Richard was professor of the UCLA Screenwriting program, which is the most successful screenwriting program in the world. It’s harder to get into this program than it is to get accepted to Harvard Law School, and for good reason. Richard is a consummate storyteller,...
My guest today is the legendary screenwriting instructor at the UCLA Screenwriting Program, Richard Walter. I’ve been reading books on screenwriting since my days in film school. I have more than any screenwriter could possibly read. When an aspiring screenwriter asks...
Thirteen years in the making, and I don’t mean 11 years shopping the script around and 2 years of production. This no-budget film was 13 years in production. Writer and director Nathaniel Sims is with us to talk about his apocalyptic movie The Book of Wendy. The Book...
Nigerian filmmaker Obi Emelonye shares his experience working in the phenomenon of Nollywood since the early 2000s. Sometimes we need to shake up our perceptions of things we believe are immovable – things like the mechanisms of our Western film industry. Sometimes we...
The Content 2022 Film Festival and Media Summit will be held at Capernaum Studios in Poolville TX next week – starting on Feb 28th and wrapping on March 3rd. Our guest today is a man who has had his hands in the world of Christian filmmaking for more than 20 years,...
TODD SHAFFER is a 30+ year veteran director who has worked on features and series for Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros., and more. He has directed hundreds of commercials and short form projects, has written and directed DTV’s, and has a number of feature films and a documentary in the works.
As the industry faces tectonic shifts and as technology and distribution methods change, the path for filmmakers is becoming increasingly blue collar. This podcast is an effort keep one foot in the fundamentals while reaching forward into the edge of innovation and change.
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