NICKSAV Film & Music SHOW

Justin Roberts is the director behind No Greater Love, a documentary that follows a battalion from the front lines in Afghanistan to the challenges that come with returning to civilian life. The film…

Update: the filmmakers behind Sidemen are in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign to bring their film to theaters across the country. To find out more or to support the campaign, please visit http://…

David Paterson‘s first foray into screenwriting turned into a film that got into Sundance and sold for a profit. Not all of David’s filmmaking successes came that easily though. Bridge to Terabithia,…

Jordan Harbinger is one of the guys who runs The Art of Charm, a company dedicated to helping its students achieve peak performance in life, love, and work. He also hosts The Art of Charm Podcast, on…

After attending the 2016 Louisiana International Film Festival, I share thoughts about the festival, my discussion with the festival’s executive director, and recent filmmaking trends. I also talk br…

The Louisiana Int. Film Festival launched in 2013 with the music documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. Later that year, the film went on to win the Oscar for best documentary. A number of the films that …

Chris Hochkeppel recently graduated from college and is already making a living as a full-time musician. He’s the singer and guitarist for Burris and also hosts the singer-songwriter nights at Lava C…

BUKU Music + Art Project is a music and art festival in New Orleans that takes place at Mardi Gras World, where many of the Mardi Gras floats created by Kern Studios are stored. This adds a surreal q…

Ron Dawson is the founder of Dare Dreamer Media, a video production agency and a content marketing company in Seattle. Throughout the years, the company has done work for companies like Adobe and App…

Chris Stelly is the executive director of Louisiana Entertainment, the division of Louisiana Economic Development focused on growing the state’s film, interactive, and music industries. Filmmakers wh…

Professional Sound Services is a preeminent dealer of high-end audio equipment in the United States. The company provides support, sales, service, and rentals to sound professionals who work in film,…

New Orleanian Larry Blake has been supervising the post-production sound on Steven Soderbergh’s films since 1989, when sex, lies, and videotape came out. Over 25 years later their collaboration is st…

Getting established within an area’s filmmaking, music, or design community takes some effort. Now imagine finding success in all three areas, and you’ll start to understand why Clay Achee‘s resume i…

Joel Willson, founder of the Twisted Oak Music Festival, was a recent guest on The nsavides Podcast. After hearing Joel describe the caliber of musicians at the event and why it might be a life-chang…

Joel Willson is the violinist of the Baton Rouge chamber folk band, Minos the Saint. He’s also one of the organizers behind Spontaneous Combustion, a live event that creates unique musical experience…

Part II of my coverage of the New Orleans Film Festival. At the end of this part I share details and reflections on my own personal festival experience. Below are the interviews included in this part…

I had the chance to do several interviews with various filmmakers, artists, industry leaders and festival guests at this year’s New Orleans Film Festival. I’ve compiled all the interviews into one ep…

Michael Papajohn was on the first LSU baseball team that went to the College World Series. He would then go on to get drafted by the Texas Rangers, but he turned them down, which allowed his film car…

The 2015 New Orleans Film Festival takes place on October 14-22, and from the preliminary details the festival looks to be a strong one. NOFF is the flagship event of the New Orleans Film Society, an…

Hello friends of The nsavides Podcast. Good news, bad news for you. Bad news is that the show is on short hiatus. Look for more episodes after Labor Day. The good news is that it is so that I can foc…