travel – Deborah S. Patz

Map of the world locations of the PM101 book

May312025

Film Production Management 101 – Around The World

Now that the third edition of “Film Production Management 101” is in bookstores, here’s a gathering of links to bookstores to 34 countries around the world where you can find it (bookstores with websites).

Since I’m based in North America, I have to start with those links first:

CANADA

Indigo-Chapters
https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/film-production-management-101-production-management-and-coordination-in-an-era-of-the-respectful-workplace-and-sustainable-practices/9781615933600.html

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603

Bookmark (PEI)
https://bookmarkreads.ca/item/2X6mR1xcfnpZXzUAh17csQ

Western Sky Books (Coquitlam BC)
https://store.westernskybooks.com/item/2X6mR1xcfnpZXzUAh17csQ

Munro’s Books (Victoria BC)
https://www.munrobooks.com/item/2X6mR1xcfnpZXzUAh17csQ

Russell Books (Victoria BC)
https://www.russellbooks.com/books/film-production-management-101-production-management-and-coordination-in-an-era-of-the-respectful-workplace-and-sustainable-practices-1615933603/

Book City
https://www.bookcity.ca/item/2X6mR1xcfnpZXzUAh17csQ

McNally Robinson
https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781615933600/deborah-s-patz/film-production-management-101

Other Independent Bookstores (click “Shop Local” to find an indie bookstore near you):
https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781615933600/

USA

MWP Books (directly from the publisher)
https://mwp.com/product/film-production-management-101-production-management-and-coordination-in-an-era-of-the-respectful-workplace-and-sustainable-practices/

Barnes & Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/film-production-management-101-deborah-s-patz/1145052414

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination-ebook/dp/B0DL8QT53Z

Strand Books (NY)
https://www.strandbooks.com/film-production-management-101-production-management-and-coordination-in-an-era-of-the-respectful-workplace-and-sustainable-practices-9781615933600.html

McNally Jackson (NY)
https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9781615933600

Books Are Magic (NY)
https://www.booksaremagic.net/item/2X6mR1xcfnpZXzUAh17csQ

Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop (Maine)
https://www.shermans.com/book/9781615933600

Schuler’s Books (Michigan)
https://www.schulerbooks.com/book/9781615933600

Old Town Books (Virginia)
https://www.oldtownbooks.com/item/2X6mR1xcfnpZXzUAh17csQ

E. Shaver Booksellers (Georgia)
https://www.eshaverbooks.com/book/9781615933600

Sandmeyers Bookstore (Chicago IL)
https://www.sandmeyersbookstore.com/item/2X6mR1xcfnpZXzUAh17csQ

Unabridged Bookstore (Chicago IL)
https://www.unabridgedbookstore.com/book/9781615933600

Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle WA)
https://www.elliottbaybook.com/item/2X6mR1xcfnpZXzUAh17csQ

Powell’s Books (Portland OR)
https://www.powells.com/book/9781615933600

City Lights (San Francisco CA)
https://citylights.com/film/film-production-management-101-product/

Book Soup (LA)
https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781615933600

Skylight Books (LA)
https://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9781615933600

The Last Bookstore (LA)
https://www.bokus.com/bok/9781615933600/film-production-management-101/

Books & Books (FL)
https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9781615933600

Books-A-Million
https://www.booksamillion.com/p/9781615933600

Better World Books
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/9781615933600

IndieBound by Bookshop.org
https://bookshop.org/p/books/film-production-management-101-production-management-and-coordination-in-an-era-of-the-respectful-workplace-and-sustainable-practices/21074627

… and now for the rest of the world, alphabetically:

AUSTRALIA

Booktopia
https://www.booktopia.com.au/book/9781615933600.html

Angus & Robertson
https://www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/p/9781615933600

Kinokuniya Australia
https://australia.kinokuniya.com/bw/9781615933600

Amazon Australia
https://www.amazon.com.au/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603

AUSTRIA

Thalia
https://www.thalia.at/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1070849767

BELGIUM

Amazon Belgium
https://www.amazon.com.be/-/nl/Deborah-S-Patz/dp/1615933603/

BRAZIL

Amazon Brazil
https://www.amazon.com.br/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603

DENMARK

Saxo
https://www.saxo.com/dk/film-production-management-101_bog_9781615933600

EGYPT

Amazon Egypt
https://www.amazon.eg/-/en/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

FINLAND

Suomalainen Kirjakauppa
https://www.suomalainen.com/products/film-production-management-101-production-management-and-coordination-in-an-era-of-the-respectful-workplace-and-sustainable-practices

Academic Bookstore
https://akateeminen.com/search.php?search=deborah+patz&product=9781615933600

FRANCE

Shakespeare and Company
https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/film-production-management-101-2

Amazon France
https://www.amazon.fr/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603

GERMANY

Dussman das KulturKaufHaus
https://www.kulturkaufhaus.de/en/detail/ISBN-9781615933600/

Amazon Germany
https://www.amazon.de/Deborah-S-Patz/dp/1615933603

HUNGARY

Bestsellers
https://bestsellers.hu/book/6241738e-8e97-44ae-81f4-85ca38b30885

INDIA

Books Wagon
https://www.bookswagon.com/book/film-production-management-101-deborah/9781615933600

Amazon India
https://www.amazon.in/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

IRELAND

Eason
https://www.easons.com/film-production-management-101-deborah-s-patz-9781932907773

ITALY

Amazon Italy
https://www.amazon.it/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603

JAPAN

Amazon Japan
https://www.amazon.co.jp/Deborah-S-Patz/dp/1615933603

MALAYSIA

Kinokuniya Malaysia
https://malaysia.kinokuniya.com/bw/9781615933600

MALTA

Agenda Bookshop
https://agendabookshop.com/products/film-production-management-101

MEXICO

Amazon Mexico
https://www.amazon.com.mx/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603

NETHERLANDS

American Book Center
https://abc.nl/book-details/film-production-management-101/$9781615933600

Boekhandel Dominicanen
https://www.boekhandeldominicanen.nl/a/9781615933600

Boekhandel Den Boer
https://libris.nl/denboer/a/deborah-s-patz/film-production-management-101/9781615933600

Amazon Netherlands
https://www.amazon.nl/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

NEW ZEALAND

Fishpond
https://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Film-Production-Management-101-Deborah-S-Patz/9781615933600

NORWAY

Norli
https://www.norli.no/boker/hobby-og-fritid/kunst-og-kultur/foto-og-film/film-production-management-101-1-9781615933600

POLAND

Amazon Poland
https://www.amazon.pl/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

SAUDI ARABIA

Amazon Saudi Arabia
https://www.amazon.sa/-/en/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

SINGAPORE

Open Trolley
https://opentrolley.com.sg/book/9781615933600/film-prod-mgmt-101

Kinokuniya Singapore
https://singapore.kinokuniya.com/bw/9781615933600

Amazon Singapore
https://www.amazon.sg/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

SPAIN

Amazon Spain
https://www.amazon.es/dp/1615933603

SWEDEN

Bokus
https://www.bokus.com/bok/9781615933600/film-production-management-101/

Amazon Sweden
https://www.amazon.se/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

SWITZERLAND

Buch Haus
https://www.buchhaus.ch/de/buecher/fachbuecher/kunst/fotografie/detail/ISBN-9781615933600/

TAIWAN

Eslite Bookstore
https://www.eslite.com/product/1001294888257819

THAILAND

Kinokuniya Thailand
https://thailand.kinokuniya.com/bw/9781615933600

TURKEY

Amazon Turkey
https://www.amazon.com.tr/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

UAE (United Arab Eremites)

Amazon UAE
https://www.amazon.ae/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

UNITED KINGDOM

WH Smith
https://www.whsmith.co.uk/Product/15633384

Waterstones
https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781615933600

Hatchards
https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/9781615933600

Foyles
https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/9781615933600

The Mainstreet Trading Company (Melrose, Scottish Borders)
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/film-production-management-101-production-management-and-coordination-in-an-era-of-the-respectful-workplace-and-sustainable-pra-deborah-s-patz/7786171

Blackwell’s (Oxford)
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781615933600

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Film-Production-Management-101-Coordination/dp/1615933603/

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The Second Edition of “Film Production Management 101” is still the one on sale in South Africa (at Loot.ca.za and exclusivebooks.co.za), in Turkey (at rob389.com [Robinson Crusoe 389] and pandora.com), across Europe (at libristo.eu), and the Chinese edition of the book is available in China (sorry, no links).

What’s your favorite bookstore? Let me know if you see the book available somewhere I’ve not included.

Cheers & a good shoot (or bookstore wandering) to you,
Deb

Earth from space - photo from NASA at Unsplash

Apr52025

Know Your Expertise, aka Ever Been To Space?

The good news is you don’t have to know everything to work in the film industry. No two productions are the same; you will frequently be inventing what to do to get a shot, scene or concept on film. That’s why you need to take stock of your experiences to date and be knowledgeable of your expertise.

Take my first day at IMAX. We were shooting a documentary in space (yes, real space) when the MIR space station was in orbit. The camera was scheduled to go up on the Space Shuttle, which would dock on to MIR. The Space Shuttle would then go about its business, leaving as scheduled. But the camera – and film stock – would still be on MIR. Our challenge: how do we get the camera and film back to Earth?

I thought nothing in my life would prepare me for contributing to the logistics discussion (between Producer, PM, and UM) … but I was wrong. From my life experiences, including a love of international travel, and those photo safaris with my dad when I was a kid (experimenting with both antique and modern film cameras), I could contribute. Sure, I’d never dealt with the potential for sun’s radiation in the vacuum of space, but I’ve plenty dealt with multiple airport x-ray machine radiation on exposed and unexposed film stock.

In the end, we chose to send up (on an earlier shuttle) unexposed film stock from all the leading film stock companies to see which one(s) would handle the extreme radiation best. Then when it was time to send up the camera. We had our best-choice film stock, and we brought both camera and film back via Soyez into Russia instead of the Space Shuttle into the USA… which meant, yes, we also need to prepare the documentation for crossing the international border via a trip to space!

So… what life experiences have you had that could cross-over into the film industry? On your CV, you can flag some of these experiences as hobbies; they also double as good prompts for interview ice breakers.

Cheers & a good shoot to you,
Deb

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“Film Production Management 101” (now in its third edition) is updated for today’s respectful workplace and sustainable practices – available worldwide, including Amazon-USA, Indigo-Canada and many other bookstores or directly from the publisher (MWP).

Apr172018

Inspiration at the Movies: Earth: One Amazing Day

This past weekend, I went to the closing night of the R2R Family Film Festival. It’s great to see family-friendly films from around the world on the big screen… but I digress.

Sometimes in a movie there’s a line that really rings true and you know you’re going to remember it for, well, probably for the rest of your life! It really speaks to you. Well, Saturday, I heard just such a line. Apparently it’s an African saying, but for me, it’s a line from “Earth: One Amazing Day” forever in sync in my brain with a flyover of African vistas and an adorable baby zebra. Here ’tis:

If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.

Which will you choose? In the meantime…

Cheers & a great shoot to you,
Deb

– – – – – – – – – –

Deborah (Deb) Patz is the author of Write! Shoot! Edit! for teens and Film Production Management 101 for the industry – both books are published worldwide by MWP. She’s also part of the editorial board for Prism International and she really, really, really wants to visit Africa someday.

WHERE IS DEB? (upcoming events and appearances)
Apr.19 – Guest Author – Tea & Ink Writing Club, Tri-Cities BC
May 2-3 – Guest Instructor – Powell River Digital Film (High) School, Powell River BC
May 19-24 – PM Instructor – Screenwriter’s Bootcamp, PEI
Jul.23-26 – UFVA Conference: Stories Without Borders, La Cruces, New Mexico

WHERE TO FIND DEB’S BOOKS?
Paperback or eBook: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Chapters/Indigo, Waterstones, direct from the publisher and from plenty of other great bookstores worldwide.

Jul182015

400 Room Nights

So I was calling around prospective hotels for sufficient room nights to house visiting cast and crew for the duration of the shoot.

There was a good estimate of the number of out of town cast and crew we’d need. Calculate who would be there for the whole shoot plus a bit of prep vs in town for a few days at a time. We ended up with a total of 400 room nights… that’s a pretty good booking and duration. I should be able to make a good deal.

But my first choice hotel turned me down with no negotiation.

Really? I was puzzled. What was the problem?

“We don’t have 400 rooms in the hotel,” was the response.

Ah. Right. I had to explain. It was going to take us longer than 1 night to make the movie…

Cheers and a good shoot to you,
Deb

Jan132012

How Many Parkas?

I have an industrial-strength parka that’s so big and thick that it stands up by itself. It’s perfect for standing around on set amid the depths of a Canadian winter. I’ve tried various combination of gloves and mitts over the years and found a combo of liner and mitt that actually warms my hands during those frigid outside days that never appear to end. On the feet… liners, sub-zero socks and heavy-duty Sorel winter boots, of course. I can be ready for the worst of outside winter weather.

Or so I thought…

After a trip to the Yukon in January and taking a dog sled ride I was rightfully humbled. The host – barely regarding me as he organized to prepare our trip – handed me a parka. I protested, saying that I had brought my own “real” parka, and started to explain its sub-zero features. He looked at me plainly and said: “You’ll need this one too.”

I was speechless.

I’ve filmed outside in minus 30, wearing but 1 parka. I’ve filmed dog sledding – albeit in Ontario – and wore only 1 parka. I’ve seen “Snowbuddies” and other films featuring dog sledding. No matter how bad the weather, I swear they were each only wearing 1 parka.

But sometimes film does not reflect life.

My host was so right. Layered parkas were essential. A human parka blimp, my body could take the cold and windchill as we sped across the frozen Yukon River. And what a ride it was!

Remember a time when your preconceived notions (from film life) surprised you in real life? Sure it’s great to watch it (on film) but it sure is awesome to live it, no?

Cheers & a warm shoot to you,
Deb

Mar42011

Set Visit to the MIR Space Station

How cool to be filming on the MIR Space Station in space! That was my first thought when I worked on the “Mission to MIR” IMAX film. Yet as a non-astronaut, what are the chances of going on a set visit to MIR? Not very likely. As a matter of fact: impossible.

Yes, here on Earth we tackled logistical challenges issues like: the camera goes into the Space Shuttle which is launched into space; the shuttle docks onto MIR and the camera taken into MIR for filming. The Space Shuttle then goes about its business… how do you get the camera and film back to Earth for processing and printing? In what country can you land the camera and how many time zones will it be from the lab? What about the customs documentation? Unique challenges indeed!

And yes, it was very clear I’d never visit MIR except how everyone else here on Earth has been able to see it: on the IMAX screen. The dream of visiting the MIR Space Station would have to remain a dream for the rest of my life, especially since it’s now been replaced by the International Space Station.

Or maybe that dream COULD come true after all…?

I just visited Toulouse, France where the Cité de l’Espace has a MIR Space Station! The one used for tests on here on Earth! An exact duplicate! Awesome. I was able to walk around it, climb inside it and just plain explore it… the MIR Space Station itself! A set visit after the fact and conveniently here on Earth!

Sure, I could scoff and say the replica of MIR wasn’t the real experience because it wasn’t floating in space at the time. Gosh, I could have decided not to go see it. But sometimes dreams come true in a slightly different form than you originally thought possible. You just need to be open to recognize them in whatever form they present themselves to you as. And because I’m open to them, another of my life dreams just came true today. Now that’s very cool.

What dream are you going to make happen?

Cheers!
Deb

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