Behind the Scenes
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThis podcast gives a behind the scenes look at show business. Laura Powers interviews writers, actors, directors, musicians and fascinating people in the entertainment industry.
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Documentary Film-Making Tips with Jeff Witzeman
March 21, 2018 23:11 - 24 minutes - 18.7 MBJeff Witzeman is the director of the recent film Cancer Can Be Killed, which explores alternative, non-toxic treatment options for cancer. Learn more at cancercanbekilled.com. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.
Mark Pellington and Nostalgia at PSFF
February 28, 2018 06:30 - 18 minutes - 44.7 MBMark Pellington is an American film director, writer, and producer. He worked at MTV from 1984–1990 winning awards as promo producer and created the landmark TV show Buzz. He became a freelance director in 1990 doing videos for U2, Crystal Waters, De la Soul and Pearl Jam. His video for Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" won many MTV awards in 1993. In 1994, his Music Video for Whale's song "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" won the inaugural MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video. He then directed Arlington Road ...
Film Powered with Jen McGowan
February 22, 2018 07:30 - 17 minutes - 14 MBJen McGowan is a director based in Los Angeles. Her first feature KELLY & CAL (starring Juliette Lewis, Cybill Shepherd & Jonny Weston) premiered at SXSW Film Festival where she won the Gamechanger Award. The film was released by IFC Films to rave reviews. Entertainment Weekly described her work as having "the unhurried, naturalistic instincts of Nicole Holofcener or Alexander Payne". McGowan got her start with award-winning short films, CONFESSIONS OF A LATE BLOOMER and TOUCH, both of which...
International Shooting Dos and Don'ts with Elliot Kotek
February 15, 2018 23:13 - 29 minutes - 22 MBElliot V. Kotek is an Australian award-winning producer, filmmaker, and photographer, as well as CEO and founder of The Nation of Artists and founder and editor-in-chief of Beyond Cinema. To learn more about his work check out nationofartists.com. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Beyond Cinema magazine. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.
Breaking the Rules with Pilar Alessandra
February 01, 2018 06:30 - 30 minutes - 22.6 MBPilar Alessandra is the director of the screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®, host of the popular On the Page Podcast and author of the top-selling book “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.” She started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG and, in 2001, opened the On the Page Writers’ Studio in Los Angeles where she directs her screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®. Her students and clients have written for The Walking Dead, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, L...
Film Fest Submission Tips with Camille Brown
January 18, 2018 06:30 - 22 minutes - 6.96 MBCamille Brown most recent work is the The Nth Ward which tells a story in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We discussed tips for submitting to film festivals including how to ensure that film festivals actually watch your submission. Learn more about the film at http://www.thenthward.com or watch it on Amazon. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.
Palm Springs Film Fest with John Trengrove for The Wound
January 11, 2018 06:30 - 24 minutes - 47.2 MBJohn Trengrove is the director and co-writer of the South African drama film The Wound. The Wound is South Africa's official submission for the 90th Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film. It tells a story of a closeted love affair in the context of a rite-of-passage to manhood in the traditional Xhosa cultural group. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.
Loving Vincent with Sean Bobbit
December 21, 2017 16:23 - 22 minutes - 6.97 MBSean graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in International Relations, and has since lived in Poland working on a doctorate, as a journalist and translator, and finally on starting up one of the leading multiplex cinema chains in Poland – Silver Screen - where he held the roles of CFO and then CEO. After the organization merged with Multikino in 2010, he began producing films with BreakThru, with their latest success being Loving Vincent, which tells the story of Van Gogh throug...
The Rock Star Attitude with Mark Schulman
December 07, 2017 06:00 - 30 minutes - 23.2 MBMark has enjoyed an unprecedented career over the last 28 years as a first call drummer for world-class rock and pop artists. He has been voted ‘Top 3 Pop-Rock Drummers’ in the Modern Drummer Reader’s Poll. Mark has shared the stage with P!NK on three record breaking world tours as well as numerous other Rock n’ Roll stars. Schulman’s writing/production credits include films, various international TV shows and commercials, radio jingles and interactive media projects for major businesses and ...
Film Finance with Gerren Crochet
November 22, 2017 06:00 - 29 minutes - 22.3 MBGerren is a packaging agent at the Gersh Agency. Gerren was a presenter at AFM and Iinvited him to the show to talk about producing and the changing landscape of filmed content. We discussed what to do and what not to do and how SVODs (streamimg video on-demand platforms) are changing things. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.
Filmmaking with Andrew Novick
November 20, 2017 19:52 - 28 minutes - 8.39 MBAndrew Novick - a Mile-High legend as the man who collects almost everything - forges all sorts of emotional connections to the objects he acquires: either memories, curiosity or interest in the darker side of humanity. He was living in Boulder 20 years ago when JonBenet Ramsey's tricycle fell into his hands after her notorious murder took place. Recently compelled to tackle the unsolved mystery in his own way, Novick took the tricycle on a journey into the realm of psychic phenomena - or did...
Death by Script filmakers live at DFF
November 15, 2017 23:00 - 17 minutes - 33.3 MBLaura met up with Death by Script director Jason Kessler and lead actor Jonathan Flanders live at the Denver Film Fest to talk about how they brought their movie to life. You can find more about them and the film on IMDB and can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.
Pitching for Television with Carole Kirschner
November 01, 2017 09:30 - 36 minutes - 10.2 MBCarole Kirschner is a senior-level creative television executive with experience at CBS Comedy and as Vice President of Steven Spielberg’s first Amblin Television. She created and developed a curriculum for the CBS Diversity Institute Writers Mentoring Program which is in its 14th year. She is also an entertainment career coach, author of Hollywood Game Plan: How to Land a Job in Film, TV and Digital Entertainment, and has recently launched a 20-part virtual course on breaking into the busine...
Denver Film Festival with Neil Truglio
October 25, 2017 06:30 - 19 minutes - 6.45 MBDenver Film Festival is the city's premier cultural event of the fall, with 40000 attendees and more than 250 films: Blockbusters, docs, shorts and indies. DFF40 will present local, national and international independent films, industry panels, workshops, achievement awards, and tributes, as well as a focus on Danish Cinema.Neil Truglio has been with the Denver Film Society for twelve years as the Directors of Marketing and PR. After departing the organization in 2008 to seek an opportunity t...
American Film Market with Jonathan Wolf
October 18, 2017 21:53 - 24 minutes - 7.42 MBJonathan Wolf is Executive Vice President of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) and Managing Director of the American Film Market (AFM). IFTA is the global trade association of independent motion picture producers and distributors. Since his appointment in 1998, Mr. Wolf has guided the growth and re-positioning of the AFM, now the worldâs largest motion picture business event. More than $1 billion in motion picture production and distribution deals are closed every year at AF...
Voice-Acting with Jason Marsden
October 04, 2017 09:30 - 15 minutes - 29.8 MBJason Marsden is an actor and director based in Nashville, TN. His acting credits include the shows “Boy Meets World”, “Step by Step” & "Full House," as well as feature films “White Squall”, “Mr. Saturday Night” & "Fun With Dick and Jane". As a voice actor he can be heard in “A Goofy Movie”, “Hocus Pocus”, “Spirited Away” and hundreds of animated cartoons. Learn more about him on IMDB or on his website, jasonmarsden.com. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlau...
Fiction and Screenplays with Jenni James
September 20, 2017 09:30 - 41 minutes - 11.3 MBJenni James is the bestselling author of over 35 books, and now 6 screenplays. Her first book to movie, Not Cinderella's Type, comes out February 2018. When she isn't writing, or chasing her kids around the house, you can find her speaking at school assemblies, teaching writing workshops, or speaking at conferences around the world. www.thejennijames.com, on Facebook and Instagram as Author Jenni James, and on Twitter @Jenni_James. Be sure to check out the Facebook page for Not Cinderella's T...
Horror Equity Fund with Brian Herskowitz
September 14, 2017 09:30 - 30 minutes - 8.87 MBBrian recently became the Chief Creative Officer for Horror Equity Fund, a revolutionary new company that develops, accelerates to market, and funds entertainment projects in the Horror genre arena of the entertainment industry. As CCO, Brian is credited as EP or Co-EP with a number of their baker’s dozen projects. As a writer, Brian has completed well over a dozen feature films including the award winning short film Odessa or Bust, and has held multiple staff writing positions for NBC, HBO,...
Screenwriting with Adam Gaines
September 06, 2017 09:00 - 37 minutes - 53.5 MBAdam Gaines is a professional writer. and published playwright. He has written on both cable and network TV dramas (The Bridge, State of Affairs) and wrote a micro budget feature currently in production. In this episode he talks about working in writing rooms in LA. His ebook Mixtape is available for free download, and he can be found on Twitter @nothing_to_gain. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @la...
Charging for Creative Work with Valentina Valentini
August 23, 2017 09:00 - 36 minutes - 10.1 MBValentina Valentini is a freelance journalist who was based in Los Angeles for eight years writing about the entertainment industry for the likes of Vanity Fair, Variety, and Mashable. Recently, she put her belongings in storage and began the life of a digital nomad, writing personal essays, travel pieces, cultural and human interest stories and adventurous tales. She will be starting her first book this coming fall, during a Master in Creative Nonfiction at City University London. Find more...
IMDB with Rainy Kerwin
August 16, 2017 09:00 - 40 minutes - 11.2 MBRainy Kerwin is the award-winning, writer-director-actress of the female buddy comedy, “The Wedding Invitation”. She was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Winnipeg, Canada. Inspired to create more funny roles for women, Rainy penned “The Wedding Invitation,” which was shot with an all-female crew. She honed her directing skills during eight years on staff at an acting conservatory in Los Angeles and has starred in “Pride and Prejudice”. Other feature film credits include, “In My Life”, “The...
Television Syndication with Gailen David
August 09, 2017 23:01 - 29 minutes - 8.58 MBGailen David is a host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated travel talk show, The Jet Set. Gailen has always loved aviation and flew for 25 years as a flight attendant with American Airlines prior to taking off on a career in television. We discussed television and national syndication. You can find more about The Jet Set at www.thejetset.tv and follow Gailen on Twitter @gailendavid. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @th...
Clearing Negative Thought Patterns with Michelle Colt
August 02, 2017 22:00 - 37 minutes - 16.8 MBMichelle is passionate about helping women connect to their authentic selves, get past their perceived limitations and shine in their lives and careers. Having overcome tremendous obstacles herself, including severe anxiety, self-doubt, recurring negative mind loops and ultimately a tremendous fear to shine and let herself be seen she came to realize there are key factors that are specific to women that had to be brought to light. In addition to private coaching she has been teaching workshop...
Clearing Negative Thought Patterns with Michelle Colt
August 02, 2017 09:00 - 37 minutes - 16.8 MBMichelle is passionate about helping women connect to their authentic selves, get past their perceived limitations and shine in their lives and careers. Having overcome tremendous obstacles herself, including severe anxiety, self-doubt, recurring negative mind loops and ultimately a tremendous fear to shine and let herself be seen she came to realize there are key factors that are specific to women that had to be brought to light. In addition to private coaching she has been teaching workshop...
Marketing with Yuri Cataldo
July 26, 2017 10:00 - 52 minutes - 14 MBYuri Cataldo brings years of experience in the arts, design, entrepreneurship, marketing, and publicity to his advising of founders, artists, and students. He is a Yale-trained set/costume designer who founded IndigoH2O, the only multiple award winning bottled alkaline water in the world and the 2015 best tasting water in the world.Through his efforts, IndigoH2O was distributed all across the USA, Europe, and South America has been featured at the Oscars, Golden Globes, the Emmy's, the MTV ...
New Orleans Jazzfest with BMike
July 19, 2017 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.25 MBBrandan “Bmike” Odums is a highly sought after visual artist and filmmaker who uses these chosen mediums to tell stories and make statements that transform the minds of viewers as well as the spaces in which his work appears. In 2016 Brandan debuted his first solo show in New Orleans in a 35,000 sq ft warehouse named #StudioBe. Welcoming hundreds of visitors a week as well as school tours from around the region. In 2013, Brandan completed a series of graffiti murals depicting iconic African A...
Distribution with Alexandra Boylan
July 05, 2017 09:00 - 29 minutes - 15.5 MBAlexandra Boylan is a writer, producer and actor. She was born and raised in Georgetown, Massachusetts, where she first began her exploration into acting, which led her to relocate to Los Angeles. Utilizing the skills obtained on dozens of movie sets and harnessing the passion that fuels her, she formed her own production company. MirrorTree Productions, which has produced numerous feature films, including “Home Sweet Home” and “At Your Own Risk.” Her film “Catching Faith” is currently stre...
Drone Cinematography with Paul Aitken
June 28, 2017 09:00 - 15 minutes - 5.44 MBOriginally from Alexandria, Virginia, Paul is the founder of the company taitkenflight. He spends half his time here and half his time at DroneU as the Chief Pilot. Paul acquired a University Certificate in Unmanned Systems Engineering from UXY. Paul has trained students from the BBC, CNN, Fox News, ABC, and CBS, and has flown for multiple multi-national companies in multiple genres, including BBC, ITN, Fox News, Discovery Channel, Sony Pictures, Marriott Hotels and Resorts and Centurion Boat...
Setting Up a Film Premiere with Scott Little
June 21, 2017 09:00 - 36 minutes - 85.2 MBScott Little is a filmmaker and the CEO of LifeFlip Empire where he recently completed Electric Heart, a silent narrative film with an EDM soundtrack. In this follow-up interview he reflects upon the production and screening process as well as the film’s reception since his last conversation with Laura in March. For more information visit www.LifeFlipMedia.com/ElectricHeart or find them on instagram and Facebook @electricheartmovie. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Face...
Hosting with Nikki Noya
June 16, 2017 13:39 - 21 minutes - 6.78 MBNikki is a health and wellness expert with advanced degrees in nutrition and exercise physiology. After playing professional volleyball she started her own wellness brand, Nikki Nutrition. After appearing on various shows as a lifestyle correspondent, Nikki is now the co host of the Jet Set, tv's first travel talk show. You can find more about Nikki on www.nikkinoya.com and her show on www.thejetset.tv. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on twitte...
Basic Legal Issues with Wallace Collins
June 12, 2017 18:47 - 21 minutes - 40.8 MBWallace Collins is an entertainment lawyer based in New York city handling entertainment law, copyright, trademark and related intellectual property law matters in the music, film, television, book and fine arts areas as well as in the general communications and technology fields. He has represented clients in contract disputes, negotiations and business entity formation and he is representing several high profile clients on copyright terminations. He has represented recording artists, songw...
Pitch Tips with Bob Schultz
June 07, 2017 09:00 - 30 minutes - 72.7 MBIn this interview, Laura Powers talks with Bob Schultz, President of Script Fest and The Great American Pitch Fest. Pitch Fest is an event held in Burbank, CA in which 500 writers pitch to more than 120 production companies, agents, managers, financiers, and industry pros seeking material to option, writers, to manage, hire, and represent. There are also classes and panels on screenwriting and the business. You can find out more information and register at www.scriptfest.com or get in touch w...
Behind the Scenes with Wallace Collins
May 24, 2017 08:00 - 21 minutes - 40.8 MBWallace Collins is an entertainment lawyer based in New York city handling entertainment law, copyright, trademark and related intellectual property law matters in the music, film, television, book and fine arts areas as well as in the general communications and technology fields. He has represented clients in contract disputes, negotiations and business entity formation and he is representing several high profile clients on copyright terminations. He has represented recording artists, songw...
Documentary Filmmaking with Sarah Moshman
May 10, 2017 21:45 - 28 minutes - 6.71 MBSarah Moshman is an Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker dedicated to shining a light on women's stories. She is an Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker and TEDx speaker whose work has been featured on Upworthy, Marie Claire, CNN, and Good Morning America. After directing two short documentaries about female empowerment in young women, (Girls Rock! Chicago (2010) and Growing up Strong: Girls on the Run (2012)) she set out to direct her first feature doc The Empowerment Project: Ordina...
The Archer with Director Valerie Weiss at SXSW
April 26, 2017 19:05 - 11 minutes - 25.4 MBAward-winning Filmmaker and Scientist, Valerie Weiss has directed three feature films, an American Girl Special for Amazon Studios, and will be directing upcoming TV episodes of NBC's Chicago Med and USA's Suits. Her work has been called "daringly light" for the way it embraces controversial topics in an enchanting way and spans the genres of action, thriller, drama, sci-fi and comedy. RogerEbert.com calls her second feature, A LIGHT BENEATH THEIR FEET, “Emotionally raw and uncommonly observa...
Electric Heart, An EDM Silent Narrative Film
April 12, 2017 18:55 - 25 minutes - 59.2 MBScott Little is the Producer of Electric Heart, LifeFlip’s first FilmEDM Experience, a silent narrative feature film accompanied by an Electric Dance Music mix (28 individually wrapped music videos with the same story consistently through all 28). With a running time of 73 minutes, Electric Heart features music by Armin van Buuren, Dash Berlin, Chuckie, Gabriel & Dresden, and many others. Scott's experience includes years spent with Vello Virkhaus of V Squared Labs assisting with visuals a...
SXSW - A Bad Idea Gone Wrong with Filmmakers
March 30, 2017 00:03 - 6 minutes - 15.4 MBA Bad Idea Gone Wrong is a comedy about two would-be thieves who accidentally arm the alarm system and have to break out of the house they just broke into. This interview is with Director Jason Headley, Actor Matt Jones, and Actress Eleanore Pienta. When they discover an unexpected housesitter, they suddenly have to deal with a hostage situation, double crosses, sexual tensions, and discoveries that make their difficult escape even more dubious. More information about the movie, cast and crew...
SXSW - Signature Move Filmmakers
March 17, 2017 16:17 - 6 minutes - 15.4 MBAccording to Filmmaker Magazine, Signature Move is one of the “Most Anticipated American Films of 2017.” In this Podcast, viewers will be part of a rare interview with Director, Jennifer Reeder, Co-Writer and Actress, Fawzia Mirza and Actress, Sari Sanchez. In the movie, a new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her relationship with her recently widowed mother who escapes to TV dramas and finding her daughter a husband. In this coming-of-age Muslim melodrama, Zaynab copes by taking...
44 Pages at SXSW with Tony Shaff
March 12, 2017 00:51 - 10 minutes - 4.85 MBLaura Interviewed Director Tony Shaff live at SXSW before the premiere. 44 Pages is a documentary by Tony Shaff produced by Rebecca Green and Laura Smith that follows the creation of the 70th anniversary issue of Highlights for Children Magazine - the most popular children's magazine in the world. The film goes behind the scenes of the June issue of Highlights Magazine also known as the "September Issue" of the children's publishing world. It premiered on March 6 at SXSWedu (leading education...
VO Book Narration with Learning Ally
March 06, 2017 16:34 - 25 minutes - 5.94 MBLaura met Michael Kinsey at That’s VoiceOver, a VO conference at Warner Brothers. Michael Kinsey is the Volunteer Virtual VO Community Leader leading 100+ Professional Voice Over artists around the world recording Audio-Books for those who learn differently. He is currently looking for volunteers who would like to use their voice to help enhance a child’s learning experience and to help building a community that helps blind, visually impaired and dyslexic students not to survive, but to THRIV...
Voiceover with Carrie Olsen
February 26, 2017 00:18 - 25 minutes - 5.76 MBCarrie Olsen is a voice actor, coach, wife, and mother whose ferocious marketing and networking techniques, combined with extensive training and study, landed her voiceover jobs with brands like Kmart, Taco Bell, Bank of America, REI and others. She shares her voiceover passion and expertise in her online courses and blog. When she's not in her voiceover booth, you can find her hiding out in a coffee shop in Kansas City with her husband and daughters. Through this podcast, Carrie provides inf...
Seed and Spark With Emily Kelleher-Best
February 17, 2017 02:21 - 24 minutes - 5.69 MBEmily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a subscription video streaming and crowdfunding platform that gives filmmakers the power to take control of their careers. In 2011, she produced the feature film, Like the Water, starring Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex, Rectify). Since then she has served as executive producer on a host of film and virtual reality projects that have played at festivals from Sundance to SXSW to Tribeca and beyond. Most recently she created and co-directed th...
Pursuing the Dream with Denise Meyers
February 14, 2017 00:47 - 39 minutes - 6.78 MBDenise Meyers began her professional career at the William Morris Agency as an assistant to literary agent, Judy Scott-Fox after graduating from Oregon State University in 1982 with a degree in broadcast communications. After working as a freelance story analyst for independent film and distribution companies, Meyers became a screenwriter herself, but after twelve years in the film business with nothing but a handful of free options to show for her efforts, she moved to Utah to pursue a succe...
Good Girls Revolt with Lynn Povich
January 27, 2017 19:46 - 24 minutes - 5.56 MBLynn Povich is an award-winning journalist who has spent more than 40 years in the news business. She began her career at Newsweek as a secretary. In 1970, she was one of 46 women who sued Newsweek for sex discrimination. Five years later, Povich was appointed the first woman Senior Editor in the magazine’s history. Her book on that landmark lawsuit, The Good Girls Revolt, was published by PublicAffairs in September 2012. A fictionalized 10-part series inspired by the book, Good Girls Re...
Magic with Tom Frank
January 20, 2017 11:45 - 28 minutes - 6.63 MBTom Frank lives a magical life. For over 35 years he has escaped the monotony and hum drum of the real world. He began working at Haines House of Cards as a 12 year old helping manufacture and sell trick decks in the shop and at Magic Conventions. At 15 he landed his first steady gig at Kings Island Amusement Park where he worked for two seasons. At 18 he dropped out of high school, moved to New York City to pursue a career as a street performer. (His parents were very proud. . . ) After New...
Comedy Screenwriting with Steve Kaplan
January 03, 2017 22:13 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBFor years, Steve Kaplan has been the industry's most sought-after expert on comedy. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan's Punch Line Theatre. Steve has consulted with Disney, DreamWorks Animation, Aardman Animation, HBO and others, and has taught his seminar in LA, New York, London, Paris, Kiev, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Si...
Reality TV with Troy Devolld
December 02, 2016 23:33 - 25 minutes - 5.93 MBTroy Devolld is the author of Reality TV: An Insider’s Guide to TV’s Hottest Market. Troy DeVolld is widely regarded as a leading authority on the reality television storytelling process, and regularly speaks to students and media groups from Los Angeles to London to Tel Aviv about what it takes to create engaging content. We discussed reality tv, and what to do and what not to do if you are interested in reality television. For more information on Troy, you can go to his website realitytvboo...
Transmedia with Steven Long Mitchell
November 23, 2016 18:45 - 47 minutes - 11 MBIn this podcast, Laura speaks with television writer and producer Steven Long Mitchell about using different media and platforms for the same storyworlds. Steven was born and raised in New Orleans, by a family so dysfunctional it would have driven Tennessee Williams to drink even more, Steven is best known as the Emmy Award nominated Writer and Executive Producer of Tin Man, the highest rated miniseries in the history of the SyFy Channel and Co-Creator/Executive Producer of the hit cult class...
Indiegogo for Filmmaking and Authors with Kate Drane
November 17, 2016 21:01 - 35 minutes - 8.15 MBKate Drane is Indiegogo’s Senior Director of Outreach for Tech and Hardware. Her favorite thing to do is democratize access to resources, and considers herself as a VC of the people. Since starting at Indiegogo in July 2012, she's empowered more than 500 entrepreneurs to collectively raise over $80M on the Indiegogo platform, including Canary, Misfit, and Skulpt. For more information on Indiegogo go to www.indiegogo.com or connect with Kata on Twitter @katedrane. We met at the Industry confer...
Desperation Caught on Tape with Karen Ann Pavlick
November 16, 2016 20:11 - 25 minutes - 5.79 MBIn this podcast, Laura speaks with actress and producer Karen Ann Pavlick is most known for her performance in Patch Adams with Robin Williams. We talked about the importance of paying attention to your energy and being your authentic self. As we do this we automatically attract what we love. If you’d like to read the article that inspired this recording you can do so here: http://blog.castingnetworks.com/8363/ and follow the blog on Casting Networks here: http://blog.castingnetworks.com/au...