35 Award-Worthy Gifts For Filmmakers That Deserve Celebrity Status

Make your indie film look as authentic as possible by using the movie prop money stacks for any and all scenes dealing with cash. Each fat stack has been professionally dyed, stained, and given a distressed look to enhance its realism.

Fact: you’re not a true cinephile until you’ve completely conquered this 100 Must See Movies scratch-off poster. Each time you watch one of these classic films, you’ll get to scratch-off the silver surface and reveal the colorful graphic underneath.

Defeat your insomnia once and for all by enjoying a nice deep sleep aided by these Bluetooth sleeping eye mask headphones. They provide true HD high fidelity sound so that you can comfortably drift off with a pleasant soundtrack of your choosing.

Turn any backyard into a cinematic experience with the Anker Backyard Movie Projector. This compact, portable projector delivers up to 100-inch visuals, a 360-degree speaker, and a 4-hour battery – perfect for movie nights under the stars, no theater required!

The Stop Motion Animation Kit provides everything aspiring filmmakers need to create their own animated films. With easy-to-use tools and guides, it inspires creativity while teaching the art of stop motion. Perfect for beginners and film enthusiasts of all ages!

Increase your productivity by instantly doubling or tripling your workspace with the SideTrak swivel portable monitor. This must-have plug-and-play monitor for remote workers boasts a 12.5″ full HD screen that connects simply via a USB-C or HDMI cord.

The Fill-In Filmography will make a magnificent addition to any cinephile’s living room. This instant conversation starter divides 1,500 “must-see movies” into cinematic genres with representative films for each category while also allowing you to rate the flicks you’ve already seen.

No boss can be mad when you show up for the first day in your new role with a cup of Starbucks in each hand (one's for the boss, obviously). Treat your newly promoted pal to the gift of caffeine with this gift card.

Grab the controller for this drone and call yourself a pilot, it's time to fly! The ultralight device is fully-loaded with a 4K video camera, 12MP camera, and 3-axis gimbal. With a 31-minute flight time, you'll have plenty of time to shoot tons of footage.

Take care of the "lights!" part of "lights, camera, action" with this vintage tripod floor lamp. The showstopping piece is almost 5 feet tall and has a head that swivels to you can point its light in any direction.

This will be the best seat in the house in your home theater. The director's chair is an authentic reproduction of the one used onset. It's available in a 30-inch, 18-inch, or 24-inch height and with fabric backing in several bright colors.

Enjoy the crispest sound, active noise canceling, spatial audio, and a magic set up experience with Apple AirPods Max. All that combined with an epic battery life, comfortable headpiece and earcups, and smart removal-recognition tech and you've got a pair of headphones that'll be the last you'll ever need.

Smartphone cameras these days are really good, for indie filmmakers, they've basically eliminated the need for large expensive cameras. Especially when there's equipment like this out there, which offers a stable, level, and multi-functional way to capture all kinds of angles and perspectives. It's got compatibility with tripod plates, too!

More often than not, gimbals are responsible for those cool motion-stabilized shots you see on TikTok. Put that power in a filmmaker's hands with this handheld and you'll take their art to new heights, maybe literally. It's compatible with smartphones of all kinds, has a Bluetooth remote, face/object tracking, 600-degree auto-rotation, and more!

For more than a decade Save the Cat has been regarded as THE must-read, must-consult, game-changing book for aspiring and existing filmmakers. The book teaches more than story structure, it teaches nuance and other oft-forgotten or overlooked techniques that are the difference between a script getting read or hitting the slush pile.

DSLR cameras are an indie filmmaker's best friend and their babies, so they gotta treat them with care. This backpack has pads, pockets, and compartments galore to keep everything secure and safe. It can hold a camera, a couple of lenses, extra batteries, a flash, and more with ease.

Filmmaking has evolved quite a bit in the last ten years and this book rises to the task of educating filmmakers at all levels. The book goes beyond techniques for making certain genres of film and shooting video into topics like the business aspects of filmmaking, how to get movies onto streaming platforms, and understanding formats.

In the sport of movie trivia, filmmakers are cutthroat when it comes to being competitive. The card-based game Cinephile puts their know-how to the test and goes beyond the things that everybody knows into things like Steve Buscemi bit parts and Sean Connery's lesser-known parts for a brain-racking good time.