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

Pals Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein swing by to talk about their new movie, Freaks. It was a hit on the festival circuit, and now it's out across all platforms. So dig in on this DIY indie scifi hit! 

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Micah Fitzerman-Blue, co-writer behind the new film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood joins Matt and Oren on the podcast to talk about life as a producer, making TV shows like Transparent, and deve…

Eric B Fleischman has produced 20+ films and he's barely 30. Under the tutelage of Jason Blum (he was Blumhouse's 4th employee) Eric's career is a testament to learning by doing. He's played all the …

We sit down with manager and co-founder of The Underground, Josh McGuire to figure out just what a manager does, why you might want one, and exactly which barbecue to attend to meet your first. 

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Oren and I are talking shorts this week. We dig on why a working director would want to make one, what the upsides and downsides are, and what sort of strategies you can use to make yours a bit bette…

Liz Shannon Miller is a TV critic who's written for basically everywhere (Variety, Indiewire, Vulture). She's joined us to talk about the way that people who criticize and champion film and TV approa…

Natalie Metzger is on a hot streak! She's produced recent favs Thunder Road and Greener Grass, she's finishing up a studio film, and headed into her next indie. How do you have a sustainable career m…

Join us for our live Halloween episode with Drew & Brett Pierce (the Wretched), Roxy Shih (Painkillers, the Tribe, Dark Web) & Dan Casey (Kin, Fast 9) for a lively conversation about making genre mov…

Carlyn Hudson is back to answer listener questions and catch up. 

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Check out our bonus episode of Just Shoot It this week with our pals from Making Movies is Hard. 

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Kimmy Gatewood, one of the beat down biddies from GLOW is here to talk about her directing career. 

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You'll recognize Lily Mariye from her long running stint on ER, but she's moved behind the camera to do your favorite network shows as well. Her credits include How to Get Away with Murder, The Terro…

Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas is a producer, writer, ex-agent, chick-flick-advocate and all around badass. She tells the story of how she brought the hit movie Hustlers to audiences despite hearing "no" al…

Joseph Cross has been acting for over 20 years, and has been directed by some of the greatest, most iconic directors of all time. We're talking Steven Spielberg, Gus Van Sant, Clint Eastwood, and Dav…

In our third installment of our actors intensive we sit down with Jennette McCurdy. You remember her from her 100+ episodes of TV on Nickelodeon on Sam & Cat and iCarly and her Netflix show Between. …

Our Actor Series continues with Ben Giroux... a comedy actor, director, writer, and voiceover artist extraordinaire! He's acted in hundreds of episodes of primetime TV (Hart of Dixie, House, 2 Broke …

Audrey Moore is an accomplished actor and podcaster, who's dedicated herself to the education of actors. She gives us the inside scoop on how actors perceive and approach auditioning, their time on s…

Sam Reich is back to talk about launching his new streaming service Dropout. Its a deep conversation about the nature of success, what it means to be an artist, and redefining what you want out of bo…

Radio Silence, better known as Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez and Chad Villella, are the filmmaking collective behind the new film Ready or Not, out in theaters now. What does …

We lost Anton Yelchin too young, but the new documentary Love, Antosha gives us an intimate look inside the story, process and promise of a young artist. Producer and friend Drake Doremus and longtim…