With the recent explosion of digital filmmaking, aspiring filmmakers everywhere are asking the same questions: "How do I find the funds to see my film through to completion?", "How do I find a funding organization?”, and “How do I write a winning film proposal?"

In her new book, Carole Dean, producer, industry executive, and founder of one of the largest grants for independent filmmakers, combines her vast experience with valuable advice from some of the industry’s top executives, to answer these questions and more.

Unique among books of its type, The Art of Funding, combines spiritual concepts of manifesting and creative imaging, with practical advice in an easy to read, step-by-step format that takes both the experienced filmmaker and the novice on a spiritual journey that enlightens and informs.

Dean’s book is full of valuable insights she has gathered over the years from being both a grantee—raising the goods and services to run her own grant program, and a grantor—reading the thousands of grant applications she receives every year from hopeful filmmakers.

Dean, who believes raising money for your film is as much an art form as the filming and editing process, weaves inspiring stories of successful filmmakers together with information on how to write visually descriptive proposals, create the perfect pitch, and connect with funding organizations. Her time-tested checklists on how to approach local corporations and individuals for donations are sure to make a filmmaker’s journey smoother and more rewarding.

“…Carole is your mentor through the book. She leads wary filmmakers through the dark, daunting forest of ‘no’s’ to the greenlight power of ‘yes.’” Judi Jordan, Editor, Latin Style Magazine

“Carole Dean has years of experience both as a producer and a funder, and her new book is full of nuts-and-bolts information from both sides of the fence, told in a conversational and heart-felt manner.”