Resource: Books

  • Mervish, Dan (2021). The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking. ISBN: 9780367566975.
  • Moshman, Sarah (2020). Empowered Filmmaking: How To Make a Documentary On Your Own Terms. ISBN: 9780578769660.
  • Nash, Kate (2021). Interactive Documentary Theory and Debate. ISBN: 9781138631472.
  • Nelson, Rob P. and Bartalan, Dan (2015). How to Make Science and Nature Films: A guide for emerging documentary filmmakers. ISBN: 9781514679586.
  • Nichols, Bill (2017). Introduction to Documentary. ISBN: 9780253026859.
  • Nicklin, Chuck (2015). Camera Man: Stories of My Life and Adventures as an Underwater Filmmaker. ISBN: 9781517383121.
  • Pepe, Peter, J., and Zarzynski (2012). Documentary Filmmaking for Archaeologists. ISBN: 9781611322026.
  • Quinn, James (2013). This Much is True: 14 Directors on Documentary Filmmaking. ISBN: 9781408132531.
  • Rabiger, Michael (2020). Directing the Documentary. ISBN: 9780367235574.
  • Rabiger, Michael and Hurbis-Cherrier, Mick (2020). Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics. ISBN: 9780815394310.
  • Ryan, Maureen (2017). Producer to Producer: A Step-by-Step Guide to Low-Budget Independent Film Producing. ISBN: 9781615932665.
  • Schenk, Sonja (2021). The Digital Filmmaking Handbook. ISBN: 9781733150217.
  • Schwarze, Kelly (2019). What Film Schools Don’t Tell You: Your Basic Guide to Making Movies and Finding Good Distribution. ISBN: 9780578461953.
  • Schwarze, Kelly (2020). A Filmmaking Mindset: The New Path of Today’s Filmmaker. ISBN: 9780578723990.
  • Schwarze, Kelly (2020). Filmmaking For Kids. ISBN: 9780578809335.
  • Sears, Mike (2018). LIGHTS! CAMERA! SUB ACTION!: Underwater Adventures in the Film and TV Industry. ISBN: 9780995733930.
  • Sheppard, Neil Philip (2019). The Smartphone Filmmaking Handbook: Revealing the secrets of smartphone movie making. ISBN: 9781092936095.
  • Silver, Alain and Bokich, Obren (2022). Movies Without Baggage: A Guide to Ultra-Low-Budget Filmmaking. ISBN: 9781935247241.
  • Stanley, Shane (2018). What You Don't Learn in Film School: A Complete Guide to (Independent) Filmmaking. ISBN: 9781976986468.
  • Thompson, Rustin (2019). Get Close: Lean Team Documentary Filmmaking. ISBN: 9780190909901.
  • Tomaric, Jason (2011). Filmmaking. ISBN: 9780240817002.
  • Waugh, Thomas et al. (2010). Challenge for change: activist documentary at the National Film Board of Canada. ISBN: 9780773536630.