"Invaluable! It fast-tracked my efforts 10-fold!"- Ronnie B.

Do you want to get your documentary made as soon as possible?

Too many documentary pitches and proposals are unprofessional, lack the correct information and turn off wealthy donors and potential funders right at the start.

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Documentary Proposal / Pitch Deck Template Pack

The Documentary Proposal / Pitch Deck Template Pack is a comprehensive tool that helps you pitch your documentary project to potential major funding partners including corporations, private investors and foundations.

Created by award-winning documentary team Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller, they've raised more than $1.6-million for their documentary projects. 

Together, Hank and Jilann are giving you their best strategies, proposal & pitch deck templates, writing samples and fundraising letter templates all packaged into ONE easy-to-follow system to help you create a money-winning pitch.




Step-by-Step Tutorials, Templates and Samples

  • Video Tutorials

    A 15-part video series takes you step-by-step through the proposal writing process, whether it's to a small foundation, investor or a major documentary funder.

  • Templates & Samples

    You get a pre-formatted 44-page proposal template, three pitch deck templates, fundraising letters and a real-world money-winning proposal sample to use as reference to craft your own proposal. Now includes Canva Pitch Deck Templates!

  • Worksheets

    Helpful worksheets and prompts take you step by step through each section of the proposal to help you write a money-winning pitch.

Imagine putting together a documentary pitch that helps you bring in tens of thousands of dollars (or MORE!). How much is that worth?

Even if the proposal pack just helped raise an extra $1,000, $5,000 or $10,000, your small investment has easily paid for itself!

What To Expect

Immediately after logging in, you can instantly access and download the proposal & pitch deck templates, worksheets and fundraising letters.

Watch a short welcome video from the instructor who will then take you step-by-step through the Non-Fiction Core Application, the industry-standard application form used by most major documentary funders, including ITVS, Sundance, Tribeca and many more. 

You'll learn exactly what to put in each section of your pitch for maximum impact. 

By the end of this class, you will have a professional, ready-to-submit proposal and pitch deck that can be adapted for any funder or application!

What You Get

  • NEW! Two (2) Documentary Pitch Deck Templates (Canva) 16-18 Slides each

  • Quick Start/Pre-Formatted 44-page Documentary Proposal Template (Multiple Formats: Google Doc, docx, iPages) - New! Now includes Canva Template

  • 15-Part Video Series (Step-By-Step Proposal Writing Tutorials)

  • Non-Fiction Core Application Proposal Sample PDF

  • 4 Fundraising Letters of Interest (LOI) Samples

  • Instant/Lifetime Access To All Materials

What Students Are Saying

"Clear and Easy To Follow"

by Barbara Altemus

"The course is very clear and easy to follow. I wish I had the course before writing the Sundance proposal but I am grateful that I found it before we turned it in. Thank you for creating a guide for filmmakers that is truly needed and so very appreciated."

"Thorough and Inspiring"

Bart Erbach

"So grateful to have this resource. I can't imagine how I would have gotten this kind of overview and knowledge otherwise. It was simple, easy to follow, thorough and inspiring."

"Truly Priceless!"

by Ondrea Barbe

"This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for, a clear structure with a teacher with so much experience. I am only at 5%, which is CRAZY! because the course already inspired me to start my own proposal.”

"Invaluable!"

by Ronnie Braithwaite

"Invaluable! It fast-tracked my efforts 10-fold!"

"Very Helpful"

by Matthew Landfield/TimeTravlr Creative

"Excellent course. The detailed guidance through a very complex and challenging application process is very helpful."

More than... imagined!

Carlos Malache/Cinematographer

"More helpful than I could have imagined. Thanks for a great product!"

"Amazing Opportunity"

by Yvette Fintland

"Thank you for this amazing opportunity and course to help me get up to speed with my projects. I LOVE the program."

"Big Advantage"

by Kacey Cox

"I'm so happy that Desktop Documentaries put this course together. It's helping to demystify what goes into putting together a successful proposal. I've written proposals before but it was all done mostly on intuition. So to now have a framework to go on, is big advantage."

"Great learning course"

Tommy Phipps

"Very well laid out and easy to follow. And most importantly a great learning course. Anyone thinking of producing documentaries should take this course to nail all of the Core Application questions. GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME OUT THE GATE."

"Easy To Follow"

Beckie Gaskill

"It was so thorough and easy to follow. It gave me a ton of information and I liked all of the downloadable worksheets as well. It is also nice that every piece of the course was easy to pause and take notes when needed."

Meet Your Instructor

Documentary Director - Producer ​Hank Rogerson​

Hank is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with credits including SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, picked up 11 awards on the festival circuit, and was broadcast worldwide. He produced and directed HOMELAND and CIRCLE OF STORIES for National PBS.

He is the co-founder of DocuMentors and is a former professor of filmmaking at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Hank’s latest feature documentary STILL DREAMING premiered at DOCNYC and debuted nationally on PBS.

Hank has worked on a range of documentary projects—from feature docs to interactive non-fiction, from TV episodic doc shows to branded doc content. He has worked with such clients as PBS, BBC, Sundance and Discovery, and his films have twice premiered at Sundance, and been shown the world over. Work With Hank

Course curriculum

    1. Course Introduction

    2. About this Course

    1. Documentary Proposal Checklist

    2. Intro: Documentary Proposal Checklist

    1. Documentary Pitch Deck Template - Blue Theme (Canva)

    2. Documentary Pitch Deck Template - Black Theme (Canva)

    3. Documentary Pitch Deck Template - Gold Theme (Canva)

    1. READ FIRST: TEMPLATE INSTRUCTIONS

    2. Documentary Proposal Sample - "STILL DREAMING" (TEXT ONLY - PDF)

    3. Documentary Proposal Template (PDF)

    4. Documentary Proposal Template ("Live" Google Doc) - SAVE A COPY

    5. Documentary Proposal Template (Word .docx)

    6. Documentary Proposal Template (iPages)

    7. Documentary Proposal Template (CANVA)

    1. VIDEO: Log lines

    2. EXAMPLE: Log Line Examples

    3. WORKSHEET: Log Line

    4. Your Log Line

    1. INTRO: Story Summary and Synopsis

    2. VIDEO: Story Summary Part 1

    3. VIDEO: Story Summary Part 2

    4. SAMPLE: Story Summary & Synopsis

    5. WORKSHEET: Story Summary/Synopsis (Part I)

    6. WORKSHEET: Story Summary/Synopsis (Part II)

    7. Your Story Summary/Synopsis

About this course

  • 69 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

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Instant Access

The Documentary Proposal / Pitch Deck Template Pack is available immediately after purchase. Just click the red buy button and you'll be taken to a simple registration page where you'll be asked to create a password and insert your email. After that, you'll make payment and then you'll have access to the entire course and all the templates.

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