Filmmaking Confidential
52 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Filmmaking Confidential podcast is the quintessential resource for independent filmmakers – from aspiring students to seasoned pros. Each episode is filled with invaluable perspective, secret tips, how-tos and general philosophy about making films, no matter the budget, no matter the location. Hosted by award-winning indie filmmaker Steve Balderson, the attention is focused on what it takes to be a productive filmmaker in an industry that is risk averse and locked in a world where rigid process seems more important than creativity. This is the podcast for anyone who has dreams and the determination to see them through. Each week we meet with filmmakers, writers, actors, artists and other notables ranging from Oscar and Golden Globe winners to obscure fringe creators.
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BONUS: "Alchemy of the Spirit" release week revisits cult icon Mink Stole
January 17, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBTo celebrate the release of our film "Alchemy Of The Spirit" this week we revisit Mr. Balderson's discussion with cult icon Mink Stole! Mink co-stars in "Alchemy" alongside Xander Berkeley and Sarah Clarke Watch "Alchemy Of The Spirit" on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8RLM38M Alchemy of the Spirit stars Xander Berkeley (Candyman, “24”), Sarah Clarke (“24”, “Covert Affairs”), and cult icon Mink Stole (Female Trouble, Pink Flamingos). The film premiered in Europ...
BONUS: "Alchemy of the Spirit" release week revisits Dr. Joseph Suglia
January 11, 2023 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBTo celebrate the release of our film "Alchemy Of The Spirit" this week we revisit Mr. Balderson's discussion with Dr. Joseph Suglia, who offers his analysis of the film. Philosopher and Author Dr. Joseph Suglia dissects Steve Balderson's new art film ALCHEMY OF THE SPIRIT which stars Xander Berkeley, Sarah Clarke, and cult icon Mink Stole. The film premiered in Europe at Fantasporto in April, 2022, picking up a nomination for Best International Feature, and went on to screen around the...
The One & Only Tony Pedone!
October 04, 2022 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBThis special Season Two finale features producer/director Anthony Pedone. Pedone has produced, written, directed, or shot over 24 features, documentaries, and short films. In 2015, he produced THE STRONGEST MAN, which premiered at Sundance and was released theatrically and on VOD by Film Buff and Sundance Global. In 2018, his directorial debut AN AMERICAN IN TEXAS won the Dutch Golden Stone Award at the Scenecs Film Festival in Hilversum, Holland and was distributed by Gravitas Worldwide. ...
Clara Ritger "Film, Curiosity & Adventure"
September 20, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBClara Ritger grew up in the small town of Huntington Beach, California, where she learned what real Mexican food tastes like and how to cut the line at Disneyland. At the ripe old age of two she ran as far ahead of her parents as her child leash would take her on the Yosemite trails to ask random strangers questions about why they were hiking and if they would be her friend. Since then, she has continued to ask why but usually refrains from asking subjects during interviews if they want to b...
Filmmaker & Author John Gaspard
September 06, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBJohn Gaspard is author of the Eli Marks mystery series as well as four other stand-alone novels, "The Greyhound of the Baskervilles," "A Christmas Carl," "The Sword & Mr. Stone" and "The Ripperologists." He also writes the Como Lake Players mystery series, under the pen name Bobbie Raymond. In real life, John’s not a magician, but he has directed six low-budget features that cost very little and made even less – that’s no small trick. He’s also written multiple books on the subject of low-b...
Contemporary Artist Austin Young
August 23, 2022 15:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBAustin Young is from Reno, Nevada and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. The foundation of his career is from studying at Parsons in Paris. Early in his career, Austin transferred his interests from traditional portrait painting towards a long celebrated career in portrait photography. In many ways, Austin is more accurately described as an image-maker: his projects illustrate the sublime qualities of character that make celebrated people unique. Based on a nuanced visual language of ...
Magician Mentalist Felix Jones
August 09, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBFelix Jones is a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and a Magician Member of the Academy of Magical Arts and a regular performer in the Magic Castle showrooms in Hollywood, California, where he performs his acclaimed comedy magic and mind-reading show. Felix has been a featured performer at Jeff McBride's Wonderground and MINDvention. His many corporate clients include Amazon, Pratham USA, Talego Country Club, 21st Century Experience, John Hancock Investment, and the Cali...
Musician Kristian Hoffman
July 26, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBKristian Hoffman ran away from his boyhood home in Santa Barbara, California, to New York City where he and his high school friend, Lance Loud, formed a band called The Mumps. This was quite soon after both had made dramatic appearances in what is now known as the first reality TV series: PBS' award winning "An American Family". Flourishing in the New York club scene in the late '70s, Lance and Kristian became obsessed with the New York Dolls and lead to Kristian drawing the infamous "Bendo...
Iris Berry "Punk Hostage Press"
July 12, 2022 15:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBIris Berry is the co-founder of Punk Hostage Press. She is the author and editor of several books and has a vast fan base for her unique voice and formidable writing style. She’s an L.A. Pop culture historian, actress, and musician. She’s appeared in numerous films, TV commercials, documentaries, and iconic rock videos. In the 1980s & 90s, she sang, performed, wrote songs and recorded with the Lame Flames, the Ringling Sisters, the Dickies, the Flesh Eaters, and Pink Sabbath. She served fo...
James Oseland "Film, Punk Rock & Food"
June 28, 2022 09:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBJAMES OSELAND travels extensively in search of the world’s best restaurants, street food stalls, markets, and home cooks. Long before he was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the pre–Silicon Valley, California, suburbs, yearning for a taste of something wild. His remarkable memoir Jimmy Neurosis captures the quest that led him from the mosh pits of San Francisco to the pop world of Andy Warhol’s Manhattan. He is most recently the author and editor of World Fo...
Peaches Christ (aka Joshua Grannell) is "All About Evil"
June 14, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBPeaches Christ (aka Joshua Grannell) is a filmmaker and cult leader living in San Francisco. Her infamous movie events at the Castro Theatre regularly draw over 1,000 attendees to each new production before they tour. Events have featured special guest stars John Waters, Cloris Leachman, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Linda Blair, Bruce Campbell, Apollonia, Barry Bostwick, Pam Grier, and more. Peaches is the alter- ego of Joshua Grannell, the writer and director of the feature film All About...
Elliott Hunter "Olympian of Magic"
May 31, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBElliott Hunter is an international award winning magician and sleight of hand artist. Elliott began magic after seeing his first magic show at the local library, and then reading all of the magic books he could to learn the craft. As he progressed, he sought professional mentorship and training. In 2011 he had the opportunity to train at the most prestigious magic school in the world, and learn from the best of the best. Over the years, Elliott has been able to combine his skills in other a...
Filmmaker & Actress Susan Traylor
May 17, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBSusan Traylor is an award-winning actress, writer and film director. She was born in New York and raised in Los Angeles in and around the theater. Her parents were legendary acting teachers Peggy Feury and William Traylor who worked with the likes of Sean Penn, Meg Ryan, Anjelica Huston, Nicolas Cage, and Michele Pfeiffer. Their school, the Loft Studio, served as a second home to Susan. At fifteen she insisted on officially studying with her parents. She continued her formal education by ...
Davey Wavey "Himeros.TV"
April 27, 2022 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBDavey Wavey is an American Producer who covers LGBT topics related to sex, relationships, and coming out. His YouTube channel has over 1.4 million subscribers. Wavey is also the creator of Himeros.TV - a site that pushes the boundaries of sex, sexuality, and new ways to experience pleasure, discover desires and express oneself in ways that bring joy and ecstasy. Wavey described Himeros.TV to The Advocate saying, "We don't market it as educational porn or porn that's good for you, but it k...
Brian Sonia-Wallace "The Poetry of Strangers"
April 13, 2022 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBBefore he became an award-winning writer and poet, Brian Sonia-Wallace set up a typewriter on the street with a sign that said “Poetry Store” and discovered something surprising: all over America, people want poems. An amateur busker at first, Brian asked countless strangers, “What do you need a poem about?” To his surprise, passersby opened up to share their deepest yearnings, loves, and heartbreaks. Hundreds of them. Then thousands. Around the nation, Brian’s poetry crusade drew countless ...
Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce
March 29, 2022 15:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBBruce LaBruce is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker, photographer, writer, and artist based in Toronto. His latest film is "St. Narcisse" a comedy-drama starring Félix-Antoine Duval as a pair of identical twins who were separated at birth and did not previously know of each other's existence, but who fall in love and begin a twincest relationship with each other after being reunited. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival. LaBruce's earlier film Gerontophilia won the Grand Prix...
Dr. Joseph Suglia dissects "Alchemy of the Spirit"
March 19, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBSeason Two is officially here! For our premiere episode, Philosopher and Author Dr. Joseph Suglia dissects Steve Balderson's new art film ALCHEMY OF THE SPIRIT which stars Xander Berkeley, Sarah Clarke, and cult icon Mink Stole. The film premieres in Europe at Fantasporto (the Oporto International Film Festival in Portugal) where it is in the main competition (1-10 April, 2022). In the discussion today: the illusion of time, ancient religions, archaic religiosity, life and death, resurrec...
BONUS 3/3: Reading From "Filmmaking Confidential" The Book
January 19, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBWhile Season Two is being produced, I'd love to share an excerpt from the Audible version of my book "Filmmaking Confidential." Today I'll read the chapters: "Distribution Middlemen" "You Don't Need to Yell" "What Festival Premieres Mean" "A Chair is a Chair is a Chair" For more information: https://www.dikenga.com/books
BONUS 2/3: Reading From "Filmmaking Confidential" The Book
December 09, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBWhile Season Two is being produced, I'd love to share an excerpt from the Audible version of my book "Filmmaking Confidential." Today I'll read the chapters: "Marketing: You vs The Big Boys" "How to Read a Screenplay" "Musicians are Famous Too!" "Waiting to Work" For more information: https://www.dikenga.com/books https://www.amazon.com/dp/173545690X
BONUS 1/3: Reading From "Filmmaking Confidential" The Book
November 04, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBWhile Season Two is being produced, I'd love to share an excerpt from the Audible version of my book "Filmmaking Confidential." Today I'll read the Introduction, followed by the chapters: "Finding Your Perception," and "The Floor Plan" (with some secret screenwriting tips!). For more information: https://www.dikenga.com/books https://www.amazon.com/dp/173545690X
BONUS: Reading From "Filmmaking Confidential" The Book, Part 1
November 04, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBWhile Season Two is being produced, I'd love to share an excerpt from the Audible version of my book "Filmmaking Confidential." Today I'll read the Introduction, followed by the chapters Finding Your Perception, and The Floor Plan (with some secret screenwriting tips!).
The One & Only Betti O!
May 25, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBToday's special Season One finale is The One & Only Betti O! Betti O. has appeared on stage from New York to Japan, performing with incredible people including Sally Struthers, Ben Vereen and Sandy Duncan. In 2008 she opened for Hillary Rodham Clinton at a political rally in Iowa and was the lead in the Asian tour of “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” Her soulful voice has appeared on music projects worldwide, such as on a hit single released in Europe. Her legendary performance on “Showtime at The Apoll...
Actress & Writer Jennifer Grace
May 18, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBToday's guest is actress and writer Jennifer Grace. Jennifer received her BA from Kansas State University in 1997. She has been working as a professional actor since, most notably in a record-shattering run as Emily Webb in Tony award-winning director David Cromer’s critically acclaimed production of OUR TOWN, which she performed in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, opposite actors such as Michael Shannon, Helen Hunt and Michael McKean, and for which she was recognized with a Theatre World ...
Filmmaker & Actor Aaron Dean Eisenberg
May 11, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBToday's guest is actor Aaron Dean Eisenberg. He is best known for portraying "Todd Lang" in HBO Series The Deuce alongside James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal; and "Richard Kane" in Ed Burns' series Public Morals. Eisenberg made his acting debut in 2006, Nathaniel Nose-directed comedy, Talent. The following year he was seen as "Aaron Dean" in Reggie Bannister and Jason Carter-starrer horror film, The Final Curtain. He was seen in various films such as Stuck, The Ghostmaker, Gossip Girl, Roy...
The Fabulous Rena Riffel
May 04, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBToday's guest is the fabulous Rena Riffel. Rena is an American actress, singer, dancer, model, writer, producer, and director. She is best known for her supporting roles in films such as Showgirls, Striptease, and Mulholland Drive. Riffel landed her breakthrough role in the 1995 film Showgirls starring Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, and Kyle MacLachlan. Initially reading for the lead role of Cristal Connors, Riffel was cast in the supporting role of Penny/Hope after director Paul Verhoeve...
Filmmaker & Actor Doug Hurley
April 27, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's guest is filmmaker and actor Doug Hurley. Doug is originally from Kansas, lived in New York City for a while, and now calls Los Angeles home. As a writer/director, his most recent short film, Suicide Date, premiered at the Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles, winning the Audience Award for its category as well as the Overall Audience Award for the entire fest, qualifying it for the Academy Awards. As a writer/writer, he's currently developing two TV shows. As an actor, you can...
Emma Elizabeth Tillman
April 20, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBToday's guest is photographer, writer, and filmmaker Emma Elizabeth Tillman. Her family lived on a sailboat from the time she was born. Tillman grew up on the water in Southern California, and the ocean has informed and engaged her work in its symbolic attributes; as well as her own confrontation with mystery, intimacy and fear. She graduated with an Masters of Fine Art in Film Directing from UCLA in 2014 and since has worked across several disciplines, including her most recent solo exhibi...
The Filmmakers of "Alien Country"
April 13, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBToday's guests are Renny Grames and Boston McConnaughey - the team behind the new film ALIEN COUNTRY. Boston McConnaughey - Director, Writer With a background in filmmaking and next generation VR storytelling, Boston and Renny have 30 million views on their sci-fi action YouTube series and have created short films online for Sony Pictures, Google, Coca-cola, Nokia, and more... Alien Country’s baby daddy. Renny Grames - Actor, Producer An indie film actress with numerous film and television...
Comedian Preston Taylor of "Farm to TV"
April 06, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBToday's guest is Preston Taylor - an American comedian, actor, producer and writer from Gatesville, Texas. Preston started his illustrious career in Los Angeles with a brief appearance as himself on RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009) as part of the pit crew. He also appeared as an outlaw and stuntman in the award winning short film Valley of the Scorned (2011), as well as, his unbelievable one line, one scene as Keith in Parallels (2013). Preston started his comedy career in 2010 with his first ever ...
Filmmaker Adam Barnick
March 30, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBAdam Barnick attended New York's School of Visual Arts for filmmaking, while assisting in production and special effects for theater and independent films. Afterwards he began his career assisting on commercials produced locally for Japanese television. As a writer/director, Adam’s short film MAINSTREAM has played seven international festivals and opened the New York City Horror Film Festival’s theatrical screenings its year of release. Fangoria Magazine and Koch Vision acquired it for worl...
Film Set Etiquette with Elizabeth Spear
March 23, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBJoin film directors Elizabeth Spear & Steve Balderson as they discuss the sometimes insane behavior and on-set antics of other Directors, Primadonnas, Assistant Directors, Explosive Producers, Egomaniacs, and how one can navigate all this and still manage to have a creative, warm, and welcoming film set. Elizabeth Spear is an award winning filmmaker from Austin, Texas. She earned her M.A. in Media and Communication from European Graduate School in Switzerland and has studied under Terrence...
Film Set Etiquette with Elizabeth Spear
March 23, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBJoin film directors Elizabeth Spear & Steve Balderson as they discuss the sometimes insane behavior and on-set antics of other Directors, Primadonnas, Assistant Directors, Explosive Producers, Egomaniacs, and how one can navigate all this and still manage to have a creative, warm, and welcoming film set. Elizabeth Spear is an award winning filmmaker from Austin, Texas. She earned her M.A. in Media and Communication from European Graduate School in Switzerland and has studied under Terrence...
Film Director Billy Clift
March 16, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBWilliam Clift, a Hollywood native, started his career as a Make-up and Hair man for the fashion, film, television and Music Video industry. In mid 2000 he decided to follow his life long dream of becoming a director, writer and produced his first short film, The Fairy Tale, soon after a documentary, The Pure Eccentrics; San Francisco. This led to his first feature film Baby Jane? shot on a shoestring budget, receiving rave reviews from Variety, Fangoria and the Examiner to name a few. Baby J...
Amazon Studios Producer Rebecca Breithaupt
March 09, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBIn an industry where the word "Producer" is misused and overused, it's nearly impossible to tell what it means anymore. Amazon Studios Social Producer Rebecca Breithaupt discusses the different kinds of producers (Executive, Co, Creative, Associate, and so on) along with the different roles producers play in various fields within entertainment (film, TV, commercial and music industries).
Australian Filmmaker Adrian Powers
March 02, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBAdrian is an Australian film director, screenwriter and editor. His film BROLGA is a short film which has just completed a successful international festival run, and has been released for streaming online. The response to the film across the world has been wonderful, and the story of the project's journey to the screen is both unique and full of interesting lessons for those interested in indie filmmaking. Adrian's work has screened in cinemas across the globe, including the 69th Venice Fi...
Actress Starina Johnson
February 23, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MBStarina Johnson is a multidisciplinary artist who can be seen in award-winning films such as “West Hollywood Motel”, “More Scenes from a Gay Marriage”, “A Measure of the Sin”, “Stuck!”, “Casserole Club”, “Watch Out”, and “Roundball.” Theatre projects include Hollywood Fringe darlings Piñata, directed by Stan Zimmerman, complex[ion] woman, directed by Ebony Gilbert, as well as numerous Towne Street Theatre and NEO Ensemble Theatre productions. She also AD/Co-Produced the revival of Justin Ta...
Filmmaker Nathan Adloff
February 16, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBNathan Adloff's feature film “Miles” is semi-autobiographical and centers on a high school senior who joins the girls volleyball team in hopes of winning a college scholarship after his father's untimely death. It stars Molly Shannon, Paul Reiser, Missi Pyle, Tim Boardman, Annie Golden, Yeardley Smith and Stephen Root. “Miles” won the Audience Choice Award in Outfest Los Angeles, received theatrical and digital distribution and is streaming on Netflix. Nathan Adloff Directed/Co-Wrote/Produc...
Musician Eric Himan
February 09, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBEric Himan is an award-winning nationally-touring soulful/folk/rock artist. His music has been featured on Sirius/XM's Coffeehouse radio station. Eric has toured with Leon Russell and Ani DiFranco. He has shared the stage with Patty Griffin, India.Arie, Edwin McCain, and many more. He has appeared in the The Advocate, Huffington Post, OUT, newspapers nationwide, won the Singer/Songwriter Awards in London and is endorsed by Fender Guitars. Eric's most recent album CONTENDERS is his most ...
Film & TV Editor Elliott Diviney
February 02, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBElliot Diviney began editing for Best Buy and the Minnesota Orchestra. In 2009, Elliot directed his first feature film, an indie crime comedy called “Paper-Maché.” Between 2011 and 2012, Elliot directed two sequels, “Potpourri” and “American “Rescue Squad.” After those films were released, Elliot moved to Los Angeles where he continued to pursue editing and writing. His editing clients include Netflix, the NFL, Doritos, and Sun-maid Raisins. In addition to his own films, Elliot’s screenwriti...
Scream Queen Debbie Rochon
January 26, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBBy the early 1990s, Debbie was working with multiple theatre companies in NYC including The Tribeca Lab where she played multiple characters in Stephen DiLauro’s play The Secret Warhol Rituals. In 1993 Debbie began her career in radio co-producing and co-hosting Oblique Strategies on the terrestrial channel WBAI. 1994 was the beginning for Debbie to land lead roles in film. Abducted II: The Reunion would be the first and in 1995 she co-stared in her first Troma produced film Tromeo and Julie...
Garrett Swann of the Santa Barbara Swanns
January 19, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBGarrett Swann is a Santa Barbara native, now New Yorker, full-time realist, gym rat, go-getter, and a wannabe millennial. Obsessed with great convos over coffee, he spends his days inspiring younger generations with his personal style, poise and panache. A role model and GQ Insider, Garrett travels the world as a model in campaigns for IBM, T-Mobile, Amazon/Oprah Magazine, Brooks Brothers, Allen Edmonds, Michael Kors, Belk, Billionaire (Phillipe Plein), Phonak, Dodge, Chrysler, Loews Hotels...
Filmmaker Ronni Thomas
January 12, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBLike many film hopefuls, Ronni started making films at about 9 years old when his father bought one of the first camcorder backpack units that had come on the market. He remade classics such as Faces of Death and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with his Brooklyn neighborhood friends. Since then, his films have screed at festivals around the world as well as museums and institutions ranging from Carnegie Hall and The MET in NY to the Horniman Museum in the UK. They've been Honored by BAFTA, Tr...
Sharknado's "The Asylum"
January 05, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBThe Asylum is one of the world's leading brand-oriented motion picture and television studios. With a focus on high-concept, market-driven entertainment, like the SHARKNADO franchise and the popular BLACK SUMMER and Z NATION TV series. The Asylum finances, produces and releases 25 films per year through its direct pipeline to the nation's top retailers and its network of international partners. Since its founding in 1997, The Asylum has released more than 500 films and has built a library o...
Cult Icon Mink Stole
December 29, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBMink Stole is best known for her work in the films of John Waters. Her film career began as a party guest in Waters' film Roman Candles. Since then, she has appeared in all of John Waters' feature films from Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, Cry Baby, and Serial Mom (opposite Kathleen Turner) to name a few. She has appeared in a number of films and television shows, such as Stuck! directed by Steve Balderson, and is the lead singer of Mink Stole and Her Wonderful Band, of whi...
Documentary Filmmaker Desh Amila
December 22, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBDesh Amila is a documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. Originally from Sri Lanka and migrated to Australia in 2000. With a desire to inspire, Desh is on a mission to educate, entertain and enhance the lives of those he connects with. Currently he is the founder and CEO at This is 42 and is about to release his second feature film, Better Left Unsaid, a documentary that examines political extremis. In 2018, he released his film called Islam: Future of Tolerance. It featured Sam Harris...
Actor Marek Probosz
December 15, 2020 13:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBMarek Probosz is a preeminent film, television and stage actor in his native Poland, and likened across Eastern Europe as "the DeNiro of Poland,” Probosz has more than 50 starring roles to his credit. Many of his films have competed in key international festivals including Venice (Jerzy Skolimowski’s 30 Door Key, 1991), Cannes and Karlovy Vary (Jirí Svoboda’s award-winning End of the Lonely Farm Berghof, 1984) and San Sebastian (Frantisek Vlácil’s The Shadow of the Ferns, 1984). Probosz’s th...
Academy Award nominee Sally Kirkland
December 08, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBSally Kirkland is a film, TV, and theater veteran since the 1960s and is probably best known for the film "Anna," for which she garnered the Best Actress Oscar nomination and won the Best Actress Golden Globe, the Independent Spirit Award, and the LA Film Critic's Circle Award. Sally has appeared in over 200 films. Feisty and hard-working, Sally has made an indelible mark on Hollywood history. Born in New York City, her mother was the fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazine. Sally began h...
Princess of Hollywood Pleasant Gehman
December 01, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.5 MBHer Royal Highness the Princess of Hollywood Pleasant Gehman is a true renaissance woman: best-selling author and journalist, international dance performer and instructor, punk rock historian, blogger, Tarot card reader, and a critically acclaimed actor, musician and painter. A Hollywood icon, her multi-disciplinary creative output is nothing short of staggering. During the 1970's, she was one of the first punks in Los Angeles, documenting the music scene she helped create in her fanzine Lo...
Writer Amanda Deibert
November 24, 2020 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBJoin Steve for a dialog with New York Times #1 Bestselling Comic Book and television writer Amanda Deibert. Amanda is currently writing for the animated series He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe for Netflix. Her comic book writing includes DC Super Hero Girls, Teen Titans Go!, The Doomed And The Damned, Wonder Women of History, Flash Facts, Wonder Woman ’77, Batman and Harley Quinn, Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman, and Love is Love (NYT #1 Bestseller) for DC Comics, stories in Jo...
Lloyd Kaufman of Troma
November 17, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBLegendary director Lloyd Kaufman is president of New York-based production and distribution company Troma Entertainment, which he and partner Michael Herz founded in 1974 shortly after they graduated from Yale University. Troma is a bastion of true independence with a strong consumer brand through a visionary body of work that has had a huge impact on pop culture and today's mainstream filmmaking. New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick recently wrote that Mr. Kaufman has been cited as a majo...