The WGA strike may be coming to its conclusion. But SAG still holds strong, A.I. lurks in the shadows and moviemaking ain't what it used to be. So producers Evan Astrowksy and Craig Perry, as well as entertainment lawyer Rose Meade Hart, sit down to talk shop. Craig Perry As a partner at Zide/Perry Entertainment, Craig Perry, produced Universal's American Pie franchise; New Line Cinema's Final Destination franchise; Warner Bros' Cats & Dogs franchise; and Sony Pictures' Little Black Book and...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 27
Whether it's the fear of A.I. coming for your job or the fact that your third act stinks to high heaven, the writing life is full of worries and doubts. Luckily screenwriting mentor Brooks Elms has your back. Alex and Ryan talk to him about how to take notes, find hope for the future, and write honest stories driven by real humanity like Richard Linklater's "Before" trilogy: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), and Before Midnight (2013). Brooks Elms is a screenwriter and independent fil...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 26
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with NYU film professor David Irving, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Tod Browning's 1932 film "Freaks." David Irving is a director whose professional film credits include Night of the Cyclone (1990) with Kris Kristofferson and Marisa Berenson; C.H.U.D. II (1988) with Robert Vaughn and Gerrit Graham; The Emperor's New Clothes (1987) with Sid Caesar and Robert Morse; Sleeping Beauty (1987) with Morgan Fairchild, Tawnee We...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 25
This week Alex & Ryan talk with NYU film professor and author David Irving, in the first episode of a two-part series. David Irving is a director whose professional film credits include Night of the Cyclone (1990) with Kris Kristofferson and Marisa Berenson; C.H.U.D. II (1988) with Robert Vaughn and Gerrit Graham; The Emperor's New Clothes (1987) with Sid Caesar and Robert Morse; Sleeping Beauty (1987) with Morgan Fairchild, Tawnee Welch, and Sylvia Miles; Rumpelstiltskin (1987) with Amy Irv...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 24
This week Alex & Ryan talk with producer and director J Miles Dale, including a discussion of his choice of "B-Side": Brian De Palma’s 1974 movie “Phantom of the Paradise.” Academy Award-winning producer J. Miles Dale has been making movies and television programs for over 35 years. His productions have been honored with numerous awards including 17 Oscar nominations and 8 Golden Globe nominations. In 2018, he won the Best Picture Oscar for The Shape of Water . Currently, Dale is Executive P...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 23
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with production designer Paul Rice, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss some of his favorite design work in film. Paul Rice is a multi talented and multi dimensional artist, designer, fabricator, and performer. Paul began his art career early, working at his father's parade float factory and attending an art magnet high school in Memphis, TN. He won a full scholarship to Pratt Institute in New York. He graduated from Pratt w...
Aug 29, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 22
This week Alex & Ryan talk with art director and production designer Paul Rice, in the first episode of a two-part series. Paul Rice is a multi talented and multi dimensional artist, designer, fabricator, and performer. Paul began his art career early, working at his father's parade float factory and attending an art magnet high school in Memphis, TN. He won a full scholarship to Pratt Institute in New York. He graduated from Pratt with a fine arts degree in painting. After graduation, Paul ...
Aug 22, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 21
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with writer-director Angie Wang, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Niki Caro's 2002 film "Whale Rider." Angie Wang is the writer-director of MDMA , an autobiographical ’80s crime drama starring Annie Q. and Francesca Eastwood, which is in theaters from September 14 through Shout! Factory. She was born in 1965 and holds a B.A. with a triple major in Economics, Political Science and Psychology from Rutgers University. She is...
Aug 15, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This week Alex & Ryan talk with writer-director Angie Wang, in the first episode of a two-part series. Angie Wang is the writer-director of MDMA , an autobiographical ’80s crime drama starring Annie Q. and Francesca Eastwood, which is in theaters from September 14 through Shout! Factory. She was born in 1965 and holds a B.A. with a triple major in Economics, Political Science and Psychology from Rutgers University. She is a survivor of not only the 1980s, but also of Silicon Valley in the 19...
Aug 08, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with creator-developer and television executive Eli Holzman, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Robert Altman's 1992 film "The Player." Eli Holzman is the founder and CEO of The Intellectual Property Corporation and the President of Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction. Holzman began his career in 1996 at Miramax Films where he co-founded the company’s television department, created the multi-Emmy nominated series PROJECT RU...
Aug 01, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 18
This week Alex & Ryan talk with creator-developer and television executive Eli Holzman, who helped Alex develop and sell the original Project Greenlight , in the first episode of a two-part series. Eli Holzman is the founder and CEO of The Intellectual Property Corporation and the President of Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction. Holzman began his career in 1996 at Miramax Films where he co-founded the company’s television department, created the multi-Emmy nominated series PROJECT RUNWAY an...
Jul 25, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Recently Alex and Ryan were invited as guests on the incredible movie podcast Cinema Splash Page. Give their episode a listen here and then go subscribe to Cinema Splash Page wherever your get your podcasts! Join us as Ryan and Alex share their thoughts on some truly obscure and fascinating 80s movies (Final Countdown, anyone? Ice Pirates?) and then discuss the advantages and disadvantages of filmmaking on a wide range of budget levels. This is a fun one. These guys are really charming and have ...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 6 min
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with movie and television producer Jamie Patricof, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film "The Outsiders." Jamie Patricof is an accomplished independent film, tv, and documentary producer, and co-founder of Hunting Lane Films. His projects include Captain Fantastic (Viggo Mortensen); Blue Valentine (Michelle Williams, Ryan Gosling); The Place Beyond the Pines (Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling), as w...
Jul 18, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 16
This week Alex & Ryan talk with movie and television producer Jamie Patricof, in the first episode of a two-part series. Jamie Patricof is an accomplished independent film, tv, and documentary producer, and co-founder of Hunting Lane Films. His projects include Captain Fantastic (Viggo Mortensen); Blue Valentine (Michelle Williams, Ryan Gosling); The Place Beyond the Pines (Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling), as well as the celebrated ESPN series 30 for 30 . Early in the pandemic, Patricof kicked...
Jul 11, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 15
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with make-up and special effects artist Alex Noble, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss highlights from his work and some of his favorite movie make-up designs. From natural beauty to prosthetics and gore effects, Alex Noble’s make up expertise speaks for itself. Alex’s makeup skills include beauty, fantasy, character, ageing, hair application, men’s grooming, cuts, bruises, effects, prosthetics, and gore. He has worked on s...
Jul 04, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Our series of roundtable discussions continues with a Q&A session featuring writers Anthony Jaswinski and Chap Taylor unpacking the state of their craft in the era of digital streaming content. Writer and Producer, Anthony Jaswinski wrote the summer sleeper hit (and box office success) The Shallows starring Blake Lively and Mary starring Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer. Additionally, Anthony wrote Area 51 for Sony and Atomic Monster with Colin Minihan attached to direct, as well as Sentinel f...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 13
This week Alex & Ryan talk with make-up and special effects artist Alex Noble, in the first episode of a two-part series. From natural beauty to prosthetics and gore effects, Alex Noble’s make up expertise speaks for itself. Alex’s makeup skills include beauty, fantasy, character, ageing, hair application, men’s grooming, cuts, bruises, effects, prosthetics, and gore. He has worked on such films as Space Jam 2 , Army of the Dead , Once Upon A Time in Hollywood , Captain Marvel , Ford vs. Fer...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This week Alex & Ryan talk with film journalist and critic Claudia Puig, including a discussion of her choice of "B-Side": Steven Soderbergh’s 1998 movie “Out of Sight.” Claudia Puig is president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and a nationally recognized entertainment journalist and film critic. Currently a critic for NPR’s Film Week show and podcast, she is also contributor to NPR’s Morning Edition. Puig was USA Today’s film critic for 18 years and host of the website’s The Scr...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with advertising guru and brand anthropologist Richard Wise, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Éric Rohmer's 1962 film " Le Signe du Lion " (or "Sign of the Lion"). Richard Wise, the creator of the infamous Joe Camel ad campaign, was once denounced as a corrupter of our nation's youth by Bill Clinton. Today he is a brand anthropologist and head of WPP's Geometry Global in London, where he has advised such venerable brands ...
Jun 13, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 10
This week Alex & Ryan talk with advertising guru and brand anthropologist Richard Wise, in the first episode of a two-part series. Richard Wise, the creator of the infamous Joe Camel ad campaign, was once denounced as a corrupter of our nation's youth by Bill Clinton. Today he is a brand anthropologist and head of WPP's Geometry Global in London, where he has advised such venerable brands as Bulgari, Dunhill, Ritz-Carlton, and Johnnie Walker. He is also an advisor to the Wharton School of Ma...
Jun 06, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with writer, director, producer and comic book creator Tze Chun, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Wong Kar-wai's 1994 film Chungking Express . Tze Chun is a writer, director, producer, and visual artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He’s been a writer and producer on Fox’s hit Batman prequel show Gotham . He also wrote and directed the award-winning films Windowbreaker (Sundance 2007), Children of Invention (Sundance 2009) an...
May 30, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This week Alex & Ryan talk with writer, director, producer and comic book creator Tze Chun, in the first episode of a two-part series. Tze Chun is a writer, director, producer, and visual artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He’s been a writer and producer on Fox’s hit Batman prequel show Gotham . He also wrote and directed the award-winning films Windowbreaker (Sundance 2007), Children of Invention (Sundance 2009) and the Bryan Cranston thriller Cold Comes The Night (Sony). He is currently crea...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Our series of roundtable discussions continues with another conversation about the ongoing Writers' Guild of America strike, this time featuring writer Chap Taylor and producer Evan Astrowsky. Chap Taylor has written screenplays and television pilots for all of the major Hollywood studios. He's worked for such producers as Brian Grazer, Scott Rudin, Irwin Winkler, Arnold Kopelson, and for directors Wes Craven and Ridley Scott. He co-wrote the Paramount feature film Changing Lanes , starring Ben ...
May 18, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 6
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with film & TV director Laurie Collyer, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Jerry Schatzberg's 1973 film "Scarecrow." Laurie Collyer‘s credits include Sherrybaby (2006) which won numerous awards including the National Board of Review’s Award for Top Independent Film in 2006 and a Golden Globe nomination for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal; the documentary Nuyorican Dream (1999) which received much acclaim including a DGA nomin...
May 16, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 5
This week Alex & Ryan talk with trailblazing indie film & TV director Laurie Collyer, in the first episode of a two-part series. Laurie Collyer‘s credits include Sherrybaby (2006) which won numerous awards including the National Board of Review’s Award for Top Independent Film in 2006 and a Golden Globe nomination for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal; the documentary Nuyorican Dream (1999) which received much acclaim including a DGA nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement and a Grand...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 4
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with reality TV pioneer & creativity guru Gary Carter, in the second episode of a two-part series. Gary Carter is Creative Officer and member of the management team at the Waag Futurelab in Amsterdam, which he joined in 2020. After training and working as an actor and director in his native South Africa, he worked for many years in the international television production sector, where his reputation for the leadership of creative teams and conten...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 3
This week Alex & Ryan talk with reality TV pioneer & creativity guru Gary Carter, in the first episode of a two-part series. Gary Carter is Creative Officer and member of the management team at the Waag Futurelab in Amsterdam, which he joined in 2020. After training and working as an actor and director in his native South Africa, he worked for many years in the international television production sector, where his reputation for the leadership of creative teams and content innovation was...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Kicking off season 2 of How I Got Greenlit , Alex & Ryan are joined by screenwriter Brooks Elms and producer Evan Astrowsky to discuss the imminent Writers' Guild of America strike from all sides. Brooks Elms is a screenwriter and independent filmmaker. His specialty is grounded personal characters and writing story tension so thick it knots up your stomach. He's written 25+ screenplays, a dozen of them on assignment, and sold several scripts, including one with Brad Peyton as Executive Prod...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 1
This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with director, writer, & actor Karen Moncrieff in the final part of a three-part series. Karen received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1998 for her coming of age drama Blue Car , which later became Moncrieff’s feature film debut, premiering at Sundance in 2002 where it was acquired by Miramax Films. Screening around the world at Toronto, Deauville, Montreal, and London, Blue Car...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 23
This week Alex & Ryan continue their talk with director, writer, & actor Karen Moncrieff in part two of a three part series. Karen received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1998 for her coming of age drama Blue Car , which later became Moncrieff’s feature film debut, premiering at Sundance in 2002 where it was acquired by Miramax Films. Screening around the world at Toronto, Deauville, Montreal, and London, Blue Car opene...
Nov 29, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 22
