The Working Director
By Jenn Page
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The Working DirectorJun 02, 2023
How To Stop Being Afraid Of Networking - Online & Off! (with Husslup founder H Schuster)
Would you rather stick forks in your eyes than network with strangers? Do you get excited about going to an event to meet people but end up speaking only to people you already know once there? What about online? Do you know how the way to best use the tools at your disposal?
Networking is the key to success. People have to know you exist to hire you. Whether it's reconnecting with old acquaintances or making new ones, being bold and making genuine connections is a must. Join us when we talk to Husslup's founder and CEO H Schuster about all things networking and how you can better grow your network. (Episode 42)
Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
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More on H:
HUSSLUP Founder and CEO H Schuster is a senior media executive with more than 20 years of experience producing TV and leading divisions at major media companies. She founded HUSSLUP to democratize and diversify access to the entertainment industry. Prior to HUSSLUP, Schuster was Founder and CEO of Morocco Junction Entertainment, a production company financed by All3Media. Earlier, Schuster headed unscripted television for premier production companies, including Ryan Seacrest Productions, Reveille, and Shine America. Schuster helped shepherd high profile hits including the Kardashian franchises, "The Biggest Loser," "MasterChef," “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” and others. She also served as the CCO who scaled Detour, a location-aware podcasting company that was one of Apple's “Top 10 Apps” of 2016. Schuster earned a PhD in cultural studies at NYU and attended Stanford Law School. She served multiple terms on the Outfest Board of Directors, is a founding member of Chief, and is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy.
Demystifying Production Insurance (with Owner of Alan Schlaifer Insurance)
What is Production Insurance exactly? How do you get it affordably for smaller projects? What exactly do all those terms on that certificate of insurance even mean?!?!?
Production Insurance is a non-negotiable when it comes to filmmaking. You need it to rent gear. You need it to book locations. You need it to keep your crew covered. Filming without it is a risky business. We'll be joined by Alan Schlaifer who has been helping indie filmmakers get insured for over two decades. We plan to demystify production insurance and help make it more attainable for filmmakers at all levels.
(Episode 41)
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More on Alan:
You can reach Alan to ask questions or get a quote for production insurance at alan@asisfinancial.com.
Prior to starting his agency Alan Schlaifer began his career working in post-production. He moved up the ladder from the role of assistant video editor to sound designer and music editor. Recognizing that there were a number of opportunities for calamity in the production process, he transitioned into the field of production insurance. He spent a few years with the John Hart Agency to learn the ropes of handling production insurance needs. Eventually, he started ASIS Entertainment Insurance. It is interesting to note that Alan’s mother was a studio teacher who brought him to the set with her, so he has been around the industry for his entire life. From that beginning, an entry into the industry wasn’t an unexpected leap. In his early years, Alan worked as an extra, body double, hand model, on-set P.A., and assistant to a director where he experienced the production process from script to screen. Alan believes that – for better or for worse – every frame of film offers a learning opportunity. If the worst happens, you want the comfort of knowing that your insurance policy covers the solution.
How Do You Direct Non-Scripted TV? (with TV director Steve Abramson)
Until you find a groove getting hired for narrative projects, most directors make their money in the non-scripted world. How can you make the most from your time doing non-scripted work? How can you help your interview subjects feel at ease? How do you know what b-roll to film? How can you keep your set running smoothly? And how does all of that translate to your narrative film work? We’ll talk about all that and more with TV director Steve Abramson on this episode of the working director podcast.
(Episode 40)
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More on Steve:
Steve Abramson a multiple award-winning Television Director for over four decades.
For 16 seasons, he directed at Dr. Phil, including two episodes on location in New Orleans examining the one-year aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He also directed hundreds of segments, telling the stories of countless guests.
He has a wealth of experience directing, writing, and producing for many acclaimed television shows for NBC,CBS, Fox, A&E, Disney Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, FoodNetwork, and SyFy. His A&E Biography of the Amistad revolt leader, “Cinque: Freedom Fighter,” was nominated for the prestigious NAACP Image Award.
Other credits include Sightings, A&E Top 10, Disney’s American Teacher Awards, CBS Morning News, The Christopher Lowell Show, Name Your Adventure, and Calling All Cooks. He’s earned one Emmy nomination along the way.
He’s been an active member of the DGA for 30+ years and the PGA for 20+ years. He’s also been a member of the Television Academy for over 30 years, where he served on the Directors Peer Group Executive Committee and the Primetime Awards Committee for nearly 10 years. He’s also moderated the "Directing For Television" panel for the annual TV Academy Faculty Seminar, and judged candidates for the Academy Foundation’s esteemed Intern program.
Steve is most proud and fortunate to have interviewed nearly 80 television pioneers for the TV Academy’s prestigious oral history project, The Interviews, including Steve Binder, Pat Boone, Mark Burnett, Jonathan Murray, Richard Chamberlain, Dick Enberg, Tom Freston, Louis J. Horvitz, Arthur Hiller, Cliff Robertson, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Suzanne Somers, Adam West, Patty Duke and Larry King.
039: The Director - Colorist Relationship
When should you start talks with your colorist? How can you best help them understand your vision? What's the best pipeline to go from production through all of post until color? We'll cover that and more in this episode with Film & TV Colorist Tashi Trieu (Avataar 2: The Way of The Water).
(Episode 39)
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MORE ON TASHI:
Tashi Trieu is a film and television colorist and finishing artist with over 10 years of experience in post-production. He’s worked on everything from indie features to tentpole studio films like Avatar: The Way of Water, The Jungle Book, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He’s taught color grading and color science at film schools around the world and co-authored Modern Post, a handbook on post-production finishing. In his spare time he’s an avid bicyclist.
Tashi's Website: https://tashitrieu.com/
Read the article we speak of in the episode: https://divfx.tashitrieu.com/
038: How Do You Direct Live TV? (with filmmaker Sharon Everitt)
How do you direct live TV? Whether 21 cameras or three, a live audience or not, there are so many considerations that differ from narrative filmmaking. What are those things? Filmmaker Sharon Everitt shares how she does it on this episode.
(Episode 38)
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MORE ON SHARON:
SHARON EVERITT is a 3-time Emmy nominee and has directed over 100 episodes of television, including “That’s My Time with David Letterman” on Netflix, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC, NBC’s “World of Dance”, and NBC’s “A Little Late with Lilly Singh”. Sharon is also an accomplished narrative writer/director whose projects frequent the film festival circuit. Her 2019 musical comedy “Brentwood” played dozens of festivals around the world and won Best Short Film at the Independent Filmmaker Showcase in Los Angeles. Sharon’s original sci-fi “Polybius” premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2019, and her sci-fi fantasy “Below the Root” was optioned by Walt Disney Pictures. Sharon began her career as a television editor, and was the Executive Producer of ABC’s long running Disney Christmas Day Parade special. She was part of NBC’s Alternative Directors Program, was named one of the “Future Women of Television” by Blackmagic Collective in 2020, and is part of the 2022 DGA Women’s Mentorship Group.
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037: How Do You Sustain A Career In Hollywood (with writer Michael Anthony Snowden)
How do you sustain a career in a business that forgets you the minute you’ve walked out the door? Writer Michael Anthony Snowden’s career took off in 1977 working with one of the biggest names in comedy, Richard Pryor. After that he wrote for the Wayans brothers on everything from In Living Color to White Chicks. So why does he still feel like every day is still a hustle to work, and what does he do to keep jobs flowing? We’ll find out that more on this episode of The Working Director.
Follow Michael on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsnowden
Michael on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811360/
(Episode 37)
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036: From Simple Mind Shift To Full Time PAID Working Director?
How can a positive mind shift help you become a working director? How do you turn your relationships into paid directing work? And how does all of that help you raise money for films? Filmmaker Jason Satterlund has done all that and he shares how a simple mind shift took him from low budget music videos to higher budget narratives.
(Episode 36)
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Jason Satterlund is an award-winning director and writer who is passionate about telling stories. Over the past 25 years, he has honed a talent for directing authentic, emotionally compelling performances. His filmmaking displays a strong visual style that carries audiences on emotional journeys. His latest feature film, “The Abandon,” won multiple awards on the film festival circuit and secured theatrical distribution through Lionsgate. He works all over the world writing and directing feature films, shorts, TV series, immersive entertainment, music videos, commercials, and documentaries, and has received international recognition. He has written and directed over 25 episodes of television, run writer’s rooms, and crafted shows for clients from the ground up. When he isn't busy directing his own projects, he enjoys teaching filmmaking workshops, shaping the filmmakers of the future.
Jason's Sizzle Reel:
https://vimeo.com/783126488/892a9c04f2
Jason's latest film, "The Abandon," trailer:
His YouTube page with multiple how-to videos, BTS videos and other works:
https://www.youtube.com/JasonSatterlundDirector
035: How Do You Fund Your Own Films (with filmmaker Alexandra Boylan)
How do I get money for my own projects? I get asked that question more than any other. The problem is there's no rule book or guide that works 100 percent of the time. You could raise 700k for one, be a success financially, and still struggle to do the next. That's why we are going to bring you several interviews this year from filmmakers who have done it. We'll ask them how they did it and get some new tactics to try.
First up is filmmaker Alexandra Boylan. She's raised money for 8 feature films, and all have made their money back. How did she do it? We ask her in today's episode.
(Episode 35)
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More on Alexandra:
Alexandra Boylan
Producer, Writer, Actor
Co-Founder The Boylan Sisters Films
Alexandra Boylan an award winning filmmaker was born and raised in Georgetown, Massachusetts, where she first began her exploration into acting, which led her to relocate to Los Angeles. Utilizing the skills obtained on dozens of movie sets and harnessing the passion that fuels her, she formed her own production company “The Boylan Sisters”. “Catching Faith” had a two year run on Netflix and was on the shelves of Wal-Mart, and is currently streaming on Hulu and Amazon Prime. The sequel Catching Faith 2 released in 2019. Her film “Wish For Christmas” sold to Pure Flix Entertainment and Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Her script “Switched” was awarded the winner of the Kiaros Pro MovieGuide award for best screenplay, the film released Sept, 4th 2020 receiving rave reviews.
“The Greatest Inheritance” released in March of 2022. And her new teen girl film “Identity Crisis” which shot on location at Grand Canyon University will release in 2023.
She also produced the films “Home Sweet Home” and “At Your Own Risk.” Alexandra is the author of “Create Your Own Career in Hollywood: Advice from a struggling actress who became a successful producer” available in Kindle and Print on Amazon.
She is an active member of Woman in Film Los Angeles. Where she served on the WIF PSA Board.
Alexandra is the Outreach Coordinator for Ms In The Biz, and co-collaborator of the book “Thriving in Hollywood.”
Website: https://theboylansisters.com/
Her films, including At Your Own Risk, are available on Tubi, Amazon Freevee, Roku Channel, and on store shelves.
Her book "Create Your own Career in Hollywood" on amazon.
034: What Is Script Coverage & Why Is It Important? (with Writer Heather Ostrove)
What is script coverage and why is it so important? When should you even send your script for coverage? How do you build out character breakdowns or break out your script's story? We'll get into all that on this episode with writer Heather Ostrove.
(Episode 34)
Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
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More on Heather:
Screenwriter Heather Ostrove has written projects for numerous production companies and studios, including Crypt TV, Netflix, and Cre8tive Consortium. Specializing in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Heather focuses on female protagonists who deal with real-life struggles while facing out-of-this-world situations! Her scripts have received multiple 8s on the Black List and won/placed in the Austin Film Festival, the Creative World Awards, and the PAGE Awards. Originally from Silver Spring, Maryland, Heather moved to Los Angeles to earn her MFA in filmmaking. After graduating, she gained experience in post-production, coordinating and editing EPK packages and marketing featurettes for feature films, including the Academy Award winning “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Anna Karenina,” and “Moonrise Kingdom.” As a writer at Breakdown Services, Heather read countless scripts and wrote detailed character breakdowns for the project’s Casting Director. With an innate understanding of structure, tone, and character, Heather provides detailed and invaluable coverage services to both production companies and writers!
Website - Click here to hire Heather for Coverage
033: How Do You Prep As A Director? (With Filmmaker Soma Helmi)
How do you shot list? How do you breakdown character arcs? How do you prep with your DP and department heads? Those questions and more will be answered on this episode with filmmaker Soma Helmi as we talk all things director prep!
(Episode 33)
Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
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More on Soma:
Born to an Indonesian father and a Polish mother, Soma Helmi hails from Bali and directed all 20 episodes of Season 3 of Snapchat‘s original series The Dead Girls Detective Agency. The series is produced by Keshet Media and Insurrection Media.
She worked frequently with Catherine Hardwicke as a creative consultant. Soma most recently consulted for Ms. Hardwicke on her feature Mafia Mamma (2022) for Bleecker Street and as a creative consultant on her Quibi Series Don’t Look Deeper. Soma’s work has screened at Sundance, Hollyshorts, Outfest and Amazon’s New Voices Film Festival among many others.
Soma began her career working as an Art Director for J. Walter Thompson in Jakarta, where her clients were Unilever and Pfizer. She would go on to direct commercial spots for Google, Klondike, Nike, Chevrolet, and Campbell’s.
She is a 2021 Paramount Viewfinder Directors Program fellow and was named one of the “8 directors to watch” by Alliance of Women Directors. Soma is on the 2021 CAPE List x Blacklist and created Blackmagic Collective’s Breakthrough Initiative for BIPOC TV writers and directors.
Instagram: @SomaHelmi
Website: somahelmi.com
032: How Do You Get Your First Feature Film (with Filmmaker Kristin Fairweather)
How do you get your first feature film? How do you nurture relationships to get the first (and the second...and third...and fourth...)? How does social media come in to play for all of it? And so much more! Filmmaker Kristin Fairweather is fresh off her 5th feature and we are going to share how she got her films so you can start getting yours!
(Episode 32)
Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
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More on Kristin:
Kristin Fairweather is an award-winning, independent filmmaker whose experience in politics, advocacy, and women’s empowerment creates a unique lens for her critically-acclaimed work.
Kristin holds a Master’s degree in Politics from University of Pennsylvania and served as a senior campaign strategist and Gubernatorial appointee. She is an avid supporter of the nationally recognized Girls on the Run program and other initiatives promoting equity and inclusivity. This background informs Kristin’s cinematic perspective as an accomplished director, writer, and producer of successful film, television, and commercial work.
Kristin is currently in development on a documentary feature “Breathing Underwater: America’s Invisible Women”, which was a finalist for the ScreenCraft Film Fellowship. She has directed five features, most recently “Infamously in Love”, now playing on UPtv. In addition to her directing work, Kristin produced three critically-acclaimed independent films.
Kristin was selected by Sony Pictures as one of the first filmmakers in their Sony Alpha Female Creative Residency. She was also a shadowing director on Fox’s “911” during her fellowship in Ryan Murphy’s HALF directing program. Additionally, Kristin has directed several short films and high-profile commercials. Kristin's award-winning short film “Grace” premiered at HollyShorts and went on to play at film festivals across the country. Her work has been supported by Tribeca, Film Independent, IFP, Sony and Netflix Find Your Voice.
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031: How do you overcome overwhelm and burnout?
Overwhelm and burnout can make you quit things you love, have full mental breakdowns on those you love, and even make you literally sick. How can you avoid it and be more productive?
In this first solo episode with your host Jenn Page, she'll give you some tips and tricks to overcome it all.
Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
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030: How Can Working With a Music Supervisor Level Up Your Film? (with Music Supervisor Jennifer Smith)
What is a music supervisor and how would working with one level up your film? How do you know a music supervisor would be helpful for your project? How do you know WHICH supervisor is right for your project?
We learn that and SO much more in this episode of The Working Director with music supervisor Jennifer Smith.
Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
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Petition to help Music Supervisors go union: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-the-amptp-to-recognize-music-supervisors-union/
Jennifer Smith is a Los Angeles-based music supervisor who has worked in the film / tv / media industry for over a decade. She started her career as part of the music teams for major network shows such as Dancing With The Stars (ABC), The Ellen Degeneres Show (WB), and America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV). Her love of music and the exploding media landscape guided her to join the Kobalt Music synchronization team to creatively pitch and clear music with networks, studios, music supervisors, production companies, and new media companies. Her time at Kobalt gave her extensive and broad experience in the synchronization world, dealing with all stakeholders in the creative and business process including record labels, songwriters, producers, musicians, managers, and marketing teams. After seven years at Kobalt, Jennifer went back to her first love of content and storytelling and joined the music team on ABC’s reboot of American Idol. After that show’s first season, she was inspired in 2018 to launch her own music supervision company, “Rat Dance Party.” Rat Dance Party specializes in Film, TV (scripted and non-scripted), and new media (especially podcasts). With Rat Dance Party Jennifer has worked on projects produced by Showtime, Netflix, Viacom, Shorts TV, Amazon, Pluto TV, NBC, Voltage Pictures, Indican Productions, and many more. She recently worked on Season 2 of “Why Women Kill” (CBS), MTV Cribs (Paramount+), Netflix’s “Deadly Illusions” and is currently working on the documentary “Proud In A Pandemic,” “Behind The Music”, “Hollow’s Bend: The Radio Play” and many other upcoming projects. Recently elected to the Board of the Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS), Jennifer is also a member of the Television Academy, Women In Film, Women In Media, Women In Music, and the Recording Academy. She is also one of the organizing members of the union efforts.
Website: https://linktr.ee/Ratdanceparty
IG: @rat_dance_party
029: How can understanding your birth chart help you succeed as a director? (with Author/Coach Bonnie Gillespie)
This is not our typical deep dive into the craft or biz of directing, but it just might help you be more successful in both!
How can knowing about your birth chart and all that goes with it help your film career? How can you take a little more control in circumstances that you usually have little control? Open your mind and you might get something really cool from this episode.
Author and Coach Bonnie Gillespie tells us about her new company Chart Harmony and how it's been helping creatives like you thrive in Hollywood. We'll also dig into my chart a bit so I'm keeping on my promises about getting more personal in the podcast.
Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
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Bonnie Gillespie is living her dreams by helping others figure out how to live theirs. As a weekly columnist, she began demystifying the casting process for actors in 1999. Her most popular book is Self-Management for Actors, the curriculum upon which much of her teaching is based. As a producer and Emmy-honored casting director, Bonnie specializes in indie darlings. Whether casting, coaching, or exploring the woo as The Astrologer's Daughter, she is passionate about leaving this world better than she found it. Bonnie lives by the beach on unceded ancestral Tongva land with her partner, Keith Johnson, the luckiest man in the world.
Check out everything Bonnie has to offer to help you succeed in this biz by visiting: bonniegillespie.com
Their flagship program that will help you have a kick ass next year: Get in Gear for the Next Tier will kick off early next year.
To learn more about and/or get your chart done check out: chartharmony.com
IG: @Bonnie.Gillespie / @ChartHarmony
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028: VFX Tech - What Do You Need To Know to Direct?
Is it your dream to direct on an LED stage (like The Mandalorian)?
How do you choose between LED wall and green screen?
How do you know what to prep before you go to set?
How do you decide the shots you can lose to save money on VFX later?
What about using the tech for your driving scenes so you don’t have to take it to the streets?
Can all of this help you shoot your low budget sci-fi or make it harder?
Let’s talk VFX tech and what you need to know before you get to set. Filmmaker Marco Ragozzino shares his experience working in VFX and how you can make your film happen, even if you don’t have a big budget. More importantly, he’ll share what you need to know to be hired to direct these VFX shows.
Those questions and more will be answered on this episode of The Working Director. Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
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Marco Ragozzino
Bitten by the filmmaking bug at an early age, Marco Ragozzino grew up making all kinds of weird and imaginative short films using whatever tools were available at the time - VHS cameras, scale models, and classmates willing to lend a hand. From there, Marco went on to study film & animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, eventually relocating to Los Angeles upon graduation.
His interest in creating wild and whimsical worlds, in addition to needing a regular paycheck, led him down the path of Visual Effects production. He has produced visual effects for sequences in films and TV shows such as Ready Player One, Men in Black: International, IT: Chapter 2, the Mandalorian and the upcoming "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" (Warner / DC) and Slumberland (Netflix). His filmmaking heroes include DIY mavericks such as Roger Corman, Lloyd Kaufman, and George Lucas.
Links:
Website: marcovisionstudios.com
027: How Do You Create A #1 Hit Narrative Fiction Podcast Series? (with Filmmaker Jenny Curtis)
How do you make a compelling series without any moving images?
How do you direct name talent like Helen Hunt and Alan Cumming?
How do you direct a series like this at all?
How do you use marketing to become number 1 in fiction podcasts?
Those questions and more will be answered on this episode of The Working Director.
Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
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Jenny Curtis is a podcast director, producer, host & creator with CurtCo Media. She directed, produced and acted in the hit audio drama SOLAR, which hit #1 in science fiction on the apple charts and amassed over 1 million downloads within three months of release. As host of Hollywood Unscripted, she interviewed such filmmakers and talent as Lee Daniels, Alfred Molina, Julie Taymor, D’Arcy Carden, Chris Columbus, and more. A Moment of Your Time, created by Jenny, provided a platform for contributors around the globe to share daily pieces of creative expression in a celebration of individualism, artistry, and hope.
She is a company member/Media director with the immersive theater company, The Speakeasy Society. With the company has performed in “The Johnny Cycle”, “The Johnny Cycle: The Living”, “Wild Party”, “Ebenezer: An Immersive Internet Spectacular 2021”.
Trained with a BFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Jenny is a SAG/AFTRA actress who has appeared in TV and film such as: Modern Family, Any Bullet Will Do opposite Bruce Davison, and Postpartum opposite Danielle Harris (taking home “Best Actress” from The International Horror Hotel Festival). Additionally, Jenny has worked behind the scenes in film, digital, music videos, commercials, animation, theater, and casting.
Website: Solarthepodcast.com/listen
Solar Twitter/Instagram/Facebook: @solarthepodcast
Jenny Twitter/Instagram: @thejennycurtis
026: How Do You Get Clients As a Director (with Filmmaker Stacy Singh)
How do you ditch the horrible feeling of waiting for the phone to ring to be told you've been hired? The best way is to go get your own clients, create your own work, and start getting paid now. Director/Actor Stacy Singh shares how she's been getting clients for herself since she's been Los Angeles.
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025: How Do You Get A Director's Agent (with Agent Sara Alexander)
How do you get repped as a director? What kind of credits are agents looking for? How do you best reach out and keep in touch? How do you know an agent is right for you? How do you know if you are even ready for an agent? Those questions and more will be answered in this live Q&A discussion with director Jenn Page and Agent & Owner of Alexander Creatives Sara Alexander.
Sara Alexander is the owner of Alexander Creatives, representing artists for film, television, commercials, branded entertainment and new media. Alexander Creatives represents Directors, Producers, and Writers, as well as DPs, Production Designers, Costume Designers, Editors and 1st ADs.
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The Working Director: Helping Emerging Filmmakers Become Working Directors Faster.
The Working Director Podcast is back! Every episode will be dedicated to helping you grow your craft, break through mindset blocks, or give tips to get paid to be a working director faster. Hosted by director Jenn Page. For more help with your directing career apply to be in our accelerator that takes you from where you currently are to where you want to be or join our free facebook community by visiting TheWorkingDirector.Pro.
024: Indie Film Team Talk: Skyman (with Dan Myrick)
Is self-proclaimed alien "experiencer", Carl Merryweather, on the path to filming his own alien abduction? Or is he just another crackpot looking for fame and fortune? Carl himself may not be completely sure, but he is on a mission to find the answer. And that mission ends at the very spot in the desert where it all began almost 30 years ago...a chance meeting with an alien he calls the "Skyman”.
Shot docu style to make the film feel more immediate, unpredictable and above all, intimate. Learn how the creative team pulled off the film and how the director most known for “The Blair Witch” project is pushing to create new, authentic content.
Film Team:
Daniel Myrick (Director/Writer)
Nicolette Sweeney (“Gina”)
Michael Selle (“Carl”)
Hosted by Jenn Page
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023: Indie Film Team Talks: Last Call
Intuitive Filmmaker Podcast and Blackmagic Collective Present
Film Team Talks: Last Call
"Last Call" follows a suicidal alcoholic on the anniversary of his son’s death. When he attempts to call a crisis hotline, a misdial connects him with a single mother working as the night janitor at a local community college. The split screen feature showcases both characters in real-time as they navigate a life-changing conversation.
The film was shot with two camera crews in different parts of the city at the same time. The actors were acting over the phone with one another in order to create the film in a true single take. The film's score was recorded live in a single take also to preserve the vision of an authentic single take experience. Come learn what it took to pull off such a feat!
Film Team:
Gavin Michael Booth, Writer / Director
Daved Wilkins, Writer / Lead
Sarah Booth, Lead
Seth Wessel-Estes , Cinematographer
Hosted by Jenn Page
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022: Indie Film Team Talks: The Cypher
Intuitive Filmmaker Podcast & Blackmagic Collective Present:
"The Cypher"
With his reputation and a potential record deal on the line, Khalil confronts his opponent Yung Reap and defends his secret during a freestyle competition.
Film Team:
Letia Solomon - Director
Wes Awkuobi - Writer
Ben Cory Jones – Executive Producer
Anne Brashier - Producer
C. Craig - Producer
Letia Solomon and her team for The Cypher were selected to premiere in the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival April 15-26, 2020. When the festival was postponed due to the global pandemic, their dreams were stalled, but that didn’t stop them. Tribeca turned to an exclusive online format and her team sought a public relations firm to get more eyes on the film. In true independent film spirit, they turned the exclusive platform around and was able to gain some success during such an uncertain time. Since then, The Cypher has been featured in CAA Moebius's Short Showcase and selected in the American Black Film Festival's HBO Competition in August 2020.
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021: Film Team Talks: Delicate State
2nd of 5 live podcasts with indie film talks. Today's film is "Delicate State."
Shot over the course of their actual pregnancy with cast doubling as 2-man crew, Paula and Charlie document their impending parenthood during a time of extreme political division. Their heads remain in the sand about the greater world around them until it upends their privileged life. Now they face a situation Instagram never prepared them for, but that women all over the world face daily - bringing life into a country torn apart by war.
Intuitive Discussion: Independence
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020: Film Team Talks: Playing with Beethoven
Our first in a series of 5 live podcasts with indie film talks. First up is "Playing with Beethoven."
The day before a life-changing competition, a young concert pianist is lured away from the security of his practice space under the spell of a free-spirited young woman and learns that life, like his music, is all about taking risks.
All the music was played by the actors and recorded LIVE on set. The film was made on a very small budget with a tiny crew and a large cast. Learn what it took to get the film made in this episode of Film Team Talks.
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019: Working with Actors from the Actor Perspective (Guest: Senta Moses)
SENTA MOSES MIKAN is known best from her role on "My So-Called Life," but you have seen her face all over from TV to commercials to film. Host Jenn Page and Senta dive into the director/actor relationship, how far you can go for research on a character, and what it takes to be calm in the chaos even if you are the type to never sit still.
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SENTA MOSES MIKAN has been in show business since she was six months old. She kicked off her career in Chicago with a diaper commercial showcasing her naked bottom. At seven, she landed the role of “Molly” in the National Touring Company of Annie. While in high school, Senta co-starred in the blockbuster films, Home Alone and Home Alone 2, as “Tracy McCallister”. Senta has guest starred on numerous shows including Faking It, Jane The Virgin, NCIS, Greek, Castle, The Mentalist, Rizzoli & Isles, and Everybody Loves Raymond. She’s incredibly proud of her work on the Emmy Award winning Beakman’s World, as “Phoebe” the lab assistant, which is currently in syndication all over the world. Senta has appeared in the feature films Ten Years Later, Can’t Hardly Wait, D.C. Cab, and Boiler Maker, just to name a few. Despite her continuous work, most of Senta’s fans know her best from My So-Called Life, in which she played “Delia Fisher”. And this Spring, Senta can be seen in Hulu’s limited series, Little Fires Everywhere. You can check her out on twitter @sentamosesmikan. Or google her, to see what else she’s worked on…And that sounded kind of dirty. Twitter: @SentaMosesMikan. https://demoreel.com/senta-moses-mikan
018: Working With VFX PLUS Obtaining Sponsorship (Guest: John Parenteau)
John Parenteau has worked in nearly every aspect of filmmaking, including cinematography, visual effects, writing, producing and directing. Host Jenn Page and John dive into why VFX shouldn't be scary to any filmmaker, the best practices for approaching companies for sponsorship, and learning to be content with the journey your film career is on.
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John’s entertainment career spans over thirty years during which he has worked in nearly every aspect of filmmaking, including cinematography, visual effects, writing, producing and directing. With the unique skillset that allows him to bridge the creative and business arenas, John has both managed companies as well as led artistic teams. He won an Emmy Award in 1995 for his work on Star Trek: Voyager, and has supervised or produced visual effects on such wide ranging projects as Hunger Games, Oceans 8 and Iron Man. Lucamaxpictures.com and Trade-Craft.org and BlackmagicCollective.com
017: Directing a Feature in Five Days: Prep, Working with Actors, and Trusting Your Intuition. (Guest: Kate Rees Davies)
Kate Rees Davies is a director with experience in narrative features, short films, music videos, and commercials. She is also an instructor of directing at UCLA and recently selected as one of 6 directors for the "Future Women of TV" Initiative.
Host Jenn Page and Kate dive into their experiences directing a feature in five days. Some topics include: how to work with actors even under the gun, how to make the most out of the time you have on set to get the best picture, and how preparation and your intuition are the keys to it all. If you are thinking about shooting your passion project in a short amount of time, this is a must listen to before you even start to prep.
Intuitive Conversation: Abundance. “There is no pie. Anyone can do what they want to. The only thing stepping in their way is themselves.”
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Kate Rees Davies is an award-winning director with experience in narrative features, short films, music videos and commercials. A directing graduate of UCLA, her love and enthusiasm of the craft of filmmaking is infectious. Six of her shorts have screened at Cannes. Kate was one of the first independent filmmakers to shoot on 4K with the Sony F65 and as a result, has had her work distributed on the Sony 4K TV. Kate wants to transition into directing for Television and recently shadowed Jill Solloway on Transparent Season 5. Kate came to LA to eventually direct Marvel Features and her ultimate goal is to direct a James Bond Movie. She currently teaches directing at UCLA.
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016: Using Social Media to Grow Your Network Beyond Your Current Circle (Guest: Sarah J. Eagen)
Sarah J. Eagen is a SAG-AFTRA Actor and Pre-WGA Writer who was recently selected by Blackmagic Collective as one of the “Future Women of TV.” She has successfully gotten meetings with TV writers, connected with Showrunners, and even booked a role on a major TV show all through networking.
Host Jenn Page and Sarah dive in how to grow your network by blind reaching out to people you don’t know. She gives advice on how to build a relationship that is genuine, when and how to ask for the coffee meet up, and why none of it should feel scary. She also talks about scriptwriting and how to be an original voice, as well as how to approach scripts from both the actor and writer POVs.
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A writer and actor focused on television, Sarah J. Eagen was a head writer on the new sci fi audio drama anthology "The Veil" from Voxx Studios, writing 4 episodes with unique settings and characters in season 1. She was hired to write a holiday feature film in the fall of 2019, and she co-wrote, produced, and acted in the short Soledad, starring Frankie Loyal of “Mayans, M.C.,” which screened on the Disney lot at the end of 2018.
In 2019, Eagen’s pilots were chosen as a Humanitas NEW VOICES semifinalist, a top ten finalist in the Stage 32 TV Writing Contest, and two pilots were 2nd rounders at the Austin Film Festival. She was also a semifinalist (top 6%) for the 2019 NBC Writers on the Verge program with her Good Girls spec. Previously, her pilots have placed as semifinalists in the 2018 NYTVF Script Comp, as a finalist for the WAN Writers Workshop in 2019, and for the Women in Film/Blacklist Episodic lab in the fall of 2017. One of her parody scripts was performed live by the Parsec award-nominated podcast Once Upon a Wine in 2018. She is a monthly contributor to the online journal Ms in the Biz, where she writes about breaking into writing for TV with advice and resources for writers as well as interviewing prominent showrunners.
Read her full bio and watch her work here: SarahJEagen.com
015: Being Authentically You IS Your Brand: Let Go of the Ideal You and Just Be You! (Guest: Joy Donnell)
Joy Donnell is producer, an international speaker, author and activist who shares insight about branding, digital media and public image.
As a filmmaker you are always told to be aware of your brand, know your niche, be careful what you say and do, and so on. This week's guest Joy Donnell blows that all up. Host Jenn Page and Joy discuss how being authentically yourself IS your brand. They dive into how to use your humanity to build your personal brand, how to release yourself from the social media hamster wheel, how being authentically you finds your niche audience, and how to lean into the joy even in dark times. Instead of thinking what do I want to get this minute shift your thinking to what do I want to leave in the world.
Intuitive Conversation: Independence. Own your own life. Become independent of what you think you are supposed to do or caring what people think about you.
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Joy Donnell is a producer, cultural strategist, author and activist dedicated to creating media that builds cultural legacy. She believes in owning your power and for Joy, power is owning your voice, image, narrative, influence and intentions. Joy’s work actively combines publicity, content strategy and media to build legacy and expand awareness. Her storytelling expertise touches all of her work as she brings that insight to content strategy and content creation. When she isn’t behind the camera creating editorials and fashion films as a producer, she steps in front of the camera as a model and spokesperson. Joy is Chief Visionary of SUPERJOY Media and co-founder of luxury lifestyle platform, Vanichi. In 2018, she established the Center for Intersectional Media and Entertainment [CIME] alongside Munika Lay and Dr. Nicole Haggard. As an international speaker, Joy shares her insight about branding, digital media and public image. Joy has guest lectured at UCLA’s School of Film, Television and Digital Media on that very subject matter and speaks globally about women in media, entrepreneurship and gender parity. Her new book, Beyond Brand, focuses on using media to build cultural legacy. Twitter and Instagram @doitinpublic. DoItInPublic.com
014: TV CASTING: The Process and How Are Directors Involved (Guest: Kendra Castleberry, CSA)
Kendra Castleberry is a casting director who has cast some of network's biggest shows. She most recently finished the Facebook Watch series Limetown, starring Jessica Biel and Stanley Tucci.
Host Jenn Page and Kendra talk about all things casting television. From pilot to final episodes, they talk about casting stars, working with showrunners, and how the director is involved through it all.
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Since moving to Los Angeles in 2001, Kendra has risen through the casting ranks- from assistant to associate to casting director. Kendra was fortunate to move around to many casting offices and learn from many wonderful casting directors over the years. Previous projects include: October Road, Life on Mars and Castle for ABC, Grimm for NBC, Zoo for CBS and the pilot of Star-Crossed for CW. In 2017, she partnered up with long-time friend Billy Murphy. They recently cast ABC’s Take Two and the Facebook Watch series Limetown. starring Jessica Biel and Stanley Tucci.
013: The DIRECTOR-COMPOSER Relationship
Chris Edgar is a songwriter and composer for film, theatre, TV, digital series, commercials, and more.
In this week's episode host Jenn Page and Chris dive into the director-composer relationship and how to speak the language of music even if you are not musically inclined. They also talk about setting boundaries with clients; as well as, finding and following your calling.
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Songwriter and composer Chris Edgar has written music for film, theater, TV, digital series, commercials and more. He has composed music for award-winning films, including “Ghost in the Gun,” for which he won multiple Best Music Score awards, the movie musical “The Breakout: A Rock Opera,” and his animated musical “Steve’s Quest,” which won numerous awards including the International Academy of Web Television’s Best Animated Series Award and the Best Original Score Award at the Hollyweb festival. As a drummer, Edgar has toured with signed recording artists.
012: SELF-PRODUCING: Get Your Passion Project Made (Guest: Malia Miglino)
Malia Miglino-Wolf is an actor and the creator of the show Macabre Mondays.
On this week's Intuitive Filmmaker Podcast host Jenn Page and Malia dive into self-producing. From the one person crew show to making a feature with friends they talk all things getting your passion projects done! They also talk finding your audience, finding inspiration, and balancing your thrival job and career.
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Malia Miglino has been working as an actor and makeup artist in Los Angeles for over a decade. Her passion for storytelling and macabre history, inspired her to create her first show "Macabre Mondays" that quickly gained a loyally following of #Creeps. Upon learning about the increase of historic cemeteries disappearing, Malia created her second show "Grave Hunter" to raise awareness of the issue. Malia has been flown around the world to speak on panels, tour historic locations and is usually found drinking wine or wandering cemeteries. MacabreMondays.com
011: Directing Animation: From Selling Your Show to Running It and Everything in Between (Guest: Chris Savino)
Chris Savino is the creator of the award-winning, hit animated cartoon series, The Loud House, on Nickelodeon.
On this week's Intuitive Filmmaker Podcast host Jenn Page and Chris discuss the gamet of animation from pitching and selling your show to running it, the difference between live action and animation directing, and beating addiction.
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Is the creator of the award-winning, hit animated cartoon series, The Loud House, on Nickelodeon.
With twenty-five years experience in the animation industry, Chris has had the good fortune to work on many other hit shows such as Ren & Stimpy, Dexter’s Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Test, My Little Pony, and Kick Buttowski. Drawing since the age of four, making cartoons was all Chris ever dreamed of, and after getting that chance, he quickly fell in love with the art of storytelling.
Taking all that he has learned from his career, Chris has decided to step into the world of writing books for kids. Chris writes Middle Grade fiction as well as continuing to draw comics, and hopes that if you love stories with humor and a lot of heart, you will enjoy his work. ChrisSavinoAuthor.com ForBrothersComic.com
010: Everything CROWDFUNDING: What, How, When, Where, and Everything in Between (Guest Leah Cevoli)
Leah Cevoli is an actor, VO artist, and producer. However, we brought her on to talk about all things CROWDFUNDING and the work she does with her company Greenlight Your Passion Project.
Host Jenn Page and Leah dive into what you should know before you start, what will make you successful, how do you run a campaign, what platforms are best, what perks should you offer, how often should you post on social, pitfalls of failure, what should you be ready with from day one, and some stories and case studies on some of Leah’s past campaigns. They also dive into how to find the love in your thrival job while you pursue your dream job.
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Actress/Producer Leah Cevoli, is a multi-talented entertainment professional whose work stretches across many genres. A rock ‘n roll enthusiast, body image activist, and fan of all things horror, Leah's acting credits include appearances on high profile tv shows like HBO’s Deadwood, and voiceover on the Cartoon Network hit, Robot Chicken. Leah is a contributing writer for MsInTheBiz.com, and the founder of AllShapesAndSizesWelcome.com: Body Image & Women’s Issues in Entertainment, a travelling group of women who speak on panels and at conventions nationwide. Leah has a reputation for crowdfunding success and social media magic. To date, her company, GreenlightYourPassionProject.com has managed 50+ campaigns, and have been instrumental in raising over $5,000,000 for indie projects. Her latest projects include: the feature-length documentary Remember The Sultana narrated by Sean Astin, the gritty feature-length drama, Girl Lost, and the light-hearted comedy, Dance Baby Dance. LeahCevoli.com
009: Working with Actors: Script Analysis to On Set (Guest: Lauren Patrice Nadler)
Lauren Nadler is a director, actor, and an international acting coach who has assisted in taking countless performers to the next level in their careers. She has also directed and acted in dozens of films and series.
Host Jenn Page and Lauren dig into working with actors. Topics include script analysis, the importance of prepping as a director, how to prep your actors for intense indie shoots, digging deeper into scripts, getting through to the toughest actors, and more.
Intuitive Conversation: Having patience with actors and yourself.
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Lauren has led actors to bookings in national commercials, as well as series regular and contract roles, lead and supporting roles, and recurring and guest star roles, both in television and film.
From NYC, Lauren planted roots in LA to further share her years of experience in front of and behind the camera. She started out as an actor and comes from an elite lineage of teachers. Having studied acting extensively with Karen Ludwig, she eventually became her leading student. Karen was the key to Uta Hagen.
Lauren possesses a strong insight into the casting process. She has done a good deal of casting, including casting Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist) in one of his first lead roles in Ten Benny. She has also been involved in the casting of several movies with the talents of Simon Baker (The Mentalist), Lauryn Hill (singer), Jesse Martin (Law and Order), Frank Vincent (Sopranos) and more.
These experiences working with seasoned and (at the time) undiscovered Oscar winners, taught her so much about the commitment it takes to get noticed in this competitive field. She applied this knowledge when taking on her own projects. In addition to directing many theater productions and independent films, she also has a feature film, several award-winning short films and an entire eleven-episode webseries under her belt. In her projects, she was able to present close to a hundred of her students in front of and behind the camera. Lauren once had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Danny Nucci (Titanic) in Italian American Reconciliation.
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008: The Actor/Writer/Producer: Wearing All the Hats and Thriving! (Guest: Colette Freedman)
Colette Freedman is an internationally produced novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She is also an actor and producer.
Host Jenn Page and Colette talk about ghostwriting, why she believes everyone is a writer, where original ideas come from, working with young actors, getting the most production value from your budget and how budget can lead to unique story ideas, why you should take time with your indie film’s post instead of rushing it out, filmmakers stop thinking no but and instead yes and, how to turn a produced screenplay into a novel, and more!
Conversation: Empowerment. Everything you do can empower others, dealing with grief, and what it means to be a militant optimist.
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An internationally produced novelist, playwright and screenwriter, Colette Freedman was voted “One of 50 to Watch” by The Dramatist's Guild. Her play “Sister Cities” was the hit of the Edinburgh Fringe and earned five star reviews. It has been produced around the country and internationally, 26 times including Paris (Une Ville, Une Soeur) and Rome (Le Quattro Sorelle) and Melbourne. The film version (Michelle Trachtenberg, Stana Katic, Jess Weixler, Troian Bellisario) is on Netflix. Her musical “Serial Killer Barbie” finished a sold out run in Los Angeles and was mounted in New Zealand (Heuer Press) She has published nine novels including The Thirteen Hallows (Tor/Macmillan), co-written, The New York Times best selling author Michael Scott. Her novel, The Affair (Kensington), The Consequences (Kensington) and most recently, her Steve Dorff biography I Wrote That One, Too.. She co-wrote and co-produced the feature AND THEN THERE WAS EVE which won the LA Film Festival (Breaking Glass Pictures). She co-wrote and co-produced the feature MILES UNDERWATER which is currently in post production. She has co-written nine thrillers for Lifetime with her writing partner Brooke Purdy. She has written THE MYSTERY OF CASA MATUSITA (with Malcolm McDowell and Skeet Ulrich) which is in pre-production. Other producing credits include the critically acclaimed indie QUALITY PROBLEMS, (Freestyle). A prolific script doctor and ghostwriter, Colette also teaches screenwriting at Antioch University and NYFA www.metamorfic.com. www.colettefreedman.com
007: Pitching, Selling, Writing and Making Your First Network TV Show (Guest: Shilpi Roy)
Shilpi Roy is a film & TV director and writer who sold her first show without having an agent. She is currently a staff writer on a Netflix show and has a few more shows in the pipeline.
Host Jenn Page and Shilpi Roy dive into how she sold her first show to ABC Family (now Freeform) without having an agent, what it was like writing and filming that show, what she does to keep getting work, and how she utilized her time and connections while in the studios’ diversity programs.
Intuitive Conversation: True Offering -- trusting that the path you are being given is the path that is taking you somewhere.
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Hailing from North Carolina, Shilpi Roy comes from a traditional Indian family and grew up watching only the song-and-dance numbers from Bollywood movies. Roy sold her first television show, BROWN GIRLS, to Freeform TV. Working with Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment (AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS), Nastaran Dibai (DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO JIM), and Mark Cendrowski (THE BIG BANG THEORY, YOUNG SHELDON), Roy co-wrote and co-executive-produced the pilot. Roy was also the showrunner of MATCHELORETTE, a CMT pilot for SoulPancake (a division of Participant Media). She currently writes on the Netflix Original Series TEAM KAYLIE and is developing a show for The Disney Channel with Lilly Singh’s (A LITTLE LATE WITH LILLY) company Unicorn Island.
Roy began her career working for Warren Littlefield, executive producer of TV’s FARGO and THE HANDMAID'S TALE, as well as the former head of NBC Television. Roy then attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts and received an MFA in Film Production where she was the recipient of an Annenberg Scholarship. She has also participated in the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women Program, as well as Universal Studio’s Directors Initiative.
Shilpi began her career writing and directing the award-winning comedy web series HIPSTERHOOD, which won multiple awards across two seasons. She then produced and directed the magician-comedy series DISILLUSIONED, which garnered a Best Comedy Web Series Award from the HollyWeb Festival. She has also directed episodes of the Emmy®-winning web series EMMA APPROVED.
Roy lives with her husband, cinematographer Anthony C. Kuhnz, in Los Angeles with 2 cats.
006: Acting on a Network TV Show: from getting cast to working with directors (Guest: Geno Segers)
Acting on a Network TV Show: getting cast, working with directors, and putting in the work
Geno Segers is an accomplished actor having been seen in a variety of roles from stage to screen.
Host Jenn Page and Geno talk about the process from casting to table reads to on set and beyond. They also discusses what it is like to work with different directors on the same show and so much more!
Intuitive Conversation: How putting in the work can change everything.
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Geno Segers is an actor and voice-artist possessing an active background in many fields of entertainment and athletics. He is best known for the role "Chayton Littlestone" in Cinemax's "Banshee (2013)". His first taste of the entertainment field began with a suggestion by a friend to try voice-work. Possessing a naturally-rich bass quality, Geno first auditioned for voice-ads for a radio station in New Zealand. His voice gained him attention enough to attract an agent's ear. This led to Segers being cast in the role of Mufasa in Disney's Australian stage production of "The Lion King".
While attending school at Western Carolina University (WCU), the 6'4" Geno played football which later led to him playing for the American National Rugby League. During this time playing in rugby, Geno later moved to New Zealand where he played for Richmond Rovers Rugby League team.
Geno Seger's also has a foundation called "Hold It On The Road", where through motivational speaking he encourages the youth to make good life decisions today, to impact their future tomorrow.
Geno can currently be seen weekly on NBC's "Perfect Harmony."
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005: Directing for TV: what to expect script to screen (Guest: Betty Thomas)
Betty Thomas is a film & TV director having directed some of the biggest names in Hollywood. She is also the first woman ever to be the Secretary/Treasurer of the Director’s Guild of America. Fun note: all of her films are in the top twenty-five highest-US-grossing female-directed films.
Host Jenn Page and Betty Thomas talk about what to expect and is expected of you when working as a TV director, how to win your crew over on day one, how to keep a healthy (positive) mentality on set, and much more. Plus, she tells us how she got her first directing gig on TV and it’s both hilarious and fascinating.
Intuitive Conversation: creating a healthy set
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Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser, July 27, 1948) is an American actress, director, and producer of television and motion pictures. She is known for her Emmy Award-winning role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues. As of March 2018, Thomas is one of just two directors (and the only solo director) to have multiple films on the list of seventeen highest-US-grossing female-directed films. Additionally, all of her films are in the top twenty-five highest-US-grossing female-directed films.
After having lied to a Variety reporter about planning on directing a Hooperman episode, she was given a real opportunity by the show's executive producer, and from there her directing career began.[13] After making several other acting appearances, Thomas began directing episodes of Hooperman in addition to the premiere episodes of Doogie Howser, M.D. in 1989. She went on to direct episodes of Arresting Behavior and several episodes of the HBO series Dream On, the latter of which earned her an Emmy for best director. Thomas is nicknamed "The Midnight Queen" because of her preference for nighttime shoots.
In 1992 Thomas took the next step in her directing career with her feature debut Only You. A slight, playful romantic comedy; Only You was a departure from Thomas's experience on Hill Street Blues or her subsequent television directing. Wayne Rice, the film's producer and screenwriter, said that Thomas was chosen to direct due in part to the film's plot in which a man is on a hapless quest to find the perfect woman would be considered inherently sexist without a female director.
Three years following the release of Only You Thomas directed The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), a satirical vision of the 1970s television series The Brady Bunch. The Brady Bunch Movie was a box office hit with domestic ticket sales of $46,576,136, nearly quadrupling its $12 million budget and making it at the time one of the highest-grossing films directed by a woman.
She followed The Brady Bunch Movie with other successes, including Private Parts (1997), Dr. Dolittle (1998), 28 Days (2000), and John Tucker Must Die (2006). 2009's Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel became the first female-directed picture to gross more than $200 million and made her the most successful woman director to that time at the box office. In 2012, Thomas directed a low-budget online series called Audrey for the WIGS YouTube channel.
In 2001, Thomas won the Dorothy Arzner Directors Award of the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards, presented by the Los Angeles chapter of the Women in Film Organization
004: Everything Short Films: Financing, Distribution, and are Film Festivals a Waste of Money? (Guest: Foster Wilson)
Foster Wilson is an award-winning director, an alumna of the Ryan Murphy HALF Directing Initiative, and a board member of Moms-In-Film. Her short film Made Public played at more than 20 festivals including 5 Oscar-qualifying fests and won several awards including Best Film, Best Director, and the Audience Award at the prestigious Bentonville Film Festival.
Host Jenn Page and Foster talk everything short film festivals. Should you waste your money on them, how to get the most bang for your buck if you are attending them, how to make a festival worthy short film, and even how to distribute them. They also talk breaking into TV: diversity programs, shadowing TV directors (how to get the opportunities and what do do once on set as the shadowing director).
Intuitive Conversation: Staying healthy mentally and physically
Notable Quote: "If you have such a narrow focus on something it may not be what the universe is telling you to do. If you just go “Oh, there’s an open door right there I’m going to just step through that” it becomes the easier path [and you’ll probably be happier and enjoy it more]."
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Foster is an award-winning director, filmmaker, and Emergence Award Recipient. She earned her BFA at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied for 3 years with the Atlantic Theater Company. After more than a decade working in the industry as an actor, Foster made the transition to directing. Her short film Made Public (MadePublic.com) starring Jeanine Mason and Josh Zuckerman, premiered in 2019 and has played at more than 20 festivals including 5 Oscar-qualifying fests. The film has won several awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and the Audience Award at the Bentonville Film Festival. Her previous short film, Waffles, screened at 25+ festivals around the world and garnered 8 nominations and 4 wins, including an Audience Award for Best Short Film.
Foster was one of six members selected by Alliance of Women Directors for the inaugural AWD Short Film Initiative, creating a short film in collaboration with the Shoot ‘Em Up film series. The resulting film, titled MÍA, premiered at Disney Studios in October 2018. Additional directing credits include: Maggie the Cat, Platypus, Brick & Mopsie, Love Scenes, LLC, and the short series Gross Anatomy. In development: 5 Stages of Grief and the feature Living Will. Foster is an alumna of the Ryan Murphy HALF Directing Initiative, a member of the LA Women’s Film Collective, and a Board Member of Moms-In-Film. She is represented by Fourth Wall Management and Verve Talent. FosterWilson.com
003: Making a Fan Film: Financing, Casting, Licensing, Filming, and Beyond (Guest: Jason Satterlund)
Jason Satterlund is a director, producer, and screenwriter with over 25 years experience in films, commercials, documentaries, and commercials. He was also the writer and director of Kenobi, one of the biggest fan films ever made.
Host Jenn Page and Jason break down all the elements of making a fan film from the action to the licensing to how to get real props and actors from the original films. They also talk getting your film financed, the importance of having name attachments and diversity in casting, what not to do with your first short film.
Intuitive Discussion: how to find patience and inspiration even when your career seems to be moving at a turtle’s pace.
Link to Jason's fan film "Kenobi" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uDwjIBR9s4
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Jason Satterlund is an award winning film director who has been working on films for over 25 years. He has extensive experience in all areas of production including directing, producing, writing, cinematography, and editing. He works all over the world directing, feature films, commercials, documentaries, and music videos.
Satterlund has done extensive work for clients such as Warner Brothers, Bon Jovi, Amazon, Microsoft, Jack White, CNN, The Oak Ridge Boys, Hallmark Entertainment, and ABC.
He is a writer and director of the award winning feature film, The Record Keeper, which premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in London. His latest feature film, The Suppression, is due out in 2020. He was also the writer and director of Kenobi, one of the biggest fan films ever made and stars Jamie Costa and James Arnold Taylor. jasonsatterlund.com
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002: What makes a Good TV/Film Producer, Knowing Your Worth, and Finding Your Niche (Guest: Jenna Edwards)
Jenna Edwards, is an actor, an award-winning film producer with projects on iTunes, Netflix, and Hulu, and a #1 best- selling author who is passionate about spreading the idea of Aggressive Optimism as far and wide as she is able to. (Bio below)
Host Jenn Page talks with Jenna on finding your niche, what makes a good film / TV producer, how Jenna went from PTSD to public speaker, and knowing your worth.
Intuitive Conversation: ask for help not time.
Notable quote:
On becoming self-sufficient: “Knowing the things you are really good at and doing those things, and surrounding yourself with people who do the things you are not great at.”
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Jenna Edwards is an Actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm in the Middle), an Award-Winning Film Producer (iTunes, Netflix, Hulu) and a #1 Best- Selling Author who is passionate about spreading the idea of Aggressive Optimism as far and wide as she is able to.
Growing up in a small town in Minnesota, Jenna was (what she calls) a “walking statistic." According to the experts, she should have been pregnant at 16, living in poverty with an abusive husband, addicted to some form of drug.
Instead, she made the choice to break the cycle and since then she has traveled the world (beginning as an exchange student in Thailand her senior year of high school), been on TV, and in movies, co- authored a #1 best-selling book and currently lives (not in poverty) in Los Angeles with her loving and supportive husband and she has just recently traveled the country for a year.
She attributes her incredible life to being aware that she has a choice, that our circumstances do not have to define us and that if we practice aggressive optimism when the going gets tough, we truly can create the life we dream of living. JennaEdwards.Life
001: Working with a Casting Director, Staying Healthy in this Business, and When and How to get an Agent (Guest: Bonnie Gillespie)
Bonnie Gillespie, author "Self Management for Actors," casting director, and enoughness coach to creatives worldwide, kicks off the Intuitive Filmmaker podcast with a real sense of what this show is all about. The craft of filmmaking and staying healthy mind, body, and soul. Bio below.
Host Jenn Page and this week's guest Bonnie Gillespie talk how mindset sustains a creative career, how to work with your casting director, how to know an agent is right for you, how to say yes only to the HELL YESES, and how to stay healthy in this crazy business of show.
Intuitive Conversation: satisfied and striving is better than struggling for your goals.
Some notable quotes:
"The struggle is real, but it’s optional."
“If you have set your true north, if you know if you as a storyteller have certain things for sure going to be part of your story, part of your life, it should get pretty clear which things are on the road toward that and which ones are detours off the road.”
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Bonnie Gillespie is living her dreams by helping others figure out how to live theirs. As a weekly columnist, she began demystifying the casting process for actors in 1999. Her most popular book is "Self-Management for Actors," the curriculum upon which her teaching is based. As producer and casting director, Bonnie specializes in indie darlings. Whether casting or coaching, she is passionate about leaving the entertainment industry better than she found it. https://bonniegillespie.com