If you are looking for ways on how to make a documentary, you’re in the right place. I worked in television news for seven years and then traveled the world (40+ countries) documenting the lives and stories of all kinds of people. So I wasn’t starting totally from scratch.

I had interviewed thousands of people, so I knew how to do that. I had edited and produced hundreds of videos, so I knew how to tell a story. What I wasn’t prepared for with my first documentary was the funding and distribution. Here are some top lessons I learned with my first feature documentary project.