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This week we are chatting with Starr Long. Starr is a game developer, a long time collaborator with Richard Garriott at the companies Origin Systems, Destination Games, Portalarium and The Acceleration Agency since 2019. Starr was the original director of the early multiplayer game Ultima Online, he spent time as an executive producer at The Walt Disney Company, where he created and managed several educational games and apps for Club Penguin and the Disney Connected Learning platform. He was listed as one of the Top 20 Most Influential People in the Massively Multiplayer Online Game industry. And he is currently launching a new venture which just premiered at SXSW.

Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand

Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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Kristi Shimek is an editor known for TV Shows and films like Falling for Christmas, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and Looking Glass among others. Most recently, Kristi was an editor on the feature film from Lionsgate "Invitation to a Murder" which just came out on April 25.

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This week's guest is Brian Satterwhite! Brian's music has been featured in over one hundred and sixty short and feature films. He’s one 12 gold medals and 4 silver medals from the Park City Music Festival. Brian has also composed scores for silent films which are screened with live performances by the Dallas Chamber Symphony including Metropolis (1927), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), the Buster Keaton short film The Scarecrow (1920), and the Harold Lloyd feature A Sailor-Made Man (1921) which was a finalist for a Jerry Goldsmith Award.

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Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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Joe Castro is a Director, Producer, and Special Effects Artist. He started his career when he was only 15. He’s won over  46 awards in producing, directing, and creating special effects.

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Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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This week, Jeff and Andrew chat with the cast and crew of the short film "A Gift For All Ages" about their creative journeys, their process with making the film and so much more.

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Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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This week Rebekah Kennedy joins the show! She can be seen guest starring in tv shows such as Law & Order SVU, Criminal Minds, and Station 19. She has also worked along side Nicolas Cage in Season of The Witch, Mark Boone Junior in Street Level, and Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves in Netflix’s To The Bone. She can also be seen starring in the horror films House Hunting and Bastard. Most recently she worked with Breaking Bad’s RJ Mitte in The Unseen and Sean O’ Bryan in The Veil.

Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand

Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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This week's guest is a director, screenwriter, producer, author, and co-founded the popular film festival Slamdance. That is Dan Mirvish! From starting the iconic film festival to predicting how distribution will evolve in the coming years, Dan shares a wealth of information with his insightful stories.

Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand

Produced by: Jeff Weber

Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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From climbing Mount Everest to living close to chimpanzees for his documentaries, this filmmaker has quite the unique experience and career journey. That is Andy Cockrum! Andy shares a wealth of insight from being an impromptu stuntman on a Texas Chainsaw movie to how he captures his unique documentaries.

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Produced by: Jeff Weber

Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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You've heard his musical scores on TV networks like CBS, ABC, TLC, and The History Channel along with this show! Yes, the mastermind behind the music you hear every episode and from Jeff and Andrew's recent films joins us today to chat all things music, recklessly moving to LA to follow his dreams, and so much more. That is Stephen D Bennett!

See the Christmas film Stephen was a part of here: https://agiftforallagesfilm.com/

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Produced by: Jeff Weber

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Welcome, Peter Saltzman! He is a music composer, writer, and author, and has most recently stepped into the production field. He makes unique and diverse musical compositions and has worked at notable colleges like Columbia College in Chicago. From chatting about his early days when he first picked up an instrument to his new television show he's producing, Peter is a fountain of knowledge.

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Produced by: Jeff Weber

Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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Lisa deSouza, founder and creator of SCIFF (Santa Clarita International Film Festival) joins the show to chat about her upbringing, how she got into the tech world, her days in New York as an off-Broadway actor, and most importantly, why and how she founded her own film festival that is growing every year.

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Produced by: Jeff Weber

Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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Stacia Crawford, an actor turned producer turned director joins the show. Stacia began directing in 2018 and in that time has directed several feature films that premiered on Netflix, Hulu, Lifetime, Tubi, UpTV, and much more. Stacia shares insights into how she shot multiple episodes of a TV show location on one day, her signature directing style, and much more! Make sure to follow and subscribe to be notified when we release new weekly shows.

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Produced by: Jeff Weber

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This week's guest has been a part of some of your favorite movies like Hoop Dreams, Stop Making Sense, Pumping Iron, A Room with a View and much more! That is filmmaker and marketer/distributor Ira Deutchman. He chats all things from making a film to how they get sold and distributed. 

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Produced by: Jeff Weber

Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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Gary Clarke (The Virginian, Get Smart, Gunsmoke, The A Team, Tombstone)  joins the show! He shares a lot of great stories like his memorable Tonight Show appearance with Johnny Carson, his early days disguising himself as a writer on a TV show, and much more!

To get Gary's book, go here and ask for Wendy: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealGaryClarke/

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Produced by: Jeff Weber

Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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Whether you know her from her eight musical albums or from her roles in popular projects like Spy Kids and Sin City, one thing is for sure... Patricia Vonne brings her all this episode as our special guest, sharing stories from her early childhood, how performing concerts in Europe is vastly different than America, and so much more.

Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand

Produced by: Jeff Weber

Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

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Barry Corbin (Urban Cowboy, War Games, Northern Exposure, No Country for Old Men, Yellowstone) joins the show to chat about his days doing theater in Chicago and New York, other actors he knew like Gregory Peck and Ernest Borgnine, how he transitioned to writing radio in LA and then moving into film and television.

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Produced by: Jeff Weber

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