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How to Build a $10 Million Film Fund from Your Basement
Daren Smith’s Craftsman Films shows how producers can use platforms like Sally to build sustainable financing systems for multiple films.
Dana Harris-Bridson
Six Weeks from Idea to Funded Project: Craftsman Films Clears First Milestone, Greenlights Brotherhood
November 12, 2025 In late August, Daren Smith, founder of Craftsman Films and manager of its Producer Fund I, met with filmmaker Ross Boothe to discuss a project idea Boothe had just posted online. While a screenplay for the prospective work was literally nonexistent, “there was an inevitability to the
Daren Smith