{"id":80172,"date":"2016-09-01T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=80172"},"modified":"2016-08-31T15:19:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T20:19:19","slug":"honest-liars-director-about-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/honest-liars-director-about-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Director of An Honest Liar on Making a Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a chance to chat with Tyler Measom, the director of An Honest Liar, about what\u00a0it takes to make a great documentary, gaining the trust of your subjects, and if a sizzle reel is necessary.<\/h2>\n

Top image via\u00a0Waiving Entropy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

An Honest Liar<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is arguably one of the best documentaries<\/strong> of the last few years. It’s a fascinating\u00a0film about the magician James Randi<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and according to Instanstwatcher.com<\/a>, its one of the most popular films<\/strong>\u00a0currently on Netflix.<\/p>\n

One of the film’s directors, Tyler Measom<\/a>, was a great mentor to me during the distribution process of my film. He’s an encyclopedia\u00a0of knowledge and provides a great amount of wisdom about what it takes to be a documentary filmmaker<\/strong>. \u00a0He and I had a moment to chat about how to pursue ideas as a documentarian, how to get your work out there, and gaining the trust of your subjects. First, here’s the trailer for An Honest Liar<\/em>.<\/p>\n