Everything is built on other things. 4 entities that helped me refine my approach to making films/art are: 1 - Spike Lee - learned that individuals could make movies, in late 80s, by hearing about Spike Lee's work, 2 - Jim Jarmusch - learned in film school by watching his...

2...movies that there are many ways in which a movie can be interesting or entertaining - not just the typical Hollywood way, 3 - Dischord Records - in early 90s learned through them that artists could make and release work by themselves, and 4 - Jonas Mekas - 2000s - a person...

3...can make movies totally by himself/1 person crew. All 4 of those examples (and many others) have been very useful in figuring out how I want to make and release movies in the future.

4 - Mentioned in this thread - for further study - links -

- Spike Lee - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee 

- Jim Jarmusch - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jarmusch

- Dischord Records - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dischord_Records

- Jonas Mekas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Mekas