Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast
995 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 289 ratingsThe Indie Film Hustle Podcast is your #1 source for how to hack the film business and indie film world! The show is here to help as many indie filmmakers as I could. We wanted to bring the best guests, industry leaders, creative legends, and film business friends to you, the IFH Tribe.
Some of the past guests include 3X Oscar® Winning Writer/Director Oliver Stone, Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black), Alex Proyas (The Crow, I, Robot), James V. Hart (writer Dracula, Hook), John August (Big Fish, Aladdin), Jim Uhls (writer of Fight Club), Oscar® Winner Russell Carpenter (DP of Avatar, Titanic) Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces, The Grey), and David F. Sandberg (Shazam!) to name a few.
We hope this podcast can help you along your journey as an artist, filmtrepreneur, filmmaker, screenwriter, and as a human being.
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IFH 394: Using Filmmaking for Change in the World with Jon Fitzgerald
June 19, 2020 21:35 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBToday on the show we have filmmaker and author Jon Fitzgerald. Jon has twenty-five years of experience in the independent film, internet, and film festival communities, a rare leader with a unique combination of skills. As a filmmaker, he has produced a number of award-winning documentaries; and as a consultant, he has guided many independent film projects through the maze of festivals and hybrid distribution models. As a co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival (1995), he led the event th...
IFH 393: Releasing an Indie Film Theatrically During COVID-19 with Joshua Caldwell
June 12, 2020 18:25 - 1 hour - 125 MBToday on the show returning 2-time champion, writer and filmmaker Joshua Caldwell. Joshua has been on the show twice before and both his episodes went viral. Well, he's back to talk about his new film INFAMOUS starring Bella Thorne, Jake Manley, Amber Riley, and former guest on the show Todd Jenkins. Arielle, a young woman who lives in a small Florida town, is stuck. Arielle has always wanted more: fame, popularity, and admiration. But when she falls for a recently paroled young criminal na...
IFH 393: Releasing an Indie Film Theatrically Durning COVID-19 with Joshua Caldwell
June 12, 2020 18:25 - 1 hour - 124 MBToday on the show returning 2-time champion, writer and filmmaker Joshua Caldwell. Joshua has been on the show twice before and both his episodes went viral. Well, he's back to talk about his new film INFAMOUS starring Bella Thorne, Jake Manley, Amber Riley, and former guest on the show Todd Jenkins. Arielle, a young woman who lives in a small Florida town, is stuck. Arielle has always wanted more: fame, popularity, and admiration. But when she falls for a recently paroled young criminal na...
IFH 392: How to Become an Indy Mogul with Ted Sim
June 05, 2020 23:17 - 1 hour - 129 MBToday on the show we have host, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and president of Aputure Ted Sim. Ted is the host of the Indy Mogul Podcast and Youtube Channel. He took over the reins of the legendary Indy Mogul Youtube channel last year and has really created some amazing content. Ted Sim is a Los Angeles filmmaker, originally from Baltimore, MD. Though he has been living in California since 2009, he has traveled to over 45 different countries for work and to meet with local filmmakers from all ar...
IFH 391: The Future of Hollywood Distribution Post COVID-19 with Stephen Follows
May 29, 2020 21:40 - 57 minutes - 79.1 MBA good friend and returning champion Stephen Follows wrote an amazing article discussing the future of Hollywood distribution. I asked him to jump back on the show to discuss. Here's a bit of the article. Change in the film industry is often an extremely gradual process. The views of those involved tend to be entrenched and hard to shift. Therefore, how the film industry will operate one year can reasonably be expected to be very close to that of the year before. Not so in 2020. The current...
IFH 390: Making Money with Theatrical Self-Distribution with Steven Lewis Simpson
May 22, 2020 16:46 - 1 hour - 119 MBI'm very excited to bring this episode to the IFH Tribe. Today on the show we have filmmaker, Filmtrepreneur, and self-distribution expert Steven Lewis Simpson. Steven has been able to generate hundreds of thousands in revenue for his film Neither Wolf Nor Dog without ever releasing it online. He made all his money self-distributing theatrically. Not only in the US but worldwide. In conversation we discuss how we, as filmmakers, can create our own creative reality, even in an industry as ina...
IFH 389: Indie Film Production Safety Guidelines in the COVID-19 Era
May 15, 2020 19:47 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBEvery day I wake up and feel like I'm living in the "Upside Down" from Stranger Things. We are living in a once in a generation event and the world will never be the same. The film industry, like so many others, is taking it on the chin, and COVID-19 is the fist that is doing the punching. Our entire industry can't wait for a vaccine and effect treatment to re-open. The economic toll is too great for the millions of film industry workers, not to mention the thousands of support companies tha...
IFH 388: The Art of Low-Budget Cinematography with Suki Medencevic, A.S.C
May 08, 2020 22:06 - 1 hour - 102 MBToday I welcome back returning champion award-winning cinematographer Suki Medencevic A.S.C. I brought Suki back on the show to discuss Covid-19 and what Hollywood will look like after it passes, how to approach low-budget filmmaking from the cinematography side, and his game-changing cinematography course Light and Face - The Art of Cinematography from IFH Academy. This workshop will walk you through how to light the most important and emotional subject you could put in front of your lens, ...
IFH 387: Introducing Indie Film Hustle Academy - Premium Film Education
May 07, 2020 14:07 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBWell, I've been busy during this quarantine. I was racking my brain on how I could provide more value to the Tribe so I create the IFH Academy. The IFH Academy is the home of exclusive online courses on filmmaking, screenwriting, film distribution, cinematography, and more. I wanted to bring you the best film education I could so I partnered with industry powerhouses like award-winning film producer Suzanne Lyons, master cinematographer Suki Medencevic, A.S.C, and screenwriting guru and best...
IFH 386: Inside the Multi-Window Distribution Model with Simon Swart
May 01, 2020 16:33 - 1 hour - 99.2 MBToday on the show we have Simon Swart. Swart has diverse experience in all areas of film production and distribution by virtue of his 30+ years as a leading studio executive at Warner Brothers, The Walt Disney Studios, and most recently 20th Century Fox. Swart left Fox to focus on producing with his film credits including 6 Below and the most profitable Indie release of 2018 I Can Only Imagine ($83 million box-offices) among others. He brings with him a variety of global strategic partnersh...
IFH 385: The Film Industry and COVID-19 (The RAW Truth) with RB Botto
April 24, 2020 17:42 - 2 hours - 201 MBHe's back! The all-time returning champion and my brother from another mother RB Botto from Stage 32 returns to the show to discuss the raw truth about what is happening and will happen to our industry post COVID-19. The world is obviously upside down and the film industry is being affected in ways that many do not even see yet. From changing customer habits to giant companies folding under the pressure of change. Both RB and I have been keeping our ear to the grindstone and what we are hear...
IFH 384: From Adult Films to Directing Men in Black with Barry Sonnenfeld
April 17, 2020 16:53 - 2 hours - 172 MBI can't tell you how excited I am for today's episode. I had the pleasure to speak to the legendary director Barry Sonnenfeld. We discuss his idiosyncratic upbringing in New York City, his breaking into film as a cinematographer with the Coen brothers, and his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black, and beloved work like Get Shorty, Pushing Daises, and A Series of Unfortunate Events. We also chat about the time he shot nine por...
IFH 384: Billion-Dollar Directing, Showrunning & Porn with Barry Sonnenfeld
April 17, 2020 16:53 - 2 hours - 172 MBI can't tell you how excited I am for today's episode. I had the pleasure to speak to the legendary director Barry Sonnenfeld. We discuss his idiosyncratic upbringing in New York City, his breaking into film as a cinematographer with the Coen brothers, and his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black, and beloved work like Get Shorty, Pushing Daises, and A Series of Unfortunate Events. We also chat about the time he shot nine por...
IFH 384: Working Inside the Hollywood Machine with Men in Black Director Barry Sonnenfeld
April 17, 2020 16:53 - 2 hours - 170 MBI can't tell you how excited I am for today's episode. I had the pleasure to speak to the legendary director Barry Sonnenfeld. We discuss his idiosyncratic upbringing in New York City, his breaking into film as a cinematographer with the Coen brothers, and his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black, and beloved work like Get Shorty, Pushing Daises, and A Series of Unfortunate Events. We also chat about the time he shot nine por...
IFH 383: The Future of Hollywood After Corona & Goodbye to Film Trooper with Scott McMahon
April 10, 2020 21:28 - 2 hours - 213 MBToday is a sad day guys. My dear friend and fellow filmmaking podcaster Scott McMahon is closing up shop. Scott runs Filmtrooper.com and has been a beacon of hope for indie filmmakers for over 6 years. Scott wrote the best-selling book How to Make and Sell Your Film Online and Survive the Hollywood Implosion While Doing It. Scott decided to have me on his last episode of the Filmtrooper Podcast. We had an EPIC conversation about what both of us had learned all the years we were running our ...
IFH 382: Filmmaking Side Hustles to Survive the Pandemic
April 03, 2020 17:13 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBMany filmmakers thinking is based on two months ago. They believe that the world will go back to exactly how it was before on this pandemic blows over. That might be true and I truly hope it does but hope alone will not pay the rent. Our industry is going through an unprecedented shift. We as filmmakers need to start thinking about how we can pivot your business, skills, knowledge into the new reality that we are living in and very well might be in for some time to come. You have to think...
IFH 381: How to Shoot in an Impossible Location with Peter Bishai
March 27, 2020 17:54 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBWhat if you were given permission to shoot most of your film in one of the busiest and iconic streets in the world, Times Square. Well, today's guest did just that. He shot most of his new film Rapid Eye Movement. Peter Bishai wrote and directed the epic true-life saga Colors of Heaven (aka A Million Colours). It is the winner of two South African Academy Awards, Best Foreign Film at the WorldFest Houston Film Festival and was the Opening Night Gala film at the Hollywood Black Film Festival....
IFH 380: How to Raise Money for Your Film in TODAY'S CRAZY World with Franco Sama
March 17, 2020 17:30 - 2 hours - 168 MBNow let's get into today's AMAZING guest. We have on the show returning champion film finance expert Franco Sama. His first episode is one of the most downloaded episodes in the history of the show (Listen to that episode here). Franco and I joke that his last episode turned him into a celebrity at film markets and festivals around the world. I mean he can barely walk the halls of AFM without getting recognized. Franco is a well of knowledge in the film finance space and I have learned tons ...
IFH 379: Coronavirus Indie Film Q&A - IFH Tribe Questions Answered
March 13, 2020 22:30 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBIt has been a crazy few days in the world, my friends. With film productions being shut down around the world, movie theaters sitting empty, and film festivals/events canceling because of the Coronavirus pandemic it might feel like the end of days. Hell, there's even a locust outbreak in Africa, no seriously! I even canceled my Make Your Movie Bootcamp out of concern for my students. I wanted to do a follow-up episode updating the tribe on what is going on, how it will affect them and what t...
IFH 378: Coronavirus and the Effect on the Indie Film Business
March 09, 2020 19:30 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBWe are living in a crazy world, my friends. I wanted to do an episode on the effect the Coronavirus is having, not only on the film industry at large but also on how it will affect the indie filmmaker. With major events canceled like SXSW, MIPTV, and Cinequest, indie filmmakers are already feeling the effect. Twenty four of the largest theater owners in China have pulled out of CinemaCon, the largest convention of international theatrical exhibitors. Is the Cannes Film Festival and Market nex...
IFH 377: Predatory Film Distributors - The Minimum Guarantee Scam
March 06, 2020 17:46 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBToday on the show I continue my series on Predatory Film Distributors. An IFH Tribe member reached out to me to let me know about a scam that she almost fell for. If she hadn't reached out to a very experienced entertainment attorney, she would have lost $90,000. I'm calling this The Minimum Guarantee Scam. I reveal the scam on the show and discuss how you can protect yourself. Stay safe out there. Things are getting scary. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podca...
IFH 376: Selling 10K DVDs and Building an Indie Filmmaking Empire with Mark Harris
February 25, 2020 01:10 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBToday on the show we have Filmtrepreneur Mark Harris. Mark is a self-taught filmmaker. His movies have been distributed by major distributors and he's self-distributed many of his earlier films and sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the US and overseas. Mark was born and raised in the Englewood community of Chicago. The same community Bermic Mac, Jennifer Hudson, Lorraine Hansberry, Janet Hubert, and Derek Rose are from. Mark is the Founder of 1555Filmworks a film production company tha...
IFH 375: Making an El Mariachi Style $7000 Indie Film with Josh Stifter
February 21, 2020 23:47 - 1 hour - 123 MBToday on the show we have writer/director Josh Stifter. Josh was chosen as one of the directors to attempt to make a $7000 feature film using the El Mariachi style made famous by legendary filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. The show was called Rebel Without a Crew: The Series and it premiered on Robert's network El Rey. Josh and I talk indie film shop, what it was like working with Robert Rodriguez and his adventures making a $7000 indie film while cameras were capturing every single second of on-s...
BONUS: Breaking Down a BAD Distribution Deal with Kerry Carlock & Nick Lund-Ulrich
February 03, 2020 19:53 - 1 hour - 127 MBPartnering with an honest film distributor can be a great part of any Filmtrepreneurial Blueprint. The problem is finding said "honest" distributor can be challenging. Finding an honest film distributor is like finding a unicorn, I know they are out there but they are rare. Yes, I know unicorns don't exist but you get what I'm trying to say. By design, the world of film distribution is shrouded in mystery. The key to the continued success of predatory film distributors is the silence of film...
IFH 374: Predatory Film Distributors - The Bankrupt Reboot Scam
January 31, 2020 14:54 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBI've spoken about predatory film distributors before on the show (The Dark Underbelly of Predatory Film Distributors – BEWARE!) but I just discovered how some of these scumbags have figured out how to absolutely screw over filmmakers using a legal loophole. It's called the Bankrupt Reboot Distribution Scam. Here's how they do it. A predatory film distributor will prey on desperate indie filmmakers and will try to obtain the rights to as many low budget indie films as they can, usually for no...
IFH 373: Is TUGG Going Bankrupt and Not Refunding Filmmakers & Customers?
January 29, 2020 21:05 - 20 minutes - 37.8 MBI don't know if something is in the air but things are getting rougher for indie filmmakers every day. I received a call today from a few filmmakers who are having major issues with the on-demand theatrical booking company TUGG, Inc. It seems that the company has shut its doors and left filmmakers in the dark. If you have read my new book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur®: How to Turn Your Indie Film into a Moneymaking Business, you know that I wrote an entire chapter highlighting TUGG and the ama...
IFH 372: Producing Sundance Winning Indie Films with Jonathan Baker
January 24, 2020 21:06 - 1 hour - 127 MBToday on the show we have Sundance-winning producer Jonathan Baker. His new film Sylvie's Love is the talk of Sundance 2020. Sylvie's Love is an upcoming American drama film, written and directed by Eugene Ashe. It stars Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Regé-Jean Page, Aja Naomi King, and Eva Longoria. It will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020. Jonathan is a wealth of information. In the episode, I pick his brain on what it was lik...
BONUS: What I Learned from My Independent Film Being Illegally Pirated
January 23, 2020 01:10 - 26 minutes - 37.5 MBIn today's new film economy it is getting tougher and tougher for independent filmmakers to make a living with their films. The entire industry is changing faster than anyone can keep track of. Even film distribution companies are struggling to make sense of the new world. The traditional golden gooses of DVD, Blu-Ray, foreign sales, and big upfront guarantees are dying a slow and miserable death. And if that wasn't tough enough internet pirates are bootlegging indie films as fast as they ar...
IFH 371: Shooting for the Mob - Listen to Four Chapters for FREE!
January 17, 2020 15:16 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBAfter months of the IFH Tribe asking me, I finally finished the audiobook version of Shooting for the Mob. It was a tough project to finish but I knew I had to get it to you guys. As a gift for being so patient, I am releasing four chapters of the book for FREE for your listening pleasure. If you are unfamiliar with the story of Shooting for the Mob read below. A bipolar gangster, a naive, young film director, and Batman. What could go wrong? Alex Ferrari is a first-time film director who ju...
SPECIAL EVENT: The Make Your Movie Bootcamp is BACK!
January 15, 2020 23:39 - 7 minutes - 10.7 MBI've been working on this for a long time guys and here it is. The Make Your Movie Bootcamp! I wanted to bring my 25+ years of experience to a live Bootcamp experience. This Two-Day Bootcamp will be held March 28-29, 2020 in Burbank, CA at the Hilton Garden Suites in Downtown Burbank. Who is the Make Your Movie Bootcamp for? A filmmaker wanting to make the leap to making their first feature film An established filmmaker who wants to learn the "Dark Arts" of micro-budget filmmaking Screenwri...
IFH 370: The Art of Directing Actors with Judy Weston
January 10, 2020 19:43 - 1 hour - 105 MBToday guest is the legendary writer and educator Judith Weston. Her book Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & TelevisionandThe Film Director's Intuition: Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques is a must-read for any film director. Judith consults one-on-one with directors and writer-directors of film and television as they prepare to bring their projects to life. Some of her students include Alejandro Iñárritu, director of The Revenant, Academy Award winner for Best...
IFH 370: How to Direct Actors Masterclass with Judy Weston
January 10, 2020 19:43 - 1 hour - 106 MBToday guest is the legendary writer and educator Judith Weston. Her book Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & TelevisionandThe Film Director's Intuition: Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques is a must-read for any film director. Judith consults one-on-one with directors and writer-directors of film and television as they prepare to bring their projects to life. Some of her students include Alejandro Iñárritu, director of The Revenant, Academy Award winner for Best...
IFH 369: How to Make a Successful Indie Film in 2020 - Happy New Year!
January 01, 2020 00:42 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBI can't believe another year has gone by. 2019 was one for the record books. So many things happened to me and to the IFH Tribe this year. In this episode, I breakdown this past year IFH style and also give you a large dose of TOUGH LOVE to get you revved up for 2020. Don’t wake up Dec 31, 2020, and say "Damn I just lost another year." Don’t let anything stop you from making your dream come true. Don’t let people tell you you can’t do it. People told me I was crazy for jumping into this bu...
IFH 368: Building a Minimalist Filmmaking Empire with Matt D'Avella
December 17, 2019 15:42 - 1 hour - 112 MBToday on the show we have minimalist filmmaking guru Matt D'Avella. I had the pleasure of being on Matt's podcast The GroundUp Show back in 2017 when he was still a young and up and coming podcaster. One day I turned around and saw that Matt had built a following of over 2 million followers on Youtube. It was official, he was a Youtube star. Matt was able to build this business using his filmmaking toolbox. Before his Youtube fame, he directed an amazing documentary called Minimalism. That ...
IFH 367: Is Die Hard The Greatest Christmas Movie Ever - Yippee ki-yay!
December 10, 2019 17:35 - 1 hour - 149 MBI'm here to finally put to rest one of the greatest cinematic arguments of all time, is Die Hard a Christmas movie? I thought I'd tackle this epic question with my good friend Stephen Follows. In this Special Christmas Edition of the Indie Film Hustle Podcast Stephen and I use data to finally put this debate to rest. I believe without a shadow of a doubt that Die Hard is the greatest Christmas movie of all time. Stephen is not so sure so we go to the data to find out. Stephen wrote an EPIC a...
THROWBACK FRIDAY: So You Didn't Get Into Sundance...Neither Did I
December 06, 2019 01:58 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBWell, it's that time of year again when filmmakers around the world get that dreaded rejection letter from the Sundance Film Festival. Did you read that, 14,200 submissions? Getting into Sundance is a lottery ticket for sure but it isn't as important as it used to be. Here's what Mark Duplass wrote about it: Annual Sundance Film Festival rejection reminder: Sundance is awesome, but Sundance is not everything. So many incredible films don't make the cut. Don't let it get you down. If you beli...
IFH 366: Why Amazon is Only Paying .01¢ Per Streaming Hour to Filmmakers
December 05, 2019 19:06 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MBThe streaming wars have their first casualties and of course, it is indie filmmakers. Amazon announces that they would drop their already low per hour streaming rate from .06¢ to .01¢ in North America. When this news hit the indie film world went nuts. Why would Amazon punish creators like this? Well, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is Amazon dropped their per hour streaming rate from .06¢ to .01¢ but the good news is they raise the maximum possible rate to .12¢ per hour. Check ...
IFH 365: Rise of the Filmtrepreneur - Listen to Two Chapters for FREE!
December 02, 2019 14:23 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBThe day is finally here. My new book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur®: How to Turn Your Indie Film into a Moneymaking Business is finally out. I'm so excited to share this with you, the IFH Tribe. I've been working for months to make this happen. I wanted to give you a sneak peek at the book so in this episode, I'll be releasing the first two chapters of the audiobook for your listening pleasure. These two chapters set the tone for the book. In the episode, I even show you a way to download the en...
IFH 365: Rise of the Filmtrepreneur - Listen to Two Chapters for FREE
December 02, 2019 14:23 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBThe day is finally here. My new book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur®: How to Turn Your Indie Film into a Moneymaking Business is finally out. I'm so excited to share this with you, the IFH Tribe. I've been working for months to make this happen. I wanted to give you a sneak peek at the book so in this episode, I'll be releasing the first two chapters of the audiobook for your listening pleasure. These two chapters set the tone for the book. In the episode, I even show you a way to download the en...
IFH 365: Rise of the Filmtrepreneur - Listen to Two Chapters for FREE
December 02, 2019 14:23 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBThe day is finally here. My new book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur®: How to Turn Your Indie Film into a Moneymaking Business is finally out. I'm so excited to share this with you, the IFH Tribe. I've been working for months to make this happen. I wanted to give you a sneak peek at the book so in this episode, I'll be releasing the first two chapters of the audiobook for your listening pleasure. These two chapters set the tone for the book. In the episode, I even show you a way to download the en...
IFH 364: The New Film Marketplace - Why Your Indie Film Isn't Worth What You Think It Is
November 26, 2019 14:43 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBToday's episode is a big one guys. You need to brace yourself. The film marketplace is going through a major shift. It is as big as when we went from Black and white films to color or adding sound to movies. Movies industry is changing from a product-based business (DVDs, Blu-Rays) to a service-based business (streaming services). Spotify and other music streaming services have devalued music down to basically worthless. What used to cost you $17.99 for one album of 1 or 2 hits and a bunch ...
IFH 363: The Death of Traditional Film Distribution
November 19, 2019 21:08 - 45 minutes - 61.8 MBI know the title of this show is bold but in the course of this podcast I will explain what I see happening in the traditional film distribution model. My trip to this year to the American Film Market was extremely educational. I met some amazing people, industry insiders, and tribe members. I did, however, spoke to many film distributors and sales agents and discover a truth that I had suspected for a long time now, traditional film distribution is dying. Film distributors are having as har...
THROWBACK FRIDAY: How to Create Suspense Like Hitchcock with Jeffery Michael Bays
November 15, 2019 15:59 - 53 minutes - 62 MBHave you ever wanted to know how Alfred Hitchcock became the master of suspense? How Hitch used the camera and lens to create terror in the audience? Well, you can watch all 52 films Hitchcock directed or if you want to get a head start on you Hitchcock education you should listen to today's guest, Jeffery Michael Bays, the author of the new book Suspense with a Camera: A Filmmaker's Guide to Alfred Hitchcock. Jeffery shares his knowledge and love for Alfred Hitchcock as well as the tricks a...
IFH 362: Attack of the Film Threat with Chris Gore
November 11, 2019 14:20 - 1 hour - 89.5 MBToday on the show we have the legendary indie film champion, Chris Gore. Chris is the founder of Film Threat, a magazine that's mission is to champion indie filmmakers while giving the middle finger to the Hollywood establishment. In this episode, Chris and I speak about the glorious 90's indie film scene, his time being a part of the geek channel G4, his new documentary Attack of the Doc and the state of indie film today. I've been a fan of Chris' for years. I even ran into him on my first ...
THROWBACK FRIDAY: Real Filmmakers Don't Starve with Jeff Goins
November 08, 2019 14:49 - 57 minutes - 66.1 MBTHROWBACK FRIDAY: Today's guest is bestselling author and creativity expert Jeff Goins. In this episode, he dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is, in fact, a competitive advantage in the marketplace. For centuries, the myth of the starving artist has dominated our culture, seeping into the minds of creative people and stifling their pursuits. But the truth is that the world’s most successful artists did not starve. In fac...
IFH 361: The New World of Distribution at the American Film Market with Jonathan Wolf
November 05, 2019 15:41 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBToday on the show we have Jonathan Wolf, the managing director of the American Film Market or AFM as it's known. The AFM has gone through many changes over the years. In recent years the world of film distribution has been turned upside down and AFM has been changing along with it. I have the honor to be moderating a panel on Micro-Budget Filmmaking at this year's AFM. The times they are a-changing. I sit down at talk Netflix, streaming, OTT, self-distribution and how you can screen your fil...
IFH 360: Selling Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark with Cody Meirick
October 31, 2019 17:31 - 49 minutes - 56.5 MBToday on the show we have filmmaker Cody Meirick. Cody is the director of the documentary Scary Stories, based on the wildly popular book series Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark. We discuss how he leveraged an underserved niche audience, how he piggy-backed off the major studio release of the narrative version and how he was able to get access to the key players in this niche. Enjoy my "scary" conversation with Cody Meirick. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...
IFH 359: How to Build a Profitable Horror Film with Stephen Follows
October 29, 2019 13:19 - 1 hour - 131 MBToday on the show we have returning champion Stephen Follows. In this Halloween themed episode, we dive into Stephen's opus, The Horror Report. The report was created by using data on every horror film ever made, a data-driven dive into everything from development, production, and distribution to recoupment and profitability. Stephen Follows is an established data researcher in the film industry whose work has been featured in the New York Times, The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The D...
IFH 358: Hybrid Distribution & Selling Your Indie Film with Peter Broderick
October 25, 2019 13:45 - 1 hour - 120 MBWhat is "Hybrid Distribution?" Hybrid distribution is the state-of-the-art model more and more filmmakers are using to succeed. It enables them to have unprecedented access to audiences, to maintain overall control of their distribution, and to receive a significantly larger share of revenues. Today on the show we have a legend in the ultra-low budget indie film world, Peter Broderick. He coined the term Hybrid Distribution in his seminal article Declaration of Independence: The Ten Princip...
BONUS EPISODE: Major Distribber - Go Digital Bankruptcy UPDATE!
October 24, 2019 21:00 - 53 minutes - 62.5 MBI wanted to release this Facebook LIVE event to the tribe to give them some MAJOR updates on the Distribber/Go Digital debacle. I was on the phone for two hours with Seth Freeman of Glass Ratner, the firm handing the liquidation. I do some mythbusting and drop some painful truth bombs in the episode. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support.