Film Intern

4th Row Films

4th Row Films is looking for bright, ambitious, and creative college students and recent graduates to join our internship program. We are an independent film production company working on a wide array of projects, from feature-length documentary films to television series, branded films, and commercials. The 4th Row Films Internship Program is a unique opportunity to gain solid professional experience in a busy and successful production office. We are on the lookout for talented individuals to participate in development, production, post-production, and marketing.

Our interns are given the opportunity to work independently and think creatively. You’ll work on active projects, learn the everyday pressures and deadlines of the entertainment industry firsthand, and contribute meaningfully to projects. Interns are expected to problem-solve, think analytically, and work both independently and collaboratively with producers. The ideal candidate has a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and excellent time management skills.

Interns will gain hands-on experience supporting projects from development through production. Your responsibilities will include conducting research, developing pitch materials, corresponding with clients and industry contacts, logging and capturing footage, providing administrative support including scheduling meetings, coordinating travel, assisting with shoots, and much more.

Past interns have come from schools including Yale, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Vassar, Wesleyan, SCAD, and Penn State, and have gone on to careers at MTV, CAA, William Morris Endeavor, Sundance Channel, Sony Television, A&E Indiefilms, and other film and TV productions. Many former interns return as freelance production assistants, applying the skills they gained during their internship.

This position is unpaid, and at this time there is no stipend for travel or food expenses.

To apply please email elizabeth@4throwfilms.com with a resume and cover letter. 

RELEASED FILMS

BERNSTEIN’S WALL (2022)

BERNSTEIN’S WALL follows Leonard Bernstein on his lifelong journey to define his role as one of America’s most important musical figures, while fighting to create social change and inspire political activism through his work. Told in Bernstein’s own voice and featuring never before seen archival footage, Douglas Tirola’s documentary is an intimate portrait of one of the 20th century’s most prominent icons, and his struggle to balance his complex personal life and groundbreaking career.

PROCESSION (2021)

Six survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests and bishops collaborate to create fictional scenes depicting rituals of power in the church, while several of the men battle to find justice in and out of the courts.

BLOODROOT (2019)

In the late 1970’s, two suburban women left their husbands, became lesbians and opened a vegetarian feminist restaurant in a working class town. After almost 40 years of making award- winning food and providing a community for women and political activism, the women find themselves fighting to keep their business and politics alive.

BISBEE ‘17 (2018)

An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.

BREWMASTER (2017)

The story of the craft beer movement told through the journey of an ambitious New York lawyer struggling to decide whether to chase this American dream in the beer world or stay in his white collar job.

KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE (2016)

KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE follows actor Kate Lyn Sheil’s emotional and psychological journey as she uncovers the truths surrounding the 1974 on-air suicide of Sarasota, Florida television host Christine Chubbuck, a woman she has been cast to play.

DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON (2015)

DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD tells the story of the National Lampoon Magazine, and how its empire of spin-offs forever changed the course of comedy.

ACTRESS (2014)

Actress Brandy Burre gave up a recurring role on a successful HBO series to start a family. Years later, her domestic life crumbles when she tries to reclaim her former career.

HEY BARTENDER (2013)

HEY BARTENDER follows two men trying to achieve their dreams through bartending. An injured marine turns his goals to becoming Principal Bartender at the world’s best cocktail bar, and a young man leaves his white-collar job to buy the bar in his hometown and years later, struggles to keep it successful.

FAKE IT SO REAL (2012)

Following a ragtag group of wrestlers in North Carolina over a week leading up to their big show, FAKE IT SO REAL explores what happens when the over-the-top theatrics of the wrestling ring collide with the realities of the working-class South.

MAKING THE BOYS (2011)

An exploration of the drama, struggle, and legacy of The Boys in the Band, which was the first gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience.