Scott duPont

Finance YOUR Movie!

Arts EN ↓ 364 episodes

How to raise money for an independent feature, documentary, short film, or web series even if you’ve failed before. Discover the step-by-step process (secrets, tips & strategies) including WHO are the best potential investors, WHERE to find them, WHEN to contact them and exactly WHAT to say when you approach them. This show will give proven advice to anyone looking to raise between $25K to $2.5 million for their project.

Author

Scott duPont

Category

Arts

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Latest episode

Apr 13, 2026

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Episodes

39. Actor-Producer Hans Hernke reveals secret strategies for finding movie money! (Part 1) 06.07.2020

Host Scott duPont interviews his friend (Actor-Producer Hans Hernke) who for the very first time reveals his secret strategies for successfully finding movie money!

38. How Long Does it Take to Raise the Money for Your Movie? 01.07.2020

Host Scott duPont shares what his “targeted” timeframe is for funding his movies and the time it has taken other producers as well.

37. The BEST “TOOL” to Help Get Your Next Investor 01.07.2020

Host Scott duPont for the first time shares with an audience his powerful “Money Accelerator Tool” (MAT) which helps accelerate the film financing process!

36. First Rejected, Then Rewarded with $25,000 for his Short Film! 01.07.2020

Instead of letting rejection get him down, Neil Tinkham bounced back and got a whopping $25,000 for his short film! Listen to the whole story here...

35. More Strategies on Social Media to Attract Investors 30.06.2020

Host Scott duPont shares some more proven strategies to build relationships and rapport with hundreds of potential investors on social media.

34. Valuable Tips for Subliminally “Attracting” Investors 30.06.2020

Host Scott duPont shares some valuable tips on how to subliminally make film investors more “Attracted” to you. These strategies are so simple, even a 14 year old can employ them and get results!

33. Pros & Cons of Raising Money for Your FIRST Feature 30.06.2020

There are some challenges to raising money for your very FIRST feature project, but there also some advantages. Host Scott duPont explains along with some valuable advice.

32. Small Town Guy Raises Millions for His Own Films! 30.06.2020

Don't listen to negative people...you CAN do it! Canadian filmmaker Jamie Rauch (host & author of "The Art of Filmmaking”) shares how he raised millions himself and explains the importance of the “3 Ps”.

31. Repetition is the "Mother of Skill" 17.06.2020

The practice of “repetition” is not always fun, sexy or exciting and often not popular, but Scott duPont shares why it is so powerful and important in the process of raising movie money.

30. Fifty Reasons Why People Want to Invest in Your Movie 17.06.2020

Host Scott duPont shares a powerful tool that he has successfully used to raise money for his last four (4) film projects. This is an episode you won’t want to skip!

29. World’s # 1 Wealth Coach Shares Success Tips on Raising Movie Money! 17.06.2020

JT Foxx (the World’s # 1 Wealth Coach) who has raised massive amounts of capital and invested in films as well, shares success strategies independent filmmakers can use to raise their own movie money

28. Click and Listen NOW or You Could Lose a Potential Investor! 16.06.2020

Scott duPont shares the critically important strategy of using “Click Bait” to quickly grab the attention of potential investors while avoiding the mistake most first-time filmmakers make, which could LOSE a potential 6 or 7 figure potential investor!

27. What do Pancakes Have to do with Financing Movies? 16.06.2020

Host Scott duPont recounts a valuable lesson trying to make pancakes (and trying to raise movie money) when not following a few simple steps that have been proven to work.

26. Charles Everitt - Serial Movie Investor (Part 2) 16.06.2020

duPont continues his informal chat with serial movie investor Charles Everitt.

25. Charles Everitt - Serial Movie Investor (Part 1) 16.06.2020

Host Scott duPont has an informal chat with serial movie investor Charles Everitt who has invested in about ½ dozen independent films with different filmmakers.

24. Daily “ENERGY” Hacks Before You Call Potential Investors 04.06.2020

Host Scott duPont shares his routine and TOP 10 “ENERGY” Hacks he does every morning before he begins a long day of calling potential investors.

23. Try and Get Potential Investors to Say No 04.06.2020

duPont explains the problem of a a long, drawn out “Maybe” and the importance of why you need all potential investors to say Yes or No .

22. Yikes…Should I Hit Up My Boss for Money? 04.06.2020

How risky is it to hit your own boss up for money? A lot less risky that you would ever think!

21. Some Investors Like Writing Big Checks vs. Small Ones 04.06.2020

Host Scott duPont addresses from the potential investor’s perspective why in some cases, they prefer looking at a bigger budgeted film and writing a larger check vs. writing a smaller check for a lower budgeted project.

20. David Giuliani - Getting a Film Loan with No Collateral! 04.06.2020

Guest David Giuliani shares how he is able to assist smaller independent filmmakers in many cases get money to fund their entire production or supplement additional funding without any collateral!

19. STOP Before It’s Too Late! 26.05.2020

Host Scott duPont cautions all filmmakers to make sure they have their business plan, pitch deck, etc. as good as they can possibly be BEFORE approaching investors and shares real world mistakes that hindered other indie producers from getting their projects funded.

18. How Do I Raise the Money for my First $1M Film? 26.05.2020

duPont shares thoughts and strategies for first and second time filmmakers on how to make the big jump up to $1million+ films.

17. How Much Did YOU Invest as the Filmmaker? 26.05.2020

Have you YOURSELF invested in your film yet before you ask other people to invest? If not, you might pause and rethink it.

16. Jon Zietz - Raising Money for His First Feature Film 22.05.2020

Guest Jon Zietz (President of Think Visual Group) reflects back on how he got the money to fund his first feature film. He also talks about his model of balancing high end commercial & corporate clients in between his passion film projects.

10. Louise Levison - Your Business Plan 15.05.2020

Louise Levison (author of “Filmmakers & Financing”) shares advice from 30 years of writing successful film business plans including the one that led to the most profitable independent film in history!

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