Film Florida

Katja Esson is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker based in Miami. She is known for her character-driven documentaries tackling race, class, and gender. She was awarded the Simons Public Humanities Fellowship at Kansas University and her films have screened at the Museum of Modern Art, American Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment f...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 114- Jaimie Engle is a Florida-based novelist and screenwriter. After a decade as a critically acclaimed indie novelist, with 15 published books, she made the transition to screenwriting in 2021. And in a very short period of time, she sold her first feature length screenplay. Jaimie writes stories with a magic touch in books, streaming, film, and comics across multipl...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 113- Elsten Torres is a Cuban born, New York City raised singer-songwriter, having been credited as one of the prominent creators of the Latin Alternative Rock sound of the late 1990’s. His eclectic and unconventional sound has been heard for more than 3 decades now. Elsten is a multicultural bilingual artist who has performed on stages all over the world as well as be...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 112- David Tochterman is an Emmy-nominated executive and producer with a record of launching award-winning television and digital properties. His first job in Hollywood was the director's assistant on the pilot of "Seinfeld." He was the Executive VP of Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment and Senior VP of the Carsey Werner Company, where he developed hit shows includin...

Frank Patterson is the President & CEO of Trilith Studios in Atlanta, the largest purpose-built film studio in North America. Prior to Trilith Studios, Frank co-founded and served as the CEO of Pulse Evolution Corporation, a technology company that produces hyper-realistic digital humans for live and virtual reality applications. As an educator, Frank is still a faculty member of Florida State...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 110- Reed Martin is the author of the book "The Reel Truth: Everything You Didn’t Know You Need to Know About Making an Independent Film." The Reel Truth details the challenges that aspiring filmmakers encounter while candidly describing how to spot and avoid issues and obstacles. We talk about Reed’s background, his time in Florida, why he decided to write the book an...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 109- Florida resident Nathan Frankowski is an award-winning director who got his start in documentaries and has traveled to more than 30 countries for his work, including filming multiple projects in Florida ("To Write Love on Her Arms" and "Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher"). He talks about his career, his travels, filming in Florida, what caused him to move here and h...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 108- Antonio Saillant is a leader in the field of sustainable performance, with a diverse set of skills and expertise spanning from aerospace and environmental engineering to filmmaking, writing, acting and coaching. As a filmmaker, he recognizes the importance of reducing the impact of the entertainment industry on the environment and is dedicated to promoting sustain...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 107- Chuck Malkus is a multi-platform storyteller specializing in media, production and TV and film projects. His work as an executive producer includes Heist on Netflix and Chuck’s book, FULL CIRCLE: The Remarkable True Story, is the basis for an Emmy-nominated ESPN documentary. He’s the Co-Founder of Neighbors 4 Neighbors, an international disaster relief organizatio...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 106- Actress, Writer and Producer Kelsey Scott is a graduate of Florida A&M University and Florida State University best known for her roles on "How to Get Away with Murder," "12 Years a Slave" and "Fear the Walking Dead: Passage." Kelsey talks about how she got into the entertainment industry, her various roles, her professional growth, a special performance she h...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 105- Frank Conway s a Unit Production Manager, Assistant Director and Producer with more than 35 years on industry experience. His credits include Florida-based "Edward Scissorhands," many Baywatch titles, television series "Las Vegas," "Prison Break," "Criminal Minds," "SEAL Team" and most recently "Disney’s Big Shot." Frank talks about how he got to this point in his...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 104- Grammy Award Nominated writer, producer and director Mo Fitzgibbon talks about her career in broadcast television, biographies, documentaries, varieties, national commercials, and music specials both in English and Spanish with the likes of Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Andy Garcia, Jon Secada and many others for outlets including NBC Universal, FOX, HBO, Investigation...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 103- Charles Martin Smith is an actor, writer, and director, perhaps best known in Florida as the director of "Dolphin Tale" and "Dolphin Tale 2." Charles talks about getting is start in the industry, how his career has evolved, his favorite roles and projects including "American Graffiti," "Starman," "The Untouchables," and of course a lot of "Dolphin Tale" and "Dolph...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 102- John Pruitt is a producer, writer, entertainment consultant, TV personality and the former Director of the U. S. Coast Guard's Motion Picture and Television Office where he worked to tell the story of the U. S. Coast Guard by partnering with productions around the world in various projects from reality, documentary, and scripted TV to cinema. John continues to wor...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 101- Actress, Producer and Florida resident Catherine Bell is best known for her long running roles as Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie in "JAG," Denise Sherwood in "Army Wives" and Cassie Nightingale in "The Good Witch." She talks about those roles, going to college for biology and pre-med, transitioning to acting, becoming a producer, her passion for adventure and...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 100- Rob Hill is a post production audio mixer with decades of film and television experience and he’s the audio editor for the Film Florida Podcast. Rob talks about his start in the industry, how post audio has evolved over the last 40 years, finding his way to Central Florida, working on projects with The Muppets, Walt Disney Feature Animation, working at the Disney-...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 99- Storyboard artist, producer and director Mark Simon has amassing over 5,000 production credits in his 30+ years of experience working in the entertainment industry. Mark has pitched and sold more than 35 production and distribution deals for his original concepts, and worked with Disney, Nickelodeon, The Golf Channel, HSN and other networks pitching in-house produc...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 98- Matt Nix is best known as the creator, writer, and executive producer of the Florida-based hit series "Burn Notice," 111 episodes over 7 seasons and at one point was the #1 rated series on cable television. In addition to "Burn Notice," Matt has created and executive produced series for numerous broadcast and cable networks as well as streaming outlets. He talks ab...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 97- Nick Pavonetti is an Emmy nominated producer, having worked on many television series including "This is Us," "Only Murders in the Building," "Grandfathered," "The Neighbors," "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior," "10 Things I Hate About You" and "Titus" to name a few. Nick talks about getting his start in the industry, his evolution as a producer, his advice for oth...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 96- Vincent Martella is an actor best known as the voice of Phineas Flynn in the Disney Channel Animated Series "Phineas & Ferb." In addition to the 130 episodes of "Phineas & Ferb" and the dozens of spin-offs, movies and games, Vincent has worked with the likes of Pamela Anderson, Rob Schneider, Bill Engvall, Billy Ray Cyrus and Kevin Costner to name a few. He...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 95- Actor Bill Kelly is originally from Richmond, Kentucky but he’s lived in Florida since 1984 and began acting professionally in 2011. He has appeared in over 50 television and film projects including “Burn Notice,” “Ballers,” “Bloodline,” “True Detective” and More. Most recently he was in multiple episodes of “The Wonder Years,” and the feature film “Where the Crawd...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 94- Frank Pace is a 4-time Emmy Nominated Producer and Executive Producer with more than 700 episodes of network television to his credit. He’s produced 16 pilots, 12 of which went to series. His credits include "Head of the Class," "Suddenly Susan," "George Lopez," "For Your Love," "Shake it Up," "Girl Meets World" and "Murphy Brown," just to name a few. Frank current...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 93- Glen Roberts is the Chief of Entertainment Media for the United States Department of Defense. Glen works out of the Pentagon and his team is responsible for projecting and protecting the Department's image in the entertainment space, including films, TV shows, video games and events. He serves as the primary point of contact between the DoD and entertainment studio...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 92- Adam Vernier is an actor, a long-term Board Member for SAG-AFTRA, and a Florida resident. He’s had a very successful career appearing on stage, in television shows, feature films, made-for-TV movies, commercials, and more. Adam’s appeared in some of the biggest television series filmed in Florida including “Charlie’s Angels,” "The Glades," “Ballers,” “Bloodline” an...

Film Florida Podcast Episode 91- Larry Goebel is an industry veteran with more than 40 years of experience. His roles in the industry have included distribution, sales, business and legal affairs, acquisitions and development, marketing and more. Larry talks about his career, the evolution of distribution of film and television products, his advice for up and coming industry professionals and more...