Car Productions’ Merle Bertrand has extensive experience in virtually every aspect of the motion picture industry. As such, he stands ready to provide a plethora of support services to other independent filmmakers.

The artwork on this page comes from just a sample of the countless projects Merle has been involved with in a variety of positions.












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Breakdowns/Budgeting
As a veteran Assistant Director/Production Manager, Merle has been responsible for breaking down dozens of scripts for budgeting purposes, as well as organizing the script into efficient, easy to manage shooting schedules. Send him your script and your target budget and let him work his magic for you!

Screenplay Doctor
An experienced scriptwriter, screenplay competition judge, and film festival panelist, Merle can help you drastically improve your screenplay, both artistically and technically. With his down-to-the-comma how-to screenplay guide, The Nuts and Bolts of the Screenplay, he can help you avoid the vast majority of simple mistakes aspiring screenwriters make; the kinds of mistakes that get them turned away by agents, directors, and producers all the time.

Film Industry Journalist
Merle was a longtime staff writer and contributing editor for the popular independent film magazine-turned website FilmThreat.com and its

sister publication, the Film Threat Video Guide. He was also a former Editor-in-Chief of Alternative Cinema magazine and served as an assistant editor with Indie Slate magazine. All told, Merle has nearly 1,000 film reviews and feature articles to his credit with these and several other periodicals.



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​Video Editor

​A proficient editor on Final Cut Pro, Merle has edited feature films, documentaries, commercials, industrial videos, music videos, and everything in-between.

Production Services

A Jack-of-All-Trades

Car Productions

An Independent Motion Picture Production Company

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