MIKEL J. WISLER

As an artist, it can be pretty hard to know when to play it safe and when to take big risks. The whole artistic endeavor is fraught with...

I've been doing some research for the second edition of my book, Short Films 2.0: Getting Noticed in the YouTube Age. One area that I'm...

I'm excited to announce that I'm going to be teaching a one-day seminar called "Making Short Films in the YouTube Age" on Saturday, March...

A really unexpected thing has been happening recently. My 2013 short film. "Playing with Ice," has been experiencing a dramatic increase...

I've been thinking a lot about uncertainty lately. Because I mean, really, what the hell do any of us really know? And I mean know with...

This past weekend I finished reading Mark Manson's The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. A friend recommended it to me a while back, and...

Have you ever looked back at your past choices and found yourself thinking, "Wow, I really screwed up"? I've been thinking that way a lot...

Directing a movie can look easy to the outside observer, but really learning to direct films is no easy task. There is so much more...

In the fourth episode of my series of free videos aimed at helping new filmmakers, I share some advice for new screenwriters. Over the...

In the third part of my five-part video series about how YouTube changed the very nature of short films, I give specific guidance to...