Production
* = must have
Designing Movie Creatures and Characters: Behind the Scenes with the Movie Masters by Richard Rickitt
*Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (Your Own Damn Film School {Series}) by Lloyd Kaufman, Sara Antill, and Kurly Tlapoyawa
Film Editing: Great Cuts Every Filmmaker and Movie Lover Must Know by Gael Chandler
*How to Make a Movie With a Very, Very, Low Budget by Michael P. Connelly
*Make Your Own Damn Movie!: Secrets of a Renegade Director by Lloyd Kaufman
*Master Shots: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie by Christopher Kenworthy
The Complete Film Production Handbook, Third Edition by Eve Light Honthaner
*The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap by Stu Maschwitz
The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook (Omnibus Press) by J. Gunnar Erickson, Mark Halloran, and Harris Tulchin
The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for Independent Producers by Thomas A. Crowell
The Production Assistant's Pocket Handbook by Caleb Clark
*What They Don't Teach You at Film School: 161 Strategies For Making Your Own Movies No Matter What by Camille Landau and Tiare White
Who Needs Hollywood: The Amazing Story of a Small Time Filmmaker who Writes the Screenplay, Raises the Production Budget, Directs, and Distributes the #3 Movie of the Year by Joe Camp
