Just Shoot It: A Podcast about Filmmaking, Screenwriting and Directing

This week we talk with Ryan Connolly about his Youtube channel Film Riot, DIY filmmaking, and what it's like transitioning from a do-it-yourself mindset to a let-someone-else-handle-it mindset when w…

Today we talk with Clay Epstein, the president and founder of Film Mode Entertainment, to talk all things distribution, but not after catching up with our friend Jumai Yusuf to see what she’s been up…

Bill and Ted Face the Music is Dean Parisot’s most recent film, but not the only notable project in his filmmaking career. He started off his career with an Academy Award for his short film The Appoi…

Numa Perrier shares her life story in her film Jezebel that featured at SXSW and is now on Netflix. We talk about the work that goes into making a feature that you may not have expected from the star…

Eugene Kotlyarenko is an accomplished director who has taken many of his films to festivals like SXSW. Today he talks with us in depth about his recently released film “Spree”, and how challenging yo…

This week we talk with Pete Chatmon about the technical aspects of directing TV shows like HBO’s “Silicon Valley”, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”, and “Black-ish”. Pete shares his approach to nurturing relat…

Friend of the show Carlyn Hudson sits down with us to share her insight on the do's and don'ts when giving notes and receiving them. 

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Sarah LaBrie talks with us about putting in the hours to become a writer on shows like Love, Victor and upcoming HBO Max series Made For Love.

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Matt & Oren sit down to talk about what the future holds for freelance filmmakers, and strategies on making the most of the rest of your time in quarantine.

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We sit down with the Editor in Chief of No Film School, George Edelman to talk about what it takes to pitch a story about your film to them, and press outlets in general.

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This week we video conferenced with Writer/Director/Producer Ani Simon-Kennedy and DP/Producer Cailin Yatsko about their creative partnership, working in multiple fields, the hazards of indie filmmak…

Jon Kroll is an accomplished EP on unscripted shows like Amazing Race, Big Brother, American Grit. He joins us to talk about season 2 of his new show Uncharted with Gordon Ramsey (out now on Nat Geo)…

Kabir Akhtar started cutting his teeth... cutting concert footage, but now directs huge TV shows like Netflix's recent hit Never Have I Ever. He details what it took to slowly climb to the top of the…

Ben Berman is an accomplished director, helming shows like Workaholics, Lady Dynamite and Comedy Bang! Bang! He's turned his camera in a new direction with his documentary about legendary comedian an…

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Lynn Chen found herself at a crossroads where she had to decide between the trilogy of films she'd been a part of for over a decade died without a proper ending, or whether she would become the write…

Lawson Deming is the founder of the emmy nominated house Barnstorm VFX. He's an old friend of Matt and Oren's and is incredibly knowledgable about the nature of not just VFX, but production as well. …

Kestrin Pantera stars in her second SxSW feature, Mother's Little Helpers alongside Milana Vayntrub, Breeda Wool, David Giuntoli, Rick Overton, and Melanie Hutsell in this heartfelt ensemble dramedy …

Clark Duke got his first break in front of the camera, and has been on hit shows like the Office and films like Hot Tub Time Machine, but he's always had his sites set on directing features. Listen t…