This week it's just Nate and Jake end the season just chatting with each other about everything they've learned so far over these forty episodes.  The podcast will kick off season 2 next year with tons of great interviews already in the works.

This week we talk to writer-director-actor-producer and all around multi-hyphenate about his career and his organization the International Screenwriters Association.  If you are a writer, you must listen into this one.  There is a lot of priceless info in here about writing, creativity and what it takes to get your first project off the ground.

This week we talk to Charlene Huang who is the Manager of Animated Music Production at Netflix.  Before Netflix she worked at Dreamworks creating music for huge movies like How Train Your Dragon 2, Paranorman, Kung Fu Panda 3, Trolls and Boss Baby.  We get philosophical on when to use music, the benefits and drawbacks of using needle drops & composing original music and where filmmakers can find composers.  Enjoy.  Please remember to subscribe if you haven't already and write a review. ...

This episode we talk to Film Finance professional and Entertainment Attorney Vinca Jarrett.  She tells us a bout falling into the film finance world after being an environmental lawyer, all of the things filmmakers do wrong when budgeting their films and everything you ever wanted to know about modern marketing in the Indie film world.

This week we have a great episode with Matt Miller and Ben Weissner of Vanishing Angle, arguably one of the most successful indie film production companies out there.  They've had films in South by Southwest, Sundance and Cannes.  They made See You Then which is the focus of one of our first episodes.  Take a listen to hear about making good movies on a lower budget and then go watch their new film The Beta Test this weekend wherever you download your movies.

This episode we talk to the great Nicol Paone about her comedy you can find on Netflix called Friendsgiving.  It boasts an all star cast with Malin Ackerman, Kat Dennings, Aisha Tyler, Jane Seymoure, Chelsea Peretti, Deon Cole and so many more great performers.  Ben Stiller's production company produced and our friends at Saban films distributed.  Take a listen to this episode and then go watch the movie.

This episode we talk to Director Tyler Savage about his thrillers Inheritance which you can find on Amazon Prime and Stalker which you can find on Hulu.  We talk about the creative side of filmmaking, self distribution and creative influences from working with Terrence Malick.

Listen in to this week's episode with Ryan Kampe, owner of Visit Films.  Ryan is both a producer and sales agent.  He was actually the sales agent for Sabrina Doyle's film Lorelei, which we covered on a previous episode.   So, if you haven't listened to that one, go back and play that, then come back to this one.  Ryan talks about when to get a sales agent, what a sales agent can do and what his experience is like at film festival. 

Today's episode involves interviewing Sana Soni, the director of sales at 1091 pictures, a huge distribution company. She delves into the world of distribution and how a first time filmmaker can grab the eye of some of the biggest streamers.

This week we talk to some Indie Producing legends.  Kevin Chinoy was one of the minds that brought you the cult classic show Greg The Bunny.  Francesca and Kevin produced Starlet, Tangerine, The Florida Project and Lorelei.  There are a lot of cool things I learned about all of those films and lots of incredible tips for first time filmmakers.  Enjoy!

This week's episode is about Ron Ray's producing feature debut Trees of Peace. Listen as we discuss what it takes to bring a movie from the script all the way to winning the Santa Barbara film festival.

This week we talk to Director/Writer Emily Ting about  her first feature It's Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong and the rest of her films.  She gets into filming in Hong Kong, casting for indies and making the transition to a studio director.  Emily is filled with tons of great stories you're not going to want to miss.   Take a listen.

This we we talk to the ever so kind Will Brandt about his feature Producing debut American Desert which he also starred in.  Will gives us the insight in how to shoot a feature truly guerilla style, spending time with veterans to prepare for his role and casting while shooting.  American desert is filled with great performances, so it was no surprise that it made a big splash at the Brooklyn Film Festival this year.   Please subscribe if you haven't already and leave a review.  That helps us...

This week we talk to Pip Ngo who is a head creative and vice president of sales and acquisitions at XYZ Films.  XYZ has produced or sold  pretty much every good scifi original at Netflix and handled tons of other great horror films like Mandy and two of our favorites here at First Films, The Old Ways and The Mortuary Collection.   We talk a lot about what what a sales agent does, what it takes for a first time director to get a company like XYZ's attention and what XYZ actually does...

This week we talk to the writer and director of the new movie The Old Ways, available on Netflix tomorrow, Wednesday August 25th.  Take a listen to hear about shooting mostly in a studio space, doubling Puerto Rico for southern Mexico and directing with snakes.  

KT Kent is a veteran indie producer with ten features under her belt and has done massive ad campaigns in her career.  She gives us some sage advice and some horror stories including a boat catching on fire.  

Kent Sanderson is the Head of Acquisitions at Bleecker Street and the Co-President of Decal.  Bleecker Street is one of the premier independent American distribution companies.    Decal is a new distributor started by both Bleecker Street and Neon Rated to manage their Home Entertainment Distribution and additionally they distribute their own films like Ride the Eagle which was our last episode.  Go listen to that after this one if you haven't listened yet.  https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/

This week we talk to Director Trent O'Donnell about his star studded film Ride the Eagle.  It stars and was cowritten by Jake Johnson.  You might know him as Nick from the show New Girl on which Trent was a Directing Producer.  It also stars Darcy Carden (The Good Place), JK Simmons and Susan Sarandon.  The movie is out now on demand and in theaters.

This week we talk to the true auteur writer and director Sabrina Doyle about her film Lorelei which was in this year's Tribeca and out in theaters on Friday July 30th.    She opens up about the truth that kid actors brought to her film, casting locally in biker bars and integrating her working class British upbringing into her American characters.

This week we talk to the wise and witty Lynn Chen about her film I Will Make You Mine, a black and white indie drama which is actually the final film in the Surrogate Valentine trilogy.  This badass writer, director and actor talks about managing depression after finishing production, directing actors and having her husband edit her movie.

This episode we talk to our friend Andrew Reyes who is a wealth of knowledge on filmmaking and life in general.  This man knows his horror flicks and he knows leadership.  He's the best kind of producer.

This week we talk to William Garcia about his first film Loren Cass, an experimental film taking place after the 1996 St. Petersberg Florida riots.  William talks us through coming up in the cinematography world, having a career ending injury in front of Will Farrell and gives us a website where we can see what a good electronic press kit should look like. https://www.samlandmovie.com/

This week we talk to director Gavin Michael Booth about his film The Scarehouse.  We talk about filmmaking in Canada, distribution woes and working with your wife.  Don't miss this episode!

Take a listen to the last in our three part FilmQuest Festival series.  We interview T. Justin Ross, producer of FilmQuest's feature length winner, The Mortuary Collection.  It's a super fun horror film anthology feature you can watch on Shudder or rent wherever you get movies.  He gives us the really unique story of taking over two years to make a bunch of short films rather than the whole movie at once.