spring 1994 Go Fish #7 Summer 1994 Pulp Fiction #8 Fall 1994 Hal Hartley interviews Jean-Luc Godard #9 Winter 1995 Before Sunrise #10 Spring 1995 Crumb #11 Summer 1995 Safe #12 Fall 1995 Four Rooms #13 Winter 1996 Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes #14 Spring 1996 I Shot Andy Warhol #15 Summer 1996 Lone Star #16 Fall 1996 "The 50 Most Important Independent Films" #17 Winter 1997 Crash #18 Spring 1997 Chasing Amy #19 Summer 1997 Star Maps #20 Fall 1997 Fast, Cheap & Out of Control #21 Winter 1998 Buffalo '66 / The Apostle #22 Spring 1998 Hana-bi #23 Summer 1998 Pi #24 Fall 1998 Happiness #25 Winter 1999 The 24 Hour Woman #26 Spring 1999 Run Lola Run #27 Summer 1999 Twin Falls Idaho #28 Fall 1999 Boys Don't Cry #29 Winter 2000 American Psycho #30 Spring 2000 Chuck & Buck #31 Summer 2000 Girlfight #32 Fall 2000 Shadow of the Vampire #33 Winter 2001 Memento #34 Spring 2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch #35 Summer 2001 "25 New Faces of Independent Film" #36 Fall 2001 Amelie #37 Winter 2002 Monsoon Wedding #38 Spring 2002 The Cremaster Cycle #39 Summer 2002 Full Frontal #40 Fall 2002 Bowling for Columbine #41 Winter 2003 Better Luck Tomorrow #42 Spring 2003 "Breaking In" #43 Summer 2003 Thirteen #44 Fall 2003 Lost in Translation #45 Winter 2004 Dogville #46 Spring 2004 Coffee & Cigarettes #47 Summer 2004 The Motorcycle Diaries #48 Fall 2004 I Heart Huckabees #49 Winter 2005 The Ballad of Jack and Rose #50 Spring 2005 Me and You and Everyone We Know #51 Summer 2005 Hustle & Flow #52 Fall 2005 Brokeback Mountain #53 Winter 2006 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada #54 Spring 2006 A Prairie Home Companion #55 Summer 2006 Half Nelson #56 Fall 2006 Little Children #57 Winter 2007 Stephanie Daley #58 Spring 2007 Away From Her #59 Summer 2007 Interview #60 Fall 2007 I'm Not There #61 Winter 2008 Be Kind Rewind #62 Spring 2008 Mister Lonely #63 Summer 2008 Frozen River #64 Fall 2008 Che #65 Winter 2009 Medicine For Melancholy #66 Spring 2009 The Hurt Locker #67 Summer 2009 Inglourious Basterds #68 Fall 2009 Precious #69 Winter 2010 The Exploding Girl #70 Spring 2010 Winter's Bone #71 Summer 2010 "25 New Faces of Independent Film" #72 Fall 2010 127 Hours #73 Winter 2011 Meek's Cutoff #74 Spring 2011 Beginners #75 Summer 2011 Another Earth #76 Fall 2011 A Dangerous Method #77 Winter 2011 The Innkeepers #78 Spring 2012 Moonrise Kingdom #79 Summer 2012 2 Days in New York #80 Fall 2012 Silver Linings Playbook #81 Winter 2013 Upstream Color #82 Spring 2013 Frances Ha #83 Summer 2013 Fruitvale Station #84 Fall 2013 All Is Lost #85 Winter 2014 Enemy #86 Spring 2014 Obvious Child #87 Summer 2014 Boyhood #88 Fall 2014 Citizenfour #89 Winter 2015 Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter #90 Spring 2015 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl #91 Summer 2015 The Look of Silence #92 Fall 2015 Carol #93 Winter 2016 The Girlfriend Experience #94 Spring 2016 The Fits #95 Summer 2016 Cameraperson #96 Fall 2016 Manchester by the Sea #97 Winter 2017 "The Future of Virtual Reality" #98 Spring 2017 The Lost City of Z #99 Summer 2017 Good Time #100 Fall 2017 The Florida Project #101 Winter 2018 Wormwood #102 Spring 2018 The Rider #103 Summer 2018 Madeline's Madeline #104 Fall 2018 Suspiria #105 Winter 2019 Roma #106 Spring 2019 High Life #107 Summer 2019 The Farewell #108 Fall 2019 Parasite #109 Winter 2020 Uncut Gems #110 Spring 2020 Never Rarely Sometimes Always #111 Summer 2020 Time #112 Fall 2020 Let Them All Talk #113 Winter 2021 Nomadland #114 Spring 2021 Malni: Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore #115 Summer 2021 Summer of Soul #116 Fall 2021 Last Night in Soho #117 Winter 2022 Memoria #118 Spring 2022 The Northman #119 Summer 2022 Fire of Love #120 Fall 2022 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed #121 Winter 2023 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery #122 Spring 2023 A Thousand and One #123 Summer 2023 Earth Mama #124 Fall 2023 Anatomy of a Fall #125 Winter 2024 The Taste of Things #126 Spring 2024 I Saw the TV Glow #127 Summer 2024 Between the Temples #128 Fall 2024 Anora #129 Winter 2025 Nickel Boys #130 Spring 2025 Caught by the Tides #131 Summer 2025 Sorry, Baby #132 Fall 2025 If I Had Legs I'd Kick You #133 Winter 2026 Sirāt #134 Spring 2026 Mother Mary
List of "25 New Faces of Indie Film" from 1998 to 2023 Sources:Guerrasio, Jason (July 22, 2008) "25 New Faces Alumni". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved May 17, 2013.Knegt, Peter (July 19, 2012) "Here's Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film for 2012". Indiewire. Retrieved May 17, 2013.Macaulay, Scott (July 20, 2011) "25 New Faces of Independent Film – 2011" . Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved May 17, 2013."25 New Faces" (July 20, 2010). Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved May 17, 2013."25 New Faces of Independent Film" (Summer 2009). Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved May 17, 2013.Bernstein, Paula. (July 18, 2013) "Filmmaker Magazine Names 2013's '25 New Faces of Independent Film'". Indiewire. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
1998
Lance Acord Peter Sarsgaard Jamie Babbit David Birdsell Darren Stein Hilary Brougher P. David Ebersole Christina Ray Eichman Matthew Irving Mary Kuryla Craig Marsden Sanjay Mishra David Munro Pop Will Eat Itself Benita Raphan Tami Reiker Greg Sax Shudder to Think Elizabeth Schub Cauleen Smith Amy Talkington Amy Vincent Lisa Wiegand Yvonne Welbon Jessica Yu
1999
Janet McTeer Matthew Libatique Eva Ilona Brzeski James Chinlund Nisha Ganatra Theodore Shapiro Tom Krueger Lindsay Jewett Erik Loyer Jim Tobias Tom E. Brown Patrick Stettner Karyn Kusama Angela Robinson Shari Roman & Sophia Fiennes David Kaplan Joel Hopkins Kurt Kuenne Heidi Van Lier Jennifer Gentile Hilary Swank Wash Westmoreland Tom Hodges Jonathan Weiss
2000
Tim Orr Alex Rivera Tatia Rosenthal Michael Pitt Fran Krause Kenya T. Tiller Gary Hawkins Isaac Webb Greg Pritikin Peter Sollett & Eva Vives Cintra Wilson David Kartch Anthony Hardwick Marlene Rhein Cinque Northern Rolf Gibbs Laura Colella Senor Amor & Danielle Luppi Arjun Dhasin Aaron Woodley Damani Baker Erin Cressida Wilson Bradley Rust Gray
2001
David Guion & Michael Handelman Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo Doug Sadler Ryan Gosling Monique Matthews Ari Gold Chris Papierniak Brett Vapnek Todd Stevens Kat Smith Don Hertzfeldt Paul Harrill Bradley Beesley Minh Nguyen-Vo Eric Deutschman Mike Jones Nicholas Hay David Von Ancken David Fickas Todd Hughes Zoe Poledouris Scott Coffey
2002
Aaron Stanford Judy Becker Steven Pippman Geoff Haley Brian To Garrett Scott J.T. Petty deco dawson Daniel Junge Neil Burger Divya Srinivasan Josslyn Luckett Lisa Collins Craig Brewer Przemyslaw Reut M. Stark & Jacob Meszaros Coleman Hough Grace Lee Justin Haythe Steve Beatrice Lucy Walker Nicole Cattell Joshua Marston Davidson Cole
2003
Tasha Oldham Jesse Moss Steven Tsuchida Seith Mann Jessica Sharzer Adam Bhala Lough Bradley Peyton Ben Coccio Tom Putnam Shari Frilot Stefan Nadelman Victor Viyuoh Patty Jenkins Irene Lusztig David Russo Ghazi Albuliwi Andrew Bujalski Matt Goldman Greg Pak Brett Ingram Matt Smith Elliot Greenebaum Jen Sachs Luis Carmara Silva & Gabrielle Galanter
2004
Miranda July Jacob Aaron Estes Marcelo Zarvos Ryya Elias Andrij Parekh Rosario Garcia-Montero Ryan Eslinger Ryan Johnson & Gena Levy Elena Elmoznino Cess Silvera Margaret Harris Micah Schraft & Abdi Nazemian Larry Blackhorse Lowe Ellie Lee Stephen Adly Guirgis Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Kazuo Ohno Rania Ajami Mario De La Vega Annemarie Jacir Kulture Machine Lou Taylor Pucci
2005
Brent Green Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Cary Joji Fukunaga Opa Joe Sampson Kyle Henry Keith Bearden Rachel Boynton Danielle Lurie Cam Archer Patricia Riggen Jake Mahaffy Neil Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon Victor Buhler Don Handfield Mary Jordan Stew Mark Banning & Mad Matthewz Nicholas Jarecki Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing Oliver Cheetham Lori Silverbush & Michael Skolnik Joby Harold Chase Palmer Marshall Curry Elliot Page
2006
Olivia Thirlby Linas Phillips Ham Tran So Yong Kim Scott Z. Burns Antonio Campos Gary Huggins Carter Smith Astra Taylor Michele Civetta Esther Robinson Alex Karpovsky Aurora Guerrero Eunhee Cho Neistat Brothers Nee Brothers Pastor Brothers Michael Tully Paul Soter Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy John Maringouin Sameh Zaobi Kevin Jerome Everson Todd Rohal PJ Raval
2007
Moon Molson Sophie Barthes Daniel Barz Jennifer Venditti Kim Reed Andy Blubaugh Azazel Jacobs Calvin Reeder Fillipe Barbosa Craig Zobel Phillip Van Sean Kirby Tze Chun Richard Goldgewicht & Jeremy Goldscheider
M dot Strange Kentucker Audley Hope Dickson Leach Ronald Bronstein Vineet Dewan Georgina Lightning Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky Jess Weixler Alex Holdridge Stephane Gauger
2008
Jesse Epstein Andrew Okpeaha MacLean Tariq Tapa Joshua Safdie Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo and Zachary Lieberman Christina Voros Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt Jennifer Phang Barry Jenkins Shana Feste Daniel Robin Tom Quinn John Magary Oren Peli Matt Wolf Myna Joseph Encyclopedia Pictura Mark Russell E.E. Cassidy Dee Rees Aasif Mandvi David & Nathan Zellner Eric Latek Julia Leigh Benh Zeitlin
2009
Ian Olds Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal Nat Sanders Jessica Oreck Derek Cianfrance Jeff Mizushima Lost Zombies Paula Huidobro Steph Green Bradford Young Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher Paola Mendoza Destin Daniel Cretton Morgan Jon Fox The Purchase Brothers Nicole Opper Asiel Norton Andrew T. Betzer Sebastián Silva Tina Mabry Frankie Latina Lena Dunham Geoff Marslett Rooney Mara Jody Lee Lipes
2010
Victoria Mahoney Alex Jablonski & Michael Totten Rashaad Ernesto Green Sara Colangelo Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck Jason Byrne Trieste Kelly Dunn Sean Durkin Rebecca Richman Cohen Julius Onah Zac Stuart-Pontier Holden Abigail Osborne David Wilson Radical Friend (Kirby McClure & Julia Grigorian) Marc Fratello Brent Stewart Jade Healy Sultan Sharrief Mike Stoklasa Kasper Tuxen Susan Youssef Danfung Dennis Arielle Javitch Matt Porterfield Adam Bowers
2011
Alrick Brown Joe Nicolosi Alma Har’el