20 Doc Filmmakers you should follow on Twitter
- @AboutDocsGuide – About.com’s documentary page
- @DocumentaryBlog – Doc blog by 2 doc lovers.
- @ErrolMorris – Oscar-winning doc-filmmaker, Errol Morris
- @BanffTVFest – Banff televison fest. Handy for producers.
- @DOCorg – Canadian documentary association
- @SheffDocFest Sheffield Documentary Festival; one of the biggest.
- @USofAfrica – a well-run doc production twitter account.
- @RemixManifesto – Brett Gaylor tweets about his film, RIP.
- @CatBirdProd – Great, focused tweets from CatBird Productions.
- @GFlahive- Great, film-focused tweets from an NFB producer.
- @MongrelMedia – Canadian doc distributor.
- @DocMovies – All about documentaries.
- @POVDocs – PBS Docs
- @Peripheria – Another well-run production Twitter account.
- @IndependentLens – PBS doc series
- @DOK_Leipzig – International Festival for Doc and Animated Film.
- @IDFA – International Documentary Film Association, Amsterdam
- @HotDocs – Toronto’s international doc festival.
- @ProspectorFilms – High-value tweets from a Mtl production company.
- @Gary_Hustwit – Director of Helvetica and Objectified.
Thanks for the heads-up for this list from Work For All line producer, Aisling Chin-Yee (you can follow her very active Twitter account here). Most of the accounts were found in CatBird Productions’ follow list – which is a veritable who’s who of film in Canada.
You can also follow @TheNFB on Twitter here!
Did we miss anyone?
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6 Responses
July 30th, 2009
Dana Putnam said:
Does Studio D have a twitter account? Does Studio D still exist? (I hope so!)
August 1st, 2009
קצרים-- DocTalk - בלוג על סרטים דוקומנטריים said:
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August 1st, 2009
Kevin Tostado said:
You missed out on the Twitter feed for “Under the Boardwalk” a documentary about the game of MONOPOLY that has been tweeting production updates since February, one of the first documentaries to do so!
Their feed is @MonopolyDoc
August 3rd, 2009
Michael Fukushima said:
Regrettably, Dana, the special mandate studios no longer exist at the NFB. Responsibility for those mandates now reside in each individual production studio.
August 3rd, 2009
Matthew Forsythe said:
Great to see you twittering the Monopolopy doc. We’re following you now and look fwd to seeing the film…
Uh but this looks a little spammy: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22Under+the+Boardwalk%22+is+featured+
September 24th, 2009
Alex Luster said:
Great List! I am now following all of them.
Thanks
http://twitter.com/alexluster