021: Day Job to Dream Job - A Writer-Producer's Mid-Career Transformation
Release Date: 02/11/2015
027: Big Dreams, Low Budget, Long Title: EVENTS SURROUNDING A PEEPING TOM & THE HORROR THAT FOLLOWED
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Brian James Fitzpatrick and Damian Maffei have been friends since childhood. They share a love of film - especially horror film - and a work ethic rooted in punk rock. They are literate, quirky, and ambitious - qualities already apparent in their still-gestating feature film project, The Events Surrounding A Peeping Tom & The Horror That Followed. ...
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026: "Do I HAVE to live in L.A.?"
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This is the big one. This is the question everyone asks - and in fact it's probably the best single-sentence summary of the Anywhere But Hollywood mission: ...
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025: Preserving the Roots of Animation
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Tommy Stathes has been drawn to classic animation for as long as he can remember. Really classic, as in pre-Disney, pre-sound, even... As a child, he regularly scoured local stores in search of obscure animation treasures on VHS. You've seen them - those poorly produced, haphazardly programmed, cheaply packaged cassettes that fill pharmacy bargain bins. ...
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024: Honoring Heritage, Forging a Future - A UK Filmmaker's Passion
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Ranjeet Singh Marwa is a filmmaker living and working in Birmingham, UK. He has developed a distinctive style infused with urgency, informed by the unique qualities of his Sikh heritage. ...
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023: How Most New Screenwriters Sabotage Themselves
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In this episode, I share observations - some painful, all true - from my tenure in the Facebook Screenwriting group. This group of 13,000 mostly aspiring screenwriters can be seen as a microcosm of the greater screenwriting community. Most, if not all, sincerely believe they've got what it takes to succeed as a professional screenwriter - but only a very few actually do. ...
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022: Making a Science Fiction Techno-thriller: CTRL ALT DELETE
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This is part two of the first Anywhere But Hollywood case study. ...
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021: Day Job to Dream Job - A Writer-Producer's Mid-Career Transformation
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After many years in the banking industry, Mara Lesemann took an abrupt left turn to become a screenwriter and film producer. She'd never written creatively before, and had had no previous experience in the film industry. Now she's got a feature film under her belt (you can watch it on or ), and another in production. ...
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020: Crowdfunding Success Story - BLUE BORSALINO, Mark Lobatto
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The BLUE BORSALINO Kickstarter campaign reached its goal of £10,000.00 (more than $15,000.00) in just four days. As of this writing, the total stands at £16,416 (nearly $25,000) - and the campaign has still got 16 days to go. This is an astounding success. Why? What is it about this apparently modest short film that has attracted such attention? ...
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019: Aliens, Time Travel, & Mind Control - Down the Rabbit Hole with MONTAUK CHRONICLES
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According to legend, thousands of young boys were abducted from the streets of New York in the 1970s and 80s, and taken to an underground bunker in Montauk, Long Island. There they were subjected to bizarre mind control experiments, and - some say - far worse. This is a story straight out of The X-Files - replete with aliens, time travel, and conspiracy. ...
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018: Micro-Budget Exploitation Horror II - The Revenge!
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info_outlineAfter many years in the banking industry, Mara Lesemann took an abrupt left turn to become a screenwriter and film producer. She'd never written creatively before, and had had no previous experience in the film industry. Now she's got a feature film under her belt (you can watch it on Amazon or iTunes), and another in production.
So how DOES one suddenly go from a decades-long financial services career to a brand new life as an east coast mini-mogul?
Join me for a conversation with Mara Lesemann, writer and producer of SURVIVING FAMILY and the upcoming DETOURS.
Lots of great nuggets in this one, including:
...and SO much more.