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Are You Filmmaker Retreat Curious? Plus My Passion Project Jumpstart Process.

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Curious if our Filmmaker Retreat Joshua Tree is right for you? Set up a free quick call with me, and perhaps I’ll talk you out of it. Plus, I share how to get your passion project off the ground. It’s pretty eazy actually. Just me babbling for 19 minutes. C’mon folks, time to level up, duct tape the monkey

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Emerging Filmmaker Emmanuel Afolabi And His Journey Defining His Voice.

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Filmmaker Emmanuel Afolabi joins me for a wide-ranging discussion, from his path from Nigeria to Detroit to pursuing his filmmaking dreams. While relatively young, Emmanuel is quite generous with his knowledge, hoping to help others as he himself grows. It was energizing to speak with someone so dedicated to their craft. Through determination and skill, he’s already

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Founder/Creative Director Vasanth Seshadri On Growing The Sunny Side Agency in Singapore.

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Vasanth Seshadri is the Founder, head honcho and Creative Director of the ad agency in Singapore called The Sunny Side. Vasanth shares his non-traditional path into the ad world, starting out as an engineer before catching the creative bug. We talked about his globetrotting career that took him from Singapore to New York and back again. Click here to

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Building a Directing Career with Seed Media Arts’ EP Bradley Johnson and Filmmaker Matthew Underwood

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Wow! What a fun, insightful talk with Bradley Johnson, Managing Director and EP at Seed Media Arts, and Seed Director Matthew Underwood. We discuss Matthew’s spec spot for Chevy, including the process of developing the script, shooting it on location in Utah, and editing it down from an initial long cut to his reel. Matthew’s started shooting weddings

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Little Hands of Stone Founders Matt McCain & Michael Boychuk Are Crafting Memorable Ad Campaigns.

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Matt McCain and Michael Boychuk founded their Little Hands of Stone ad agency in 2019 after both having extensive careers working at other agencies and companies like Amazon. Matt and Michael worked together at the legendary Wong Doody in LA in the late 90s/early 2000s. The LHoS founders discuss their fun projects, unique creative process, and illustious careers

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Comedy Director Michael Ryan Fagan’s Shares Funny Stories from Commercial Sets.

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Comedy Director Michael Ryan Fagan was in town, so we chat it up about directing comedy for ads… and we never stop. We discuss his career directing actor Vincent Pastore from The Sopranos, among others. We debate the pros and cons of using LED walls and other virtual production techniques in commercials. MRF shares some stories about

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What Does Cinematographer Dustin Pearlman Like To Shoot Most?

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Cinematographer Dustin Pearlman stops by the podcast for a great chat. We met at the DGA trying to dispel myths to help up and coming directors, and we ended up chums. Dustin has shot for brands, agencies, promos, narrative and docs. I try to nail him down to what he likes best… Stay tuned. Check out his

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Filmmaker Bo Barrett Goes From Acting In 300 Commercials To Directing Them.

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Commercial Director Bo Barrett shares his journey from acting in over 300 commercials to pursuing directing. He discusses how he learned on film sets by observing legendary directors. He dives into directing his first paid commercial for the brand Shorebirds and the positive response it received. Bo provides advice for other directors just starting out. He emphasizes

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From Surf Films To National Commercials With Director Ross Haines.

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Filmmaker Ross Haines shares how his career making spots has grown and tells us about his short film “Around the Band”. Ross got his start editing surf films in Hawaii, joined Beyoncé’s team for her HBO feature doc, Life Is But a Dream and helped launch DC Shoes’ internal film department. We discuss “Around the Band,” as a visual

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Filmmaker Nema Vand: From Shah’s Of Sunset Star To VaynerMedia Spot Director.

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Part Two – the exciting conclusion to my talk with Filmmaker Nema Vand. Presently, he is directing commercials at VaynerMedia and Eva Nosidam, the in-house production unit. A turning point came when Nema documented Mike Winkelmann’s (Mr. Beeple) historic NFT sale, which gained him recognition as a storyteller and director. Now, Nema’s goal is to

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