Scott duPont
Finance YOUR Movie!
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.
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Scott duPont
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Latest episode
Apr 13, 2026
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Episodes
606. Filmmaker Rick Pamplin shares his unique, creative plan that awarded his Investors points in a brand new, second movie for FREE! (Part 2). 18.12.2023 29:03
Host Scott duPont interviews Writer-Director Rick Pamplin on how “ BURT REYNOLDS: The Last Interview ” came together and how he structured the points with previous investors and the new Exec. Producer.
605. Filmmaker Rick Pamplin shares his unique, creative plan that awarded his Investors points in a brand new, second movie for FREE! (Part 1). 18.12.2023 21:55
Host Scott duPont interviews Writer-Director Rick Pamplin on how his latest film “ BURT REYNOLDS: The Last Interview ” came together.
604. Filmmaker Alex Haughey shares how his latest movie “Under The Influencer” got made! 11.12.2023 27:15
Host Scott duPont interviews Writer-Director-Producer Alex Haughey about how he put together his latest feature film “ Under The Influencer ” and the lessons learned.
603. Filmmakers Steven LaMorte & Amy Schumacher share their wild experience & the continued success of “The Mean One” which all started from a fake trailer project! 04.12.2023 23:32
Find out how this amazing low budget indie film came to fruition and went to theaters nationwide, streaming, worldwide and now back again in time for the new Holiday Season!
602. With 1 feature in post, 1 ready to film, 2 in pre-production and several others in development, Jeff Vanderpol shares his unique business model & big vision for Stardom Films! 27.11.2023 33:52
Stardom Films President & Producer Jeff Vanderpol got 4 films funded this past year (and more to come soon) while incorporating a new business model that may likely change the old Hollywood studio system forever.
601. Season Six preview & ONE most important trait film fundraisers MUST have! 21.11.2023 20:21
Host Scott duPont teases a brand new season and shares the one trait film fundraisers MUST have to be successful.
552. Season 5 Finale and recap of Most Important, Must Listen to episodes 08.08.2023 11:42
Host Scott wraps up season 5 with a few suggested “MUST LISTEN” episodes and advice to help you with funding if you’re not yet financed.
551. Promoting his latest movie “The Furry Fortune”, veteran producer Wilson shares how he approaches investors, what works & what people NOT to approach to get funding (part 2). 31.07.2023 19:23
More fundraising advice from veteran filmmaker Brad Wilson (part 2).
550. Promoting his latest movie “The Furry Fortune”, veteran producer Wilson shares how he approaches investors, what works & what people NOT to approach to get funding (part 1). 31.07.2023 14:55
Veteran filmmaker Brad Wilson shares decades of fundraising advice along with how he did his first successful equity crowdfunding campaign.
549. LISTEN to what potential investors tell you! 24.07.2023 18:12
If you’re launching your fundraising efforts soon, in the middle of fundraising now, or stuck on your fundraising, these valuable tips will help you build a rapport with potential investors and improve your success of funding.
548. How do you come up with seed Money to raise Money, if you have no Money? 17.07.2023 28:40
Host Scott duPont shares a way to come up with seed money through a single “development” investor before you raise any of the regular “production” money.
547. Andy Olen the “Sales Warrior” reveals more profound tips & strategies to help filmmakers connect with potential investors and ultimately increase their odds of getting funded! (part 2) 10.07.2023 18:51
Sales expert and coach Andy Olen shares more valuable tips & strategies that apply to interacting with potential film investors (part 2).
546. Andy Olen the “Sales Warrior” reveals profound tips & strategies to help filmmakers connect with potential investors and ultimately increase their odds of getting funded! (part 1) 10.07.2023 25:28
Host Scott duPont interviews sales expert and coach Andy Olen who shares valuable tips & strategies that apply to interacting with potential film investors. MUST WATCH episode!
545. How to get Real Estate Investors (and others) to Invest in your Movie! 03.07.2023 21:19
Host Scott duPont shares the four (4) important things you need to do that real estate (and other business minded) investors will respond to that will give you a better chance of getting a few of them to invest in your movie.
544. Robert Ramos’ drama of raising $ which got stolen, then landed a new investor at the end to successfully make & release “South Beach Shark Club”! 26.06.2023 16:02
Writer-Director-Producer Ramos shares how he was able to get his new feature length successfully documentary funded twice! “South Beach Shark Club” is now in release.
543. Filmmaker Tim Lightell shares how he raised 5 figures for his 10 year passion project “Manbaby” which opened theatrically in 3 cities and is now streaming. 19.06.2023 19:18
Lightell shares why his first crowdfunding campaign worked, why one campaign did not and then who finally stepped up with $ money.
542. Pitch Deck vs. a Business Plan and why MOST suck! 12.06.2023 26:04
Host Scott duPont rants about bad Pitch Decks and why most fail to raise $. He also discusses what the key components are in a great Business Plan that can help your project get funded.
541. Sylvia Caminer & Michael Indjeian discuss their final funding push for their new movie “Follow Her” after their successful WeFunder campaign. 05.06.2023 23:35
Listen to the great advice from these filmmakers discussing their latest movie “Follow Her” now in theaters & streaming!
540. Advice & words of wisdom from serial entrepreneur Jeff Annison who successfully raised $17M from 40,000+ investors for fan-based production co. Legion M! 29.05.2023 22:09
A MUST listen to episode for filmmakers and investors. The future as seen by Legion M President and Co-Founder Jeff Annison.
539. With experience & skills from his short films, Lee Chambers locks down the perfect scripts and brings his mantra of “Just Ask”” to make his features! 22.05.2023 29:39
An in depth interview with filmmaker Lee Chambers who shares advice including how he “novelizes” his screenplays which leads to investors.
538. With big dreams, family, crowdfunding & a few equity investors Mo Jones made & released his first feature and it looks “Pretty CRAZY”! 15.05.2023 13:59
An inspiring episode of a first-time filmmaker with a dream of making his first movie. Mo Jones makes a great movie, finds distribution and now gets to share it with the world.
537. From 1 short to almost $1M for his latest feature, Yadhu Krishnan shares how “CROSSFIRE” came together, now in theatres and streaming! 08.05.2023 18:34
Filmmaker Yadhu Krishnan discusses how he got started in the film business and then how he raised the funds for his latest and most exciting movie project to date: “CROSSFIRE”.
536. Terissa Kelton shares her journey from crowdfunding micro-budget features in TX to new opportunities in LA, teamwork & working with Apple TV! 01.05.2023 26:23
Actor-Producer Terissa Kelton shares her producing journey to most recently co-founding Rehab Entertainment now developing and producing multiple projects for Apple TV.
535. In the pandemic, this dynamic duo creatively used locations & resources, then reached out to hedge fund managers, lawyers & other pot. investors to finance their first feature “The Stratum” now i 24.04.2023 29:43
Crash Buist & Lauren Senechal shared how they not only raised money for their first feature, but also how they creatively produced a high quality cinematic movie critics are raving about!
534. Michael Stein shares his inspiring underdog rise and long shot story from broke to working with Academy Award winners and creatively making his own movies on his terms! 17.04.2023 25:44
Guest Michael Stein shares strategies how he broke into the movie business, successfully financed his movies and creatively attached “Name” talent with very little money.
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