How do filmmakers make money in the film industry?

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One day I hope to study film and become a screenwriter/director. I don’t know much about the film industry quite yet, so that’s why I plan on getting into a good film program in college. I have only one concern: how do filmmakers such as producers, screenwriters, and directors make money from their films? How do independent filmmakers make money?

They make their money because they are essential to the film making process. When there movies get distributed, they get a cut of what the movie makes, just like the actors