Filmmaking, the Hard Way
A dude who makes things people watch on screens interviews other humans who make things people watch on screens about making things people watch on screens with limited resources. Over coffee.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Luke Matthews/Tricks Can Go Wrong
Josh grabs a coffee with Luke Matthews on the Culver Steps in Culver City to discuss making his feature-length mockumentary “Tricks Can Go Wrong” with a very small amount of money.
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Mikelle Virey/Matt Hamilton/Ghasan Alesayi/Uncanceled
Josh has a digi-chat with Mikelle Virey, Matt Hamilton, and Ghasan Alesayi to discuss making their doc short “Uncanceled” without much more, resource-wise, than their passion for their project.
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Kylie Alesso/Just Lie To Me
Josh grabs a coffee with Kylie Alesso at Paper or Plastik in LA’s Mid-City neighborhood to discuss making her short “Just Lie To Me” with a painfully small cache of resources.
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Nathan Morris/My Eyes Are Up Here
Josh ducks out of the cold with Nathan Morris at CupSoul Café in NYC’s Gramercy neighborhood to discuss making his short “My Eyes Are Up Here” with less than an ideal sum of money.
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Diane Catsburrow Linnet/A Perfect Day For A Walk
Josh hunkers down at The Original Tea House in snowy Buffalo, NY with Diane Catsburrow Linnet to chat about making her tear-wrenching animated short “A Perfect Day For A Walk” with very little money.
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Seanie Sugrue/Still Filmmaking, the Hard Way
Josh does a pandemic-entrenched Zoom call with Seanie Sugrue to chat about his read of Josh’s new book, and all that Josh got wrong about the making of catch 22 and Love Is Dead!
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Cait Cortelyou/Still Filmmaking, the Hard Way
Josh does a pandemic-entrenched Zoom call with Cait Cortelyou to chat about her read of Josh’s new book, and all that Josh got wrong about the making of Ask For Jane.
FtHW Ep 9 Show Notes:
Stil…
Darren Coyle/Chasing Sunshine
Josh has a beach coffee with fellow 2019 Omaha Film Festival filmmaker Darren Coyle to chat about his feature film “Chasing Sunshine”.
FtHW Ep 8 Show Notes:
Chasing Sunshine:
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Ryan Gielen/My Beautiful Stutter
Josh goes Hollywood with a longtime NYC filmmaking ally, Ryan Gielen. The two chat over a coffee about Ryan’s latest documentary, “My Beautiful Stutter”, at the Believe LTD office in the Hollywood H…
Patrick James Lynch & Rob Bradford/Bombardier Blood
Josh has coffee with Patrick James Lynch and Rob Bradford to discuss filmmaking the hardest way possible – on Mt. Everest – for their documentary feature “Bombardier Blood”.
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Seanie Sugrue/Misty Button
Josh hunkers down in a PT Cruiser, sans coffee, outside of an SLO Film Festival screening venue with filmmaker Seanie Sugrue to chat about shooting a 124-page feature script in a maniacal nine days.
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Greg Emetaz/Camp Wedding
Josh grabs a beach coffee with Greg to chat about collaborating on the feature film “Camp Wedding”.
FtHW Ep 4 Show Notes:
Camp Wedding:
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Chris Greenslate/Saviors
Josh sits down with Chris Greenslate at his DTLA office to talk about writing, directing and producing the feature film “Saviors” over a coffee.
FtHW Ep 3 Show Notes:
Saviors:
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Rachel Carey/Ask For Jane
Cait Cortelyou/Ask For Jane