borrowed excerpts from Gabrielle Nadig’s article Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Became an Independent Film Producer for “DEAR PRODUCER” First things first. I did not really understand what a producer did before I started doing it and I still frequently come across people in the industry who do not know or do not value what we do. So I’ll explain… There are so many great writers and directors with a vision, but there are so few people who can bring that vision to life. These skills led me to be a producer rather than a director because I loved the idea that a producer could build…