My name is Joanne Butcher and I started Filmmaker Success with the goal for my clients to:
Make Movies, Make Money, and
Make the world a better place.
I'm a Film Business Coach and with over 100 independent filmmakers under my belt and 143 feature films in various stages of development, from script to distribution.
I have supported my clients through various channels including major donors, grants, foundations, corporate sponsorships, and over 40 successful crowdfunding campaigns.
My specialty lies in helping filmmakers raise funds to get their projects made and distributed globally.
Filmmaker Success Projects
The following are films have had funding and/or distribution facilitated by Filmmaker Success.
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Funding and Distribution
Awakening in Taos
(2015)
Family Pictures USA
(2019)
Death of a Fool
(2020)
The Mentor
(2020)
In the Wine Dark Sea
(2021)
Bad Detectives
(2021)
The Yellow Wallpaper
(2021)
The Contrast
(2022)
Brotherly Lies
(2022)
Box of Rain
(2022)
The Queen's Influence: The Vanishing Culture of Hiko in Tonga
(2022)
Sinphony
(2022)
Wine Hunter
(2022)
Woman in the Chair
(2022)
Move Me No Mountain
(2023)
Shadows in Mind
(2023)
Homestead
(2023)
Funding
Lost Everything
(2010)
Cycle of Memory
(2022)
Arise Firebird
(2023)
Greenwood Ave. Project
(2023)
The Golden Cage
(2023)
Distribution
The Cutlass
(2017)
Gualtiero Marchesi:
The Great Italian
(2018)
Animator
(2018)
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