Tyrone Breaux, Jr. was born and raised in Bakersfield, CA. He joined the U.S Air Force after graduating high school and served for six years. After an honorable discharge in 2010, Tyrone attended the New York Film Academy. He graduated in 2015 with a BFA in Filmmaking. T: https://twitter.com/bigtfbro?lang=en IG: https://www.instagram.com/brotateaux/ Like to have a ASC cinematographer as a mentor? Have you thought of upgrading your cinematography game? Would you like to have an ASC Cinematographe...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Missy Hernandez is a Writer and Filmmaker based in Chicago. Missy's pilot script, FAMILY MEDICINE, was a finalist for the 2020 Script Pipeline TV Writing Competition. Her feature script, I DON'T DREAM IN SPANISH ANYMORE, was a participant in the 2020 Cine Qua Non Storylines Lab. Missy's goal is to make nuanced leading roles of women and Latinx people a mainstream norm. American Thief - www.americanthiefthemovie.com Available for rental or purchase in the US on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Vudu, Spectru...
May 28, 2021•46 min
RON WASSERMAN Today on Filmmaking Conversations, I'll be speaking to Ron Wasserman. He has been scoring television since 1992. His first hit shows were X-Men, Power Rangers, and Dragon Ball Z. That was the beginning of a career now totaling over 2900 episodes of television ranging from preschool to adult series, animation to live-action, classical to contemporary. He has done memorable commercials and current video games. As a kid growing up in London, Saturday mornings meant Power Rangers and l...
May 22, 2021•53 min
BETHANY ROONEY has directed over 220 episodes of prime time network television over the past thirty years and is still amazingly enthusiastic about the creative process and the craft! She has expanded her visibility in the business, moving from freelance director (NCIS, Criminal Minds, The Blacklist) to producer/director (The Originals, Bull.) She is sharing her hard-earned knowledge and giving back, especially to incoming directors, by teaching the Warner Brothers TV Directors Workshop and co-c...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Nathalie Basoski is a Dutch/Macedonian contemporary artist focusing in still and motion picture. Currently based in Brooklyn New York Nathalie explores the thin line between fashion and fine arts and thrives in street photography as an anthropological study of the places she visits. She also works as a director and cinematographer on documentaries, experimental films and music videos. Her first solo exhibition of street photographs COMPRESSED DIVERSITY was shown in Ohrid, Skopje and Struga in Ma...
May 10, 2021•34 min
Keenan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into an Irish American Catholic family. He has a twin brother, John, and two other siblings Ronald and Geraldine. He grew up in the blue collar neighborhood of Cambridgeport. Keenan attended Boston College High School and Columbia College. In 1991 Cheers creators James Burrows and Glen and Les Charles, having read Keenan's novel Blue Heaven, invited Keenan to create a new sitcom for their production company. The resulting pilot, Gloria Vane, starring J...
May 08, 2021•1 hr 7 min
About Jill Chamberlain Jill Chamberlain has helped thousands of writers, producers, and studios find and refine their stories. As a longtime script consultant, Jill knows the pitfalls that are common in screenwriting and how to avoid them. That experience and the desire to bring this knowledge to the public led to Jill founding The Screenplay Workshop. Jill’s unique Nutshell Technique for screenplay story structure has been praised throughout Hollywood. Producer Callum Greene (Star Wars Episode ...
May 04, 2021•49 min
Urban Dictionary defines 'pop' as "the derivative of crackle, which is the derivative of snap, which is the derivative of jerk, which is the derivative of acceleration, which is the derivative of velocity, which is the derivative of distance...." Which we feel is the derivative of awesome. It's through this idea that Pop Sound has been able to contribute to so many award winning projects. As a close-knit team, we're able to collaborate and refine our music, sound design, and mixes to allow eac...
Apr 30, 2021•43 min
Megan Arnold, director, editor, and writer. BA (May '21) in Digital Media/Video Production + Public Relationships/Strategic Communications Passions include video editing, graphic + print media design, social media management, product advertisements, and website design. Strongest assets include full capability of the Adobe Suite (Premiere, Photoshop, AfterEffects, InDesign, etc.), prominent knowledge in Wix, Wordpress, + Squarespace, and background with social media consulting specifically on...
Apr 27, 2021•30 min
🎧 Episode Summary:In this soulful and inspiring episode, Damien Swaby sits down with jazz vocalist, composer, and storyteller Toni Jannotta, whose artistry has spanned decades across dance, acting, music, and multimedia storytelling. From her early years on stage as a dancer and actress to becoming a jazz musician with international acclaim, Toni shares the rich tapestry of her creative life—and how jazz became her truest voice.Critically praised for crafting original jazz works that "keep thin...
Apr 23, 2021•53 min
Reagan Pasternak is a Canadian born actress from Toronto, Canada. She's the youngest of four siblings, with two sisters and one brother. She began singing at age seven and soon after fell in love with theater, training in The Meisner Technique, among others. She also performed in award-winning improv groups and musical theater productions and was awarded a full scholarship to college for performing arts. Almost immediately out of college she booked the lead in a Disney TV series directed by Shaw...
Apr 19, 2021•40 min
Mylissa spent her early years in Moab, Utah then as a teenager in Oregon. In high school she took to skateboarding and photography, photographing bands and making super 8 skate videos. It was during her last year of school she was introduced to documentary filmmaking. After 15 years making doc films she made the transition into narrative films and writing. Her films include, Long Way Home, Mercy, the award winning That Party That One Night and Who Decides. As well as writing and directing she wa...
Apr 16, 2021•49 min
Jordan-Paige Sudduth is a 19 year old writer, actor, director, filmmaker, daily vlogger, and author. Born on April 13, 2001, she was born and raised in Georgia, left the state for a bit of time to attend college, and is now back in the great peach state. She began gaining her interest in acting first at around age 8 after performing a small skit for an elementary school project. The next year, she joined her school’s drama club, and fell in love with the art when they performed a rendition of Ci...
Apr 12, 2021•49 min
In his own words "I am the Co-founder and CEO of Beyond the Porch (BTP), a full-service video production company that we launched six years ago, shortly after graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Through our subsidiary, BTP Media, we produce high-quality, cinematic films for brands, marketing agencies, and communication firms. Our clients (and associated brands) include: Omaze, Fraser Communications (LA County Department of Public Health, Lexus), Lineage Digital (ThisIsMelo, AdidasLA,...
Apr 09, 2021•54 min
Rob Meyer is an award-winning writer and director who works in features, documentaries, television, and commercials. His films, including A Birder’s Guide to Everything (Ben Kingsley, Kodi Smit-McPhee), Little Boxes (Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Christine Taylor), and Aquarium (Jeremy Allen White) have won awards around the world including at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals. He is the creator and director of the beloved original Web series Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and Topic's ne...
Apr 04, 2021•48 min
Formerly Atlanta Film Chat, now with a brand new name and logo, but with the same great indie film coverage! From the current center of the filmmaking universe, Atlanta, Georgia, producer and screenwriter Chuck Thomas interviews film industry professionals, screenwriters, directors, actors, producers and more. Learn how to make your own projects, navigate set protocols, gain distribution, and much more in this series that's been running weekly since 2014. Proud member of the Indie Film Hustle Po...
Mar 26, 2021•45 min
Geoff got his first camera, a Brownie 127, when he was 8. From then on his career was clear. He went through a range of cameras getting better every time. In his own words "I was trying to celebrate 30 years of shooting commercials by making a "favourite 10" video. I couldn't do it so there are 11 :-) Starting in 1985 a lot are from SD and uppressed but they seem to hold up pretty well. I started as a stills assistant in fashion & advertising in 1970, moving into moving images in 1973. After...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Among Debra McGuire's many accomplishments as a FINE ARTIST, FASHION DESIGNER and COSTUME DESIGNER, she has been best known for her 10 year run on the hit show FRIENDS and for designing many of David Mamet's film and theatre projects including PHIL SPECTOR (starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren), nominated for 11 Emmy's and in which she was nominated for BEST COSTUME DESIGN. Debra has also designed many of Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan's film and Television projects. Debra designed SONIC (The Hedgeh...
Mar 08, 2021•41 min
Dawn Robson formerly of En Vogue and Lucy Pearl! With 30 years experience in the entertainment industry, Dawns brand is a force to be reckoned with! Dawn brings to any project hands on experience, amazing talent, creativity, INSTANT brand recognition, a left of center trendsetting sense of style and a ready made global fan base of millions! Her significant contributions to En Vogue and Lucy Pearl are outstanding! Her brand and accomplishments have made an indelible mark in the music industry and...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 25 min
John Painz started his filmmaking experience with "8 for Vegas", a 9-episode web series that he wrote, directed, produced, shot, and edited. What started as a fun project soon turned into a career. He was hired to shoot and edit three other web series, produced a TV pilot (Untitled Zombie Project), and, in 2013, produced, shot, and edited his first feature film, Enchantments, for director Kelsey O'Brien. In February of 2014, John and Julie Sisson embarked on their first feature film, Stuck, with...
Feb 23, 2021•54 min
Rachael Wotherspoon is an Award Winning New Zealand Actress and Filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Rachael (nickname Rey) has been Acting since she was a child and has always had a strong interest in Art; throwing herself into Drama and Art classes in and outside of school throughout her Primary and High School years. Fresh out of High School Rachael began working full-time to help support family members through a tough time, while putting herself through night classes at TAPAC, The Actors Program ...
Feb 16, 2021•50 min
Robby Baumgartner began his film career 28 years ago in New York City. His interest in lighting inspired him to choose the unconventional route to DP via Gaffing. This career path allowed him to light films and learn from some of the most talented DP’s in the business: Rodrigo Prieto, Chris Menges, Robert Elswit, Dante Spinotti, Darius Khondji, Janusz Kaminski, and Emmanuel Lubezki. Some of the films include: “8 Mile”, “25th Hour”, “21 Grams”, “Babel”, “Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada”, and ...
Feb 01, 2021•48 min
Williams was born Cynthia Ann Williams in Chicago, Illinois, to Charles, a police officer, and Beverly, a medical lab technician and raised in the Pullman neighborhood on the south side. She spent parts of her early childhood in Indiana, where she sang in her grandfather's church. Williams attended Bennett Elementary School and Dunbar Vocational High School before moving with her mother to Muncie, Indiana when she was a teenager. While in Indiana, Williams attended Northside High School, graduat...
Jan 23, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Loretta Sarah Todd | Bio Loretta Sarah Todd is a visionary leader in Indigenous media, considered a true artist with entrepreneurial energy and deep cultural knowledge. Her first dramatic feature, Monkey Beach, based on the iconic novel by Eden Robinson, recently launched to strong audience and critical response, screening at TIFF (Industry Selects), opening the Vancouver International Film Festival and sweeping the Drama awards at the American Indian and Red Nation Film Festivals in the USA, in...
Jan 21, 2021•41 min
Julie Sokolow is an award-winning film director, musician, and writer. She directed the feature documentaries Woman on Fire (2017) and Aspie Seeks Love (2015). Woman on Fire follows Brooke Guinan, the first openly transgender firefighter in NY. The film received praise in IndieWire and the Village Voice and first aired on Starz in November 2017. Her film Aspie Seeks Love chronicles David V. Matthews, an offbeat writer on a quest to find love after a late-in-life Aspergers diagnosis. The award-wi...
Jan 16, 2021•44 min
Benjamin Madrid is an Actor/Comic/Writer/Producer from the Midwestern portion of the United States. 'Connected' and multi-talented in the business of show.' In addition to acting, he has a Masters of Science in Communication and a French wife. He is the star of Indican Pictures' new true-crime drama, No Place. Synopsis No Place stars Benjamin Madrid (The Lumber Baron) as Mac, a grifter on the hunt for his next hustle. After tying up loose ends in the midwest with his fixer, Les (Forba Shepherd, ...
Jan 13, 2021•40 min
Suzan was born and raised in the Caribbean. Broadcast includes - Independent Lens, PBS, World Channel, Lincoln Center. BAG IT - winner of the Britdoc Impact Award, televised in over thirty countries. URANIUM DRIVE-IN - Sundance Institute, Good Pitch and Hot Docs Pitch Forum. Documentary Excellence by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. MASSACRE RIVER - ITVS funded, Latino Media Market, Points North Fellowship, and IFP Spotlight on Documentaries. Suzan became Festival Director for Mountainfil...
Jan 08, 2021•33 min
Like to have a ASC cinematographer as a mentor? Have you thought of upgrading your cinematography game? Would you like to have an ASC Cinematographer mentor you for free? Join veteran cinematographer Suki Medencevic, A.S.C. (Disney, Pixar, FX Networks, Netflix, American Horror Story). He teaches you how to create beautiful images using three lighting techniques he has mastered on film sets over his 30+ years in the film industry. Each technique uses basic, low-cost lighting equipment so that any...
Dec 30, 2020•38 min
Morgan (Mo) Heim MA - Environmental Journalism, BS - Zoology Once upon a time, Morgan spent her days studying things like dam removal or how killer whales communicate in the dark waters of British Columbia. Now, she's a science groupie, working with researchers, NGOs and media outlets to connect nature's stories with broader audiences. She loves helping wildlife…and people, and wants them to do a better job of living together. She does this by creating photographs and films that weave together t...
Dec 16, 2020•41 min
Hey there, I’m Melissa Center. I’m an actor, filmmaker & “social entrepreneur” working and living in Hollywood. Ever since my parents took me to see ET & The Nutcracker, I knew my destiny was to work in Showbiz. As a child with an active imagination & a penchant for song and dance, I LOVED to perform! Those passions coupled with my bright mind led me to seek excellence in life as an actor, creator, and entrepreneur. My journey has taken me from touring A Chorus Line to originating a ...
Dec 04, 2020•46 min
