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Just Me Rambling About Being Grateful For My Family and What I Get To Do For A Living.

Just me rambling for 10 minutes about how lucky I am to make commercials for a living, and more importantly, that my family is safe and healthy. That is never taken for granted. That I get to work with my sons, my friends and often their kids is a such a treat. Enjoy your time […]

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On Set Electrician Jeanne Mailloux Talks “Birdman”, Buddhism and Mental Health.

Jeanne Mailloux works on commercial sets as a union Electrician. (And spells out to me the difference between the Grips and Electricains.) She shares fascinating insights about her start in filmmaking meeting Nick Cage, working on “Birdman” and being a female Electrician in that male-dominated department. We delve into reflections on human suffering, ego, humility,

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Greg Hahn, Mischief Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, Says It All Comes Down To The Work.

Greg Hahn is the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Mischief@No Fixed Address. Just moments before this insightful and engaging chat, Adweek named Mischief “US Agency of the Year” for excellent brand-building for clients like Tubi (loved the trio of Super Bowl spots), Peet’s Coffee, Tinder and more. Adweek also called out the stellar branding of Mischief itself. Even

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Filmmaker Nur Niaz Talks Directing Commercials & His Popular YouTube Cannel From Kazakhstan.

Director Nur Niaz is a talented filmmaker creating cozy and fun films for Samsung, Toyota, BMW, Coca-Cola, Red Bull and many more. I met Nur via another filmmaker’s instagram post of Nur’s work an d loved it. He’s living in his home country of Kazakhstan, yes it’s a real place, so we zoomed and you’ll love this chat.

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Managing Director/EP Rebecca Niles Grows ArtClass’ Business and Culture.

Managing Director/Exec Producer Rebecca Niles offers us a masterclass in everything filmmakers need to know about joining a roster at a top production company. Rebbeca joined Art Class, one of the busiest shoppes working with brilliant filmmakers, and is dedicated to serving agencies and the next gen of filmmakers to make great stuff. She brings deep global

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From ECD To Commercial Directing With Ed Han.

Director Ed Han started on the agency side and is now a busy commercial director, having helmed spots for Lincoln, Roomba, Hersey’s and more. I love Ed’s core philosophy of discover the overlooked, celebrate the journey, share the sublime. Those tenets certianly come through in his work. During our talk, he stressed the importance of ensuring “clarity

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Filmmaker Jeannette Godoy: From Spec Commercial To Directing Her Romcom Feature Film “Diamond In The Rough.”

Filmmmaker Jeannette Godoy screens her romcom feature film “Diamond In The Rough” on September 22nd as part of the NY Latino Film Festival at the Regal Union Square. Jeannette is a talented writer, producer, director and my lovely wife. She started in the business as a dancer/choreographer, choreographing Sir Mix A Lot’s “Baby Got Back” before making her first commercial for

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Area Of Expertise Founder Jim DiPiazza Curates Your Creative Dream Team.

My guest is Jim DiPiazza, Founder & CEO of Area of Expertise, a full-service marketing collective. We built and maintain an invite-only roster of highly experienced talent – who have helped create some of the most famous and impactful brands in the world. As for Jim – he’s been around the country at agencies both small and big agencies

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Undnyable Partner/Exec Creative Director Steve Williams Hacks Bland Advertising.

Steve Williams, Undnyable Partner/Exec Creative Director, joins me in an informative and entertaining chat about making commercials soup to nuts. (We’ve shot six fun spots for Kaiser Permanente, but we’ve never been on set together due to that pesky pandemic.) We discuss running the agency from concepting and strategy to shooting the spots. We cover the importance

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Ataboy Founder/Creative Director Vikkal Parikh Is A Talented Technique Agnostic Filmmaker.

Multi-disciplined filmmaker Vikkal Parikh is an award-winning director and creative director at Ataboy. Born and raised in Mumbai, Vikkal trained as an architect before coming to the U.S. to get his MFA in computer art from Savannah College of Art and Design. After a stint at MTV and Red Car, he founded Ataboy. His clients include Burger King,

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