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My guest today is Howard Bloom, as a music publicist in the 1970s and ‘80s he worked with talent like Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Marley, Queen, Joan Jett, and more. In 1979,  New York Magazine  put him in their "Hot 100 plus" list as one of its "Big Dealmakers" This is Howard’s second appearance on this podcast, in our first interview back in 2023, we discussed his time in th...

What I learned interviewing writer and filmmaker Baron Ryan. Get a copy of Baron's short story collection, A Comedy of Nobodies Watch Baron's debut feature film, Two Sleep People: Coming Soon

Baron Ryan, also known as @americanbaron on ⁠TikTok⁠ (2.9M) and ⁠Instagram⁠ (1.3M) is a writer and filmmaker who rose to prominence making short films on the internet that wrestle with life, love, and the meaning of it all. At the end of 2024 Baron released a collection of short stories called ⁠ A Comedy of Nobodies ⁠ , his fiction debut that traces a fall semester in the lives of four typical but...

What I learned interviewing Veronica Cartwright, actor, The Birds, Alien, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Witches of Eastwick. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/

Veronica Cartwright has been acting for over six decades. After appearing in the William Wyler film "The Children's Hour", Alfred Hitchcock requested to meet her and cast her as Cathy Brenner. After navigating the tough transition from child actor to adult actor, Veronica went on to act in films like Alien, The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Witches of Eastwick, Goin'...

I wanted to try my hand at film analysis and I stumbled onto some interesting connections when watching the 1999 film Bicentennial Man, so figured I'd give it a shot.

An update on what to expect from Artwell this year.

This officially marks the end of Artwell Season 4 on George Miller. I have spent time thinking about the key lessons I learned this season of the show and have distilled them down into essays that I will share with you in this episode. In this episode we explore why 'Your Art Is Not For You', and 'How to Tell a Story Like George Miller'. I also share two incredible stories from Geo...

Everything that didn't make it into my two deep dives on George Miller. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ARTWELL NEWSLETTER ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/⁠⁠

Takeaways from my conversation analysing the hidden meaning of Mad Max: Fury Road with concept designer, story consultant, and lecturer Mike Hill. Get the 'Know Thyself' board game: ⁠https://play.knowthyself.space/⁠ Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: https://jacobkelly.substack.com/

Mike Hill is a concept designer (Blade Runner 2049, Dune, Call of Duty), script and story consultant (Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Love Death and Robots), and lecturer on the hidden meaning of stories. He joined me for his second interview on Artwell to discuss the hidden meaning of Mad Max: Fury Road. Get the 'Know Thyself' board game: https://play.knowthyself.space/ Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter:...

What I learned interviewing BAFTA Award winning Casting Director Nikki Barrett. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/

Nikki Barrett is a BAFTA Award winning Casting Director for her work on Baz Luhrmann's Elvis. She is also known for her work on Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa, The Great Gatsby, Talk To Me, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hacksaw Ridge, and more. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/

What I learned interviewing 3x Academy Award nominated editor Richard Francis-Bruce, known for editing films such as Mad Max 3, The Shawshank Redemption, The Rock, Se7en, The Green Mile, Air Force One, Perfect Storm, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and more. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠

Richard Franics-Bruce is a three time Academy Award nominated editor. He received his nominations for his work on The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en, and Air Force One. He also edited films such as Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, The Rock, The Green Mile, and Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: https://jacobkelly.substack.com/

What I learned interviewing screenwriter John Collee (Happy Feet, Master and Commander, Monkey Man) Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ John's Website: https://www.johncollee.com/

John Collee is a screenwriter behind Oscar nominated films Master and Commander, Happy Feet, and Tanna. He also co-wrote Monkey Man, Hotel Mumbai, Lee, and Boy Swallows Universe. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/⁠⁠ John's Website: ⁠https://www.johncollee.com/⁠

What I learned interviewing Academy Award nominated actor James Cromwell, known for his roles in films such as Babe, L.A. Confidential, and The Green Mile. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠

James Cromwell is an actor known for films such as L.A. Confidential, The Green Mile, and Babe, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. I got the chance to sit down and speak with James (Jamie to his friends), now 84, about the lessons he has learned — and still hopes to learn — as an artist, and about making great art. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

What I learned interviewing Mad Max: Fury Road dramaturg Nadia Townsend. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠

Nadia Townsend is a dramaturg known for her work on Mad Max: Fury Road and Thor: Love and Thunder. On her website she writes that "dramaturgy is the study of dramatic composition. Dramaturg literally means drama worker, a title more often found in the theatre. As a film dramaturg I ‘work the drama’ through the rehearsal process. It is neither, director, writer, nor acting teacher, but rather a rol...

What I learned interviewing five time Oscar nominated cinematographer, John Seale. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠

John Seale is a 5x Academy Award nominated cinematographer for his work on Witness, Rain Man, The English Patient (which he won the Oscar for), Cold Mountain, and Mad Max: Fury Road. He also lensed films such as Dead Poets Society, Lorenzo's Oil, The Firm, The American President, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Perfect Storm, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and Three Thousand Years of Longing....

What I learned interviewing influential British comic book artist and Mad Max: Fury Road co-writer, Brendan McCarthy. Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠

Brendan McCarthy is a concept artist and co-writer of Mad Max: Fury Road. He is also one of the most influential British comic book artists of the 1980s and early 1990s having created comics such as Freakwave, Strange Days, Skin, Paradax, and more. Brendan has also worked as a concept and storyboard artist on an unmade music video for Michael Jackson's Bad, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Con...