Get Real: Indie Filmmakers

Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio is a Colombian-American filmmaker from New York City. Her feature directorial debut, In the Summers was awarded the grand jury prize and the directing award in the U.S. D…

William Rosenfeld is a producer based in Los Angeles. His film: It’s What’s Inside (2024, Netflix), premiered at Sundance. This horror/sci-fi film was directed by Greg Jardin and was filmed in 18 day…

Peter D. Marshall worked more than 40 years as a film and TV director, TV producer, 1stAD. He directed 30 episodes of TV and was 1stAD on 12 movies including Dawn of the Dead, The Butterfly Effect, a…

Dan Shaked is an actor in TV, film, and theater. He studied acting at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He …

Christine Chen is a film producer, director and 1st AD. She is one of the founders of GET REELISMS, a picture book made for filmmakers or film lovers to learn set lingo, walkie talkie etiquette, and …

Dan Attias has worked as a director in the film and television industry since 1984 and has been nominated for multiple Emmy awards for his comedy directing. He continues to work on some of the most c…

Alex Ferrari of Indie Film Hustle joins us for an epic discussion about the changing indie film industry, how to survive as an indie filmmaker in 2020, and how to use the power of the niche to compet…

Joshua A. Friedman and Voravong Nachampassak are making it easier to find crew in your local area with their new app, Crew Me Up. Josh has worked on such productions as 'Law and Order' 'Adjustment Bu…

Steve Kaplan, Hollywood's most sought-after expert in comedy writing, joins us to talk about "cancel culture" and surviving as a comic in the age of political correctness. Steve wrote the quintessent…

Heather Hale is a film and television writer, director, and producer with over 60 hours of credits that have won Emmys. She wrote the Lifetime Original Movie 'Courage to Love,' (2000) and co-wrote, …

BREAKING: Documentary filmmaker Jeff Witzeman talked with someone on the inside of Distribber and reveals some details. Alex Firarri of Indie Film Hustle has successfully pulled his film from Distrib…

BREAKING: Distribber is apparently closing, leaving thousands of indie filmmakers wondering what to do. We talk with media strategist Jon Reiss, founder of 8 Above and author of "Think Outside the Bo…

Everything you ever wanted to know about gaffer tape! Marty Gage from Gaffer Power is our guest as we examine the importance of gaffer tape to film sets. After 15 years of working in film and televis…

Including "Audio Description" in your production will enable the 26 million blind in the US to enjoy your movie. Today's guest is Roy Samuelson, an Audio Description narrator based in LA whose narrat…

Weiko Lin has taught playwriting and/or screenwriting at Northwestern University, UCLA, and Taipei National University of the Arts. Based in Los Angeles and Boston, he is a tenured Associate Professo…

Greg Loftin says that screenwriters can learn a lot from film editors, especially when it comes to visual storytelling. Greg is a writer and director with a PhD from the University of Exeter, and aut…

Today we talk with "The Guerilla Rep" Ben Yennie of ProductionNext and Producer Foundry about ways to raise financing for your indie film. We ask him what to say in meetings with potential investors,…

Indie director, author, radio producer, and "Hitchcock Whisperer" Jeffrey Michael Bays talks about creating gripping moments for all genres of film. He produced the SiriusXM radio production 'Not Fro…

Indie director William Dickerson joins us to talk about directing a 90s period piece: his new feature film 'No Alternative' starring Kathryn Erbe. William teaches at New York Film Academy, and previo…

Jeffrey returns from Switzerland, and Ken Lee joins us from Michael Wiese Books to reveal a big meetup in Minneapolis for filmmakers and screenwriters in July -- a chance to meet your favorite MW aut…