Marty Lang is an Assistant Professor of Film at the University of Memphis. He has written and directed two feature films, STAY WITH ME, the Opening Night Film of the 2022 Southeastern New England Film Festival, and RISING STAR, released worldwide by Content Film in 2013. He is also a prolific independent film producer, whose credits include the web series THE RIDE, a Sundance 2020 world premiere, OUT OF MY HAND, a 2016 Indie Spirit Award nominee, and CHOMPY & THE GIRLS, featuring Udo Kier, released in 2021 by Freestyle Digital Media. In addition to his film work, he is writing THE SELF-SUSTAINING FILMMAKER, a book about crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and community-supported independent film, to be published by Focal Press in 2023.

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