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Winners of the 2012 Producers Guild Award will be announced on January 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel where Steven Spielberg, Leslie Moonves, Don Mischer, and Stan Lee, will be honored.

Filmmakers Notebook has a special Q&A to present to you – an interview with Noah Hutton, Director of the compelling documentary More To Live For, which tells the compelling story of 3 amazing men who are in need of a bone marrow donor: Michael Brecker a 15-time Grammy winning jazz saxophonist, Nigerian American Olympic hopeful Seun Adebiyi and James Chippendale, who is the co-founder of the Love Hope Strength Foundation.

If you mention Entertainment Attorneys who are known for their work with Independent Filmmakers, one name that always comes up is Hal "Corky" Kessler. He has represented numerous clients within the entertainment industry and has also assisted governors and members of Congress in many states implementing new laws and tax incentives for qualified fim and television projects. In addition, Kessler has developed, packaged and executive produced feature films, is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern Law School and John Marshall Law School and speaks frequently about the business and legal aspects of producing feature films. In fact, he's recently been a guest on several Virtual Seminars sponsored by Stacey Parks for members of Film Specific. So, I'm sure you'll enjoy getting to know him a bit in the Q&A posted below.

For quite some time I've much admired Producer Marvin V. Acuna's work, such as "The Great Buck Howard" and have been a frequent visitor to his website The Business of Show Institute (BOSI). In fact, I had the opportunity to meet him over a year ago in Los Angeles and now I have the pleasure of introducing you to him and BOSI as part of this Filmmakers Notebook Q&A.

Hollywood based independent film producer, Jason Brubaker is perhaps best known to many for his successful website Filmmaking Stuff, which was named last January as one of the Top 50 Blogs for MovieMakers by MovieMaker Magazine. An expert on Video On Demand Distribution, Jason has been offering a number resources to independent filmmakers from his site and is also available for speaking engagements. In the second part of this Q&A interview you can find out more about Brubaker's journey and his fascination with filmmaking stuff!

Producer/Director Tod Lancaster shares more information about the production of his new independent film "Shooting April" in Part 2 of his Q&A with Filmmakers Notebook.

On August 30th I had the pleasure of attending the "Film Courage" Interactive at the Downtown Independent in Los Angeles featuring the World Premiere of Producer/Director Tod Lancaster's latest independent film "Shooting April".

Back in March 2009, when I was at the beginning of my own journey into filmmaking, I had the good fortune to attend the Film Finance Forum held in Los Angeles. The brainchild produced by the firm of Winston Baker has expanded into an International event adding conferences in Cannes, Zurich and next week on September 14th and 15th in New York. Since so many filmmakers have an interest in exploring different types of financing options available for their projects, here's a Q&A with partners Katherine Winston and Amy Baker sharing some of their insights.

The next member of the "My Run " team for you to get to know better is Co-Producer Christine Redlin, who is an experienced marketer in both the film and music industries.

One of the most beloved documentaries that has been winning both festival awards and rousing audience support has been "My Run ", based on the true story of Terry Hitchcock, who in 1996 at 57 ran 75 consecutive marathons in 75 days to draw the public's attention to the plight of single parents.