Means of Production Films works with documentary filmmakers to provide strategic advice regarding U.S. grant funding, all aspects of producing and successfully navigating the documentary film industry. We are a fee-for-service consulting business that occasionally comes onto the right project as a Producer or E.P. Tracie Holder who heads the company is a producer & U.S. film funding specialist. She is widely regarded as a “go-to” person for filmmakers seeking U.S. funding having raised more than $3 million in grants for her own projects. A longtime consultant to Women Make Movies and the Development & Funding Strategist for Abby Disney’s Fork Films, Holder leads grant writing and pitch training workshops internationally and has served on numerous funding panels.