Fernanda Rossi collaborates with filmmakers in all areas of storytelling, from development to fine cut. As an author, international speaker and story analyst she has doctored over 300 documentaries, fiction scripts and fundraising samples, including two nominated for an Academy Award®. Author of Trailer Mechanics: How to Make Your Documentary Fundraising Demo. More info at documentarydoctor.com. Follow Fernanda at facebook.com/storydoctoring.
- Film Anatomy: The Needle Fernanda Rossi worked with filmmakers Carmen Oquendo-Villar, José Correa-Vigier and Felipe Tewes to turn their three rough cuts into one feature documentary, The Needle.
- Film Anatomy: Every Day Is a Holiday Fernanda Rossi dissects the making of the documentary Every Day is a Holiday by Theresa Loong. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments and what she vows to never do again.
- 10 Tips for Successful Fundraising Demos Viewing trailers may not render a single rule that applies to other projects or filmmakers. Yet there are some common principles that help the filmmaker think strategically about his or her choices. Here are my tips.
- 7 Funding Tricks from 7 Documentary Filmmakers POV's Story Doctor Fernanda Rossi has been probing successful filmmakers about their budgets for the last few months. Here's what she's learned...
- Film Anatomy: David Bromberg Unsung Treasure Fernanda Rossi dissects the making of the documentary David Bromberg Unsung Treasure by Beth Toni Kruvant. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
- Film Anatomy: Fringes: New Adventures in Jewish Living Fernanda Rossi dissects the making of the documentary Fringes: New Adventures in Jewish Living by Paula Weiman-Kelman and Jonathan Lopatin. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
- Film Anatomy: Lucky Fernanda Rossi dissects the making of the documentary Lucky by filmmaker Laura Checkoway. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
- Film Anatomy: How to Lose Your Virginity Fernanda Rossi dissects the making of the documentary How to Lose Your Virginity by filmmaker Therese Shechter. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
- Film Anatomy: Behind the Blue Veil Fernanda Rossi dissects the making of the documentary Behind the Blue Veil by filmmaker Robyn Symon. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
- Film Anatomy: Felix Austria! Fernanda Rossi dissects the making of the documentary Felix Austria! by filmmaker Christine Beebe. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
- Film Anatomy: Justice For My Sister Justice For My Sister follows one woman's journey through the Guatemalan justice system as she struggles to hold her sister's killer accountable. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
- Film Anatomy: Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia is an entertaining tribute to the iconic writer Gore Vidal. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what he vows to never do again.
- Film Anatomy: Lost and Sound Lost and Sound follows three extraordinary people as they rediscover music after deafness. Read about the filmmaker's smart moves, memorable moments, and what she vows to never do again.
- Film Anatomy: Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride Amy Nicholson must have been the last person in the world to shoot a documentary on film. Yes, film. Zipper was going to be her next project and just a short. It became a feature.