Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers

1Allow Myself to Introduce … Myself

As it states on the cover, my name is Richard Botto. My friends, however, call me RB, and since you’ve spent your hard earned money to buy this book and will now invest your invaluable time reading it, and seeing how we’re going to be spending the next 300 pages together, I consider you a friend. So … I’m RB, and it’s a pleasure to meet you.

I am a screenwriter, producer, actor and voice actor. I’m also an entrepreneur. The combination of these pursuits led me to create Stage 32 (www.stage32.com), the world’s largest online networking and educational platform for creatives working in film, television and theater. More on that down the road.

My interest in film started at a very young age. No one in my family ...