Documentary Film Funding by Morrie Warshawski

Our guest, Morrie Warshawski, works with nonprofits and filmmakers having difficulty realizing their full potential.  He helps them create roadmaps to a better future through strategic planning.  His work is characterized by a commitment to the core values of creativity, thoughtfulness, transparency, and tolerance.  Warshawski has worked in the field for over thirty years as an administrator, consultant, facilitator, teacher and writer.  He was the Executive Director of two media arts centers (Bay Area Video Coalition and The Media Project).  He has served on numerous grant panels, was recently a judge for the International Documentary Compettion at DocAviv in Tel Aviv, and has consulted with dozens of independent filmmakers on career and fundraising issues.  Warshawski is the author of many articles, and of two books on fundraising, Shaking The Money Tree: The Art of Getting Grants And Donations For Film And Video- 3^rd Edition (Wiese Books, LA), and The Fundraising Houseparty: How to Party With a Purpose and Raise Money for Your Cause -2^nd Edition.  You can find him in cyberspace at www.warshawski.com.