Film Talk | Interviews with the brightest minds in the film industry.
Film Talk is a podcast in which the brightest minds in the film industry share insights into their success – the hacks, routines, and principals that have propelled them to the top. We meet Oscar winners, Emmy Award winners, Sundance winners...the best of the best. For filmmakers who want an edge this is a daily meeting to not be missed!
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110. Finding Authenticity in Your Work with Gurinder Chadha
10/18/2017
110. Finding Authenticity in Your Work with Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder Chadha is a director, producer and writer best known for her films “Bride and Prejudice”, “The Mistress of Spices”, “Paris, je t’aime”, and Golden Globe nominated “Bend it Like Beckham”. Her latest film “Viceroy’s House” stars Golden Globe winner Gillian Anderson, and Golden Globe nominated Hugh Bonneville.
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109. From Theater to Film with Nick Hamm
07/04/2017
109. From Theater to Film with Nick Hamm
Nick Hamm is a BAFTA award-winning British director and producer who has spent many years as a resident director with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His past films include “The Hole” starring Oscar nominated Keira Knightly, and “Killing Bono” starring Ben Barnes.
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108. Staying The Course with Dulé Hill
06/07/2017
108. Staying The Course with Dulé Hill
Emmy nominated Dulé Hill is internationally recognized for his performance in Golden Globe winner “The West Wing”, Emmy nominated “Psych”, and teen movie “She’s All That”, amongst others.
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107. Creating Award-Winning Documentaries with Glen Zipper
03/20/2017
107. Creating Award-Winning Documentaries with Glen Zipper
Glen Zipper is the producer of Oscar winning documentary “Undefeated”, as well as “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth”, and Tower Records documentary “All Things Must Pass” directed by Colin Hanks. His new film is “Betting on Zero”, a powerful docu-thriller about controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman, who is on a crusade, claiming that global nutritional giant Herbalife is the largest pyramid scheme in history.
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106. Creating Oscar-Worthy Films with Garth Davis
02/23/2017
106. Creating Oscar-Worthy Films with Garth Davis
Garth Davis is the director of 6 time Oscar nominated movie “Lion”. Originally a fine artist and designer, Garth is an internationally renowned commercials director. He won gold at the London International Award show, the prized Gold Lion at Cannes, and in 2010 received a finalist nomination from the DGA for best commercials director.
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105. The Value of Hard Work with Kevin Sorbo
02/03/2017
105. The Value of Hard Work with Kevin Sorbo
Kevin Sorbo is internationally renowned for his performance in television series “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”, “Andromeda”, “The O.C.” and “Two and a Half Men”, and his role in films such as “Soul Surfer”, “Abel’s Field”, and the massive box office hit “God’s Not Dead”. In addition, Kevin recently directed his debut feature film “Let There Be Light”.
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104. The Art of Film Analytics with Jeff Hardy
12/16/2016
104. The Art of Film Analytics with Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Hardy is the CEO of Film Profit, an analytics company that aims to provide producers, distributors, and financers of filmed entertainment with the highest quality information. Past clients of Film Profit include 20th Century Fox, Jim Henson Productions, the BBC, ICM, Universal Music Group, Walt Disney, Quincy Jones Media Group, Eastman Kodak and Summit Entertainment. Jeffrey also acts as the Chief Analyst for Baseline Analytics - the industry leading source for film revenue data and cost estimates
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103. Building The Franchise with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
10/19/2016
103. Building The Franchise with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is the CEO of Platinum Studios, one of the world’s largest independent libraries of comic book characters. Scott has played an integral role in creating one of the largest bibles in comic book history: the Platinum Studios Macroverse, which includes anchor titles such as “Cowboys & Aliens”. A constant innovator, Scott established Platinum in 1997, following a successful career as the founder of Malibu Comics, which sold to Marvel in 1994. At Malibu, Scott led many successful comic spin offs into toys, television, and feature films, including the billion-dollar film and television mega-hit, “Men in Black”
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102. How To Succeed with Short Films with Niall McKay
08/24/2016
102. How To Succeed with Short Films with Niall McKay
Niall McKay is an Emmy award-winning independent producer and director, a shorts programmer for the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Executive Director and Curator of Irish Film New York. Niall has just finished producing a historical documentary about the Filipino farmworkers for PBS. He is producing Oscar nominated writer-director Naomi Sheridan’s Bronx-based indie thriller “Boxes” and has written and directed a comedy TV series about the Irish in New York called “On The Lig”. Niall’s documentary “The Bass Player” was nominated in 2010 for an Irish Film and Television Award. And recently, Niall hosted Irish President Michael D. Higgins for a special screening and discussion about Irish Oscar winning short films at the Lincoln Center. Niall has been on the juries of the Cork Film Festival, the Galway Film Festival, and the student Academy Awards. Niall has also produced documentaries for PBS and RTÉ, commercials for Lego, educational soap operas for Canal Cl@se, and augmented reality games featuring Bill Nye for Chabot Space and Science Museum. As a journalist Niall broke the story about the NSA spying on Europe in the New York Times in 1999. And he has been a regular contributor to The Economist, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Wired Magazine and a columnist for the Irish Times.
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101. The Legal Aspect of Filmmaking with Dan Satorius
08/10/2016
101. The Legal Aspect of Filmmaking with Dan Satorius
Dan Satorius is a world-class entertainment lawyer, with a practice that focuses principally on transactions, intellectual property, business structuring and financing. Furthermore, he is a nationally regarded attorney on clearance issues including Fair Use. His clients include Academy Award, Emmy Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Peabody Award winning independent producers, writers, and broadcasters in the film and television industry. After graduating from film school and law school, Dan produced award-winning documentaries and short dramatic films. His graduate thesis film was selected as a finalist for a student Academy Award. In addition to practicing entertainment law for more than 25 years, Dan has been an adjunct professor at William Mitchell School of Law where he taught Entertainment Law. Dan is an active member of the American Bar Association's Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, Co-Vice Chair of the Film and Television Division, and a member of the Governing Committee.
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100. The Art of Entrepreneurship with Kent Speakman
08/03/2016
100. The Art of Entrepreneurship with Kent Speakman
Kent Speakman is a producer and entrepreneur at the intersection of entertainment and technology. Examiner.com has called him “one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the entertainment industry.” He has won the iMedia Entertainment Marketing Award for “Best Digital Campaign” and “Best Mobile Entertainment Startup,” and he was awarded Evan Carmichael’s “Top 100 Entrepreneurs to Follow” in 2013 preceded by the “iMedia Top Ten Digital Marketers” in 2009. Kent founded KONNECT – a digital, mobile and experiential agency that works with startups, brands and entertainment properties – before he co-founded FAMEUS, a new social network that connects members of the entertainment industry in innovative ways with a unique technology and that was listed on the Huffington Post’s “Top 10 Startups in LA” in 2015. Kent has an international network of professionals and influencers, having orchestrated a variety of film and technology projects in Canada, the US, the United Kingdom, Asia and India. He has produced hundreds of events across Canada and the US, whilst working with clientele ranging from A-List celebrities, to tech mobile startups.
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99. Building an Alternative to Netflix with Scilla Andreen
07/27/2016
99. Building an Alternative to Netflix with Scilla Andreen
Scilla Andreen is an Emmy nominated filmmaker, and the CEO and co-founder of IndieFlix, an online platform touted as the Netflix of independent film. Scilla has spoken at the Cannes Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, and SXSW. She has also been the award-winning costume designer of Golden Globe winning television shows “Party of Five”, and “The Wonder Years”, as well as “Dawson’s Creek”, “What I Like About You”, and “Jack & Jill”.
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98. Predicting The Future of Content with Lynnwood Bibbens
07/26/2016
98. Predicting The Future of Content with Lynnwood Bibbens
Lynnwood Bibbens is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and sold multiple technology and e-commerce companies including American Discount Warehouse, a company he founded in 1996 and sold just 3 years later for over 10 times EBITDA. Lynnwood has formed long-term relationships with corporations such as Samsung, Toshiba, Vizio, Amazon, CBS, and Comcast to name a few. From 2007, Lynnwood has focused on the media and entertainment industry by integrating multiple dynamic content platforms which use proprietary technology that enable top brands to better understand their clients. He has teamed up with syndication partners Dailymotion, Google, Roku, Opera, XBox, Dish, Comcast, Verizon, and Amazon. Lynnwood also sits on the board of several companies: Adelman Enterprises, New England Technology, Moblty, GI Film Festival, and The Invictus Firm. Lynnwood is a co-founder at The Invictus Firm, a private equity and strategic consulting organization. Based on his extensive background in technology, entertainment content, distribution and syndication Lynnwood’s investment focus is on existing and new technology companies that are dynamic and disruptive. His focus is specifically on companies that can capture and monetize content across multiple platforms whilst being able to capture critical data in real time.
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97. Capitalizing on the OTT Revolution with Rich Hull
07/21/2016
97. Capitalizing on the OTT Revolution with Rich Hull
Rich Hull is Executive Chairman of Latin Everywhere, a Latino digital media company which owns the Pongalo OTT platform, the largest Latino film and TV network on YouTube, and one of the largest IP assets of Latino film and TV digital rights in the world. Rich has worked on media deals and turnarounds totaling well over a billion dollars with major media companies such as Disney, Universal, MGM, Warner Bros, Microsoft, and many others. Based on these experiences, he co-authored the multi-award-winning book “Dancing With Digital Natives: Staying in Step With the Generation That's Transforming the Way Business Is Done." Rich’s ability to create simple solutions for complicated problems was developed in his former role as an award-winning film and TV financier and producer. His 20+ projects have generated hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue, and range from one of the most successful teen movies in history, “She’s All That,” to thought-provoking documentaries such as his collaboration with Halle Berry, “For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots,” winner of the NAACP Image Award. Rich serves on the Executive Committee of the Alumni Board of Directors at Vanderbilt University, and is Co-Founder of Vanderbilt-in-Hollywood, which places about 30 college students each summer into life-changing entertainment internships in Los Angeles. Rich is a well known angel investor, board member, and mentor.
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96. Why the Film Industry Is About to Undergo its Biggest Change Yet with Rob Morgenroth
07/19/2016
96. Why the Film Industry Is About to Undergo its Biggest Change Yet with Rob Morgenroth
Rob Morgenroth is an Emmy winning visual effects producer and supervisor, as well as a studio management, business development, and marketing executive. He’s a frequent speaker and panelist on the subject of virtual and augmented reality, and VFX. Past projects that he’s worked on include Oscar nominated “Catch Me If You Can”, Oscar nominated “Wag The Dog”, and “Grosse Point Blank”.
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95. Changing The World Through Film with Greg Reitman
07/15/2016
95. Changing The World Through Film with Greg Reitman
Greg Reitman is the founder and CEO of Blue Water Entertainment, an independent production company focusing on environmentally consciousness-based entertainment. Greg produced the 2008 Sundance Audience Award-winning documentary “Fuel”. He wrote, produced, and directed the documentary “Hollywood’s Magical Island – Catalina” and his new documentary film “Rooted in Peace.” Greg was written up in Movie Maker Magazine as one of the top ten film producers creating content that makes a difference in the world.
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94. Crowdfunding 101 with Ramon Govea
07/14/2016
94. Crowdfunding 101 with Ramon Govea
Ramon Govea is a crowdfunding expert whose strategies and tactics have helped filmmakers, comic book artists, and inventors successfully raise over $1 million on rewards-based crowdfunding platforms. His past roles include positions at Crowdfundmastery.com and Krowdster. Ramon is also an experienced Line Producer and Director who has created branded web content for companies like Lion Forge Comics, Jansport, Doritos, and Warner Bros. Ramon primarily works with entertainment companies wishing to make a global impact by expanding innovative brands and IP's into branded web content, comic books, animation, film, and television.
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93. Breaking Through as a Female Director with Melanie Aitkenhead
07/13/2016
93. Breaking Through as a Female Director with Melanie Aitkenhead
Melanie Aitkenhead is the director of the upcoming reboot of "Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?", Oscar nominated James Franco's retelling of the 1996 classic film of the same name. The film stars Tori Spelling, with a cameo by Franco and premiered on Lifetime. She’s also the director of the film adaption of James Franco's popular novel Actors Anonymous, which explores the lives of young actors in Hollywood and stars Franco alongside Oscar nominated Eric Roberts, Keegan Allen, and Scott Haze.
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92. Why Film Insurance Can Make or Break Your Production with Doug Hodges
07/07/2016
92. Why Film Insurance Can Make or Break Your Production with Doug Hodges
Doug Hodges is an expert in film production insurance with a long tenure at Truman Van Dyke. Today Doug is Vice President at Front Row Insurance, an entertainment insurance firm specializing in the film industry, the music industry, theatre companies, and photography with offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, and Nashville. Past productions that Doug has brokered insurance for include “The Boy Next Door” starring Golden Globe nominated Jennifer Lopez, and “Insidious: Chapter 2” starring Golden Globe nominated Rose Byrne.
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91. Revitalizing Marvel With Rusty Citron
06/16/2016
91. Revitalizing Marvel With Rusty Citron
Rusty Citron has had a lengthy and multi-faceted career in the film industry. As a senior studio executive he was responsible for innovative feature film and television distribution and marketing communications campaigns covering over 300 productions, including Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe winners. He has worked for and with talented teams at 20th Century Fox, LucasFilm, Marvel, Walt Disney, MGM, Sony Pictures, and Universal Studios, amongst others. He led the team that revitalized Marvel Comics and the franchise of classic characters developed by Stan Lee. And as a personal manager he represented amongst others Oscar winner Mel Brooks and Oscar winner Anne Bancroft.
His work integrating technology with entertainment marketing communications includes deployment of one of the first HD-VOD channels on Comcast. He also led the team that integrated online content with Google, and a national retail and content partnership with Panasonic. Rusty also created and founded The Actors Hall of Fame, a non-profit foundation that is dedicated to restoring dramatic arts education in schools.
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90. Creating Your Reality with Hanala Segal
06/14/2016
90. Creating Your Reality with Hanala Segal
Hanala Sagal is an award-winning writer, comedian, keynote speaker and YouTube icon with 106 million viewers. Hanala is also the co-screenwriter and co-executive producer of “Elvis & Nixon”, which stars Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, Oscar nominated Michael Shannon, and Golden Globe nominated Colin Hanks.
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89. Winning at AFM with Ben Yennie
06/11/2016
89. Winning at AFM with Ben Yennie
Ben Yennie is Co-Founder and VP of Business Development at ProductionNext, a market network for the film, video, television, and advertising industries. He's also the founder and CEO of Guerrilla Rep Media, and founder of Producer Foundry. Ben is also the former Chapter Leader of the Institute for International Film Finance for San Francisco, Vancouver, New York, and Los Angeles, where he hosted and organized more than 50 seminars on film finance. He also screened business plans for an elite group of angel investors known as The Film Angels. Ben has represented projects directed by Christopher Coppola, as well as others starring big name talent like Marvel's “Luke Cage”. In 2015 he had a 100% offer rate for the films he took to AFM. He's also the author of the book, The Guerrilla Rep: American Film Market Distribution Success on No Budget.
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88. The New Frontier of Theatrical Distribution with Kymberli Frueh
06/10/2016
88. The New Frontier of Theatrical Distribution with Kymberli Frueh
Kymberli Frueh is the Vice President of Programming at Fathom Events, a content provider that broadcasts entertainment events in movie theaters throughout the US. The Fathom Network provides access to over 1,700 theatres nationwide and 17,000 promotional screens. In 2015, Fathom was named "Best Distributor in the Americas" and received eight box office awards by the Event Cinema Association.
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87. Making Independent Films Happen with Atit Shah
06/09/2016
87. Making Independent Films Happen with Atit Shah
Atit Shah is a film producer with five films releasing within the next 12 months, including “Jekyll Island” starring Oscar nominated Minnie Driver, Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo, AnnaSophia Robb and Ed Westwick, and “Money” starring Kellan Lutz. He is the CEO of Create Entertainment, and is represented by UTA.
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86. Creating Crowdfinanced Film Stock Offerings with Gene Massey
06/07/2016
86. Creating Crowdfinanced Film Stock Offerings with Gene Massey
Gene Massey is the CEO of MediaShares, a crowdfinanced online stock offering company. And MediaShares owns CinemaShares, a crowdfunding film investment platform. Gene has directed numerous award-winning commercials and short films, working with celebrities such as Grammy nominated Alice Cooper, Golden Globe nominated Jane Krakowski, and Grammy winner Smokey Robinson, amongst others. He has won awards from Clio, the Telly Awards, the New York Festival, the Art Director's Club of Los Angeles, and the Homburg Award. Gene's work as a screenwriter has won awards from WorldFest International Film Festival, the Arizona Film Society, and the Award of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board. Gene has also filmed humanitarian documentaries in over twenty countries and frequently speaks on Wall Street and at conferences around the country on film finance.
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85. The Journey to “Die Hard” with Steven de Souza
06/07/2016
85. The Journey to “Die Hard” with Steven de Souza
Steven De Souza is one of few screenwriters whose films have earned over $2 billion at the box office. His work includes Oscar nominated “Die Hard”, “Die Hard 2”, “Commando”, “The Running Man”, and “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life”. He has been nominated twice for the Edgar Allen Poe award for best mystery screenplay and twice for the Saturn award for best Science Fiction/Fantasy Film. In 2000 he was honored with the Norman Lear Award for Lifetime Achievement in writing.
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84. The Art of VFX with Geoff Scott
06/03/2016
84. The Art of VFX with Geoff Scott
Geoff Scott is an Emmy Award nominated and Canadian Screen Award nominated visual effects artist with 20 years of experience in film, television, commercial, and video game work. He is currently the Senior VFX Supervisor at Intelligent Creatures, a top visual effects production house. Geoff has worked on major studio film and television projects, including the Oscar winning “Chicago”, as well as Golden Globe nominated “Orphan Black”, Oscar nominated “Snow White and the Huntsman”, Oscar winning “Hugo”, “Panic Room”, “The Amazing Spiderman”, and many more. Scott is also sought-after for his work in character animation, modeling, texturing, and compositing.
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83. The Million Dollar Crowdfunding Campaign with Brad Wyman
06/01/2016
83. The Million Dollar Crowdfunding Campaign with Brad Wyman
Brad Wyman is the producer of over 40 films including Oscar winning “Monster” starring Charlize Theron, “Freeway” starring Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon and Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland, and “Blitz” starring Jason Statham. He’s also an expert in crowd funding - as the lead on the film division of IndieGogo he tripled monthly contributions to $3 million a month in less than a year, and has acted as Chief Crowdfunding Officer for Fund Anything, during which time he oversaw several million dollar crowdfunding campaigns. He now acts as Chief Content Officer for fan driven crowdfunding platform Fanbacked.com.
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82. The Art of Entertainment Law with Jonathan Handel
06/01/2016
82. The Art of Entertainment Law with Jonathan Handel
Entertainment lawyer Jonathan Handel is a contributor for the Hollywood Reporter and the author of several books, including “The New Zealand Hobbit Crisis”, which tells the story of an attempt to unionize actors on “The Hobbit”; “Hollywood on Strike!”, which chronicles and analyzes the Hollywood writers strike of 2007-2008; “Entertainment Residuals: A Full Color Guide”, which describes union reuse/royalty payments in the entertainment industry; and “Entertainment Unions and Guilds: An Interdisciplinary Bibliography”. Jonathan is an adjunct professor at USC Law School and Southwestern Law School. He’s also been an adjunct professor at UCLA Law School, associate counsel at the Writers Guild, and a talent lawyer. His writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Variety, Los Angeles Business Journal, Daily Journal, Huffington Post, Billboard, Campaigns & Elections magazine, Forbes.com and IMDb.com.
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81. Becoming a Successful Female Director with Annetta Marion
05/31/2016
81. Becoming a Successful Female Director with Annetta Marion
Annetta Marion is an award-winning director and Primetime Emmy-nominated producer. She recently directed the television special “Oprah Goes to Broadway: The Color Purple” that premiered on OWN. Annetta is currently the Co-Executive Producer and a Director on the acclaimed television series “Oprah’s Master Class”. She has directed over 20 scripted projects including award-winning short films, a web series, commercials and numerous PSAs. Annetta is a graduate of AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, and she is an active member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, the Producer’s Guild of America, and she is a New York Women in Film and Television board member.
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