Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie Filmmaking
Liz Manashil and Alrik Bursell discuss independent filmmaking, everything from writing, producing and directing to working as crew. But this is not just a podcast about "making it," it's also about struggling with rejection, self-doubt and everything else that comes with pursuing a career in film. Follow along as we forge our own way through the industry and talk to guests who are also making it happen.
Episodes 238-299 are available at our patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 620
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Marc Hampson - Leveling Up From Feature to Feature!
This week we welcome writer, producer and director Marc Hampson on the show to talk about how he got his features made, how he progressed from feature to feature and what he has learned from directin…
00:58:32 |
Mon 02 Dec 2024
Foster Wilson - BONUS Throwback Interview!
NOTE! This is one week late, originally supposed to be paired with Jennifer Sorenson's episode. The throwback episode for Mark Rapaport's episode will air on Friday. Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
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01:10:28 |
Thu 28 Nov 2024
Mark Rapaport - Producing Features Before Directing One!
This week we welcome Mark Rapaport, director and writer of the new film Hippo on the show to talk about pulling together his first feature as a director and why it took him producing three features b…
00:56:01 |
Mon 25 Nov 2024
Jennifer Sorenson - Breathing Life into Your First Feature as Writer, Producer and Star!
This week we welcome Jennifer Sorenson, Writer, Producer and star of For When You Get Lost on the show to talk about how she pulled the film together and made it all happen. After that we play anoth…
00:55:38 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
Jay Cheel - BONUS Throwback Interview!
On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 284 from September 2020 with director Jay Cheel who talks directing the documentary series Cursed Films for Shudder! Alr…
00:50:11 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Kitty Norton - Turning Grief into Art Through Film!
This week we welcome filmmaker Kitty Norton on the show to talk about directing her first feature documentary, Wine Woman and Dementia. Kitty talks about how taking care of her mother lead her to mak…
01:04:55 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
Christopher Cantwell - BONUS Throwback Interview!
On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 355 from January 2022 with show runner and writer Christopher Cantwell who talks about landing his first creator/showrun…
00:41:48 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
Francesco Loschiavo - Packaging and Producing an Indie TV Series!
This week we welcome Francesco Loschiavo, the creator, director and writer of the new show Tales from The Void on the show to talk about how they managed to package, fund, sell and shoot their own an…
01:06:02 |
Mon 04 Nov 2024
Justin Kurzel - BONUS Throwback Interview!
On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 264 from May 2020 with director Justin Kurzel who talks about his feature the True History of the Kelly Gang and how he …
00:40:30 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Stephen Chbosky - Writing Your Way to Directing Studio Features!
This week on our very special 500th episode we welcome writer and director Stephen Chbosky on the show to talk about starting his career by directing an indie feature that got into Sundance and getti…
01:34:57 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
Michelle Boyaner - BONUS Throwback Interview!
On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 322 from June 2021 with director Michelle Boyaner who talks about her life as a documentary filmmaker, how she gets her …
00:50:40 |
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Penny Lane - Putting Yourself and Your Life in Your Movie!
This week we welcome director Penny Lane on the show to talk about directing her latest feature, Confession of a Good Samaritan, why she decided to make a film starring herself and how she has so suc…
01:12:56 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Andrew Schrader - BONUS Throwback Interview!
On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 20 from October 20 with writer/director Andrew Schrader who talks about sustainable filmmaking ideas and talks to Alrik …
01:03:30 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Andrew Schrader - Writing Screenplays to Writing Novels!
This week we welcome writer, director and novelist Andrew Schrader on the show to talk about his latest book Unnamable which is currently available for pre-order on Kindle and Amazon. Andrew also tal…
01:09:29 |
Mon 14 Oct 2024
Neasa Hardiman - BONUS Throwback Interview!
On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 260 from April 2020 with director Neasa Hardiman who talks about making her first feature Sea Fever, which she coordinat…
00:52:55 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Nora Fingscheidt - Making the Jump to Hollywood Features!
This week we welcome writer and director Nora Fingscheidt on the show to talk about directing her latest feature The Outrun starring Saoirse Ronan and how she went from directing her first feature Sy…
01:06:12 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
Dominic Mercurio - BONUS Throwback Interview!
On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 238 from November 2019 with filmmaker Dominic Mercurio who talks about making his first short film after 8 years. While…
01:21:28 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
Darieus Legg - Leaving Hollywood to Make Stoker Machine!
This week we welcome director Darieus Legg on the show to talk about directing his short film Stoker Machine and deciding to leave hollywood and focus on making films 100% independently. After that w…
01:06:10 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Nitzan Mager - BONUS Throwback Interview!
On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 318 from May 2021 with actor turned director Nitzan Mager who talks about taking the leap from acting to directing durin…
00:54:21 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Brian Silverman - Putting the Money Down for Your First Feature!
This week we welcome producer, writer, director and star of his first feature, Two Lives in Pittsburg to talk about how he made his first feature, why this was the movie he decided to make and his pr…
01:02:05 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
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