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Ve Neill has earned 23 international nominations that include 8  Oscar  nominations. She won three  Academy Awards  for Beetlejuice, Mrs. Doubtfire and Ed Wood, two Emmys for Pee-wee’s Playhouse and The Shining, a  BAFTA  for Pirates of the Caribbean, five  Saturn Awards  and Local 706 Best Character Makeup Award. She’s also the first Artist to be awarded  Hollywood Foreign Press “Makeup Artist of...

Bob DeMars is an award-winning filmmaker with over 15 years of experience producing, writing, and directing. He was a producing partner at Pelagius Films from 2002 to 2009. In 2009, he produced his first documentary, "Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Green", narrated by Don Cheadle. This documentary was the follow-up to the acclaimed "Talk to Me", from Universal's Focus Fe...

Sarah Pribis is an actor, writer, singer, and host, raised in Philadelphia and currently based in New York City. She made her Broadway debut in Les Miserables while in high school, and graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, with a double major in Theatre & Journalism. She is the former host of HQ Trivia. She has also hosted for: Amazon, Walmart, Bowlero, LittleThings, Business Insider,...

Originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, Zach knew he wanted to work in film at a very young age. However, it wasn't until he was much older after attempting a career in the emergency medical field and co-owning a cupcake shop that he decided to take his chance in the industry. Zach attended the Digital Animation and Visual Effects School out of Orlando, Florida, where he earned his Bachelor's...

Purchase a copy of Karen Grassle's book, Bright Lights, Prairie Dust , here: https://amzn.to/3nQIiRq About Karen Grassle: Karen Grassle is known around the world for her portrayal of the iconic character of “Ma” on Little House on the Prairie. Karen grew up beside the Pacific Ocean in Ventura, California, where she lived until graduating from high school. While studying at the University of Ca...

Purchase a copy of Laura Cayouette's book, Know Small Parts, here: https://amzn.to/3rpRRrk  In her over-25 year career, Laura Cayouette has acted in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and Kill Bill as well as True Detective, Friends, and over 60 commercials. She wrote and directed an award-winning short film and produced and starred in the Tarantino production: Hell Ride, a biker movie...

Michael Stein is an entrepreneur, actor, writer, director, producer, stand-up comedian, and personal development expert. Michael is the founder and CEO of Abadak Inc. A company that he started with zero money and has since made 100+ million dollars.  Started his entrepreneurial career when he was 19 years, becoming the #1 young nightclub promoter in Los Angeles.  Michael has acted and worked with...

Katie Chonacas is a globally outstanding Greek-American actress with over two decades of experience in the Hollywood entertainment industry. She began her career as a classically trained actor, model, poet, producer, painter, and philanthropist at an early age. Katie rapidly gained a reputation for her natural beauty and went on to work for prominent companies. Her modeling career quickly led her...

Joshua Mikel is an incredible actor most known for his recuurring role as Jared in the hit show, The Walking Dead. He's also appeared in shows like Creepshow, Doom Patrol, The Purge, The Righteous Gemstones, and Black Lightning, and on the big screen with films like Respect, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Game Night, Independence Day: Resurgence, Cell, Dirty Grandpa, We're the Millers, and more. A...

Emmy award-winning writer/director Casey Tebo was destined to make films since he snuck into a theatre alone to watch James Cameron's 'Aliens' in 1986. Tebo worked his way through the music video ranks like many of his idols (Soderberg, Demme) (Rolling stone magazine dubbed Tebo "Fincher-esque"). in 2014 he quickly broke into narrative filmmaking with his jaw-dropping sci-fi sh...

Andrew Kasch is a Los Angeles-based director and editor with an extensive background in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. He is a two-time Saturn Award winner and a graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design.  Andrew's lifelong obsession with the genre led him into career-making film documentaries and independent festival shorts before he eventually moved into scripted television. He has...

Purchase a copy of Blind Pony, here: https://amzn.to/32Q8svN An award-winning Creative Director/Writer, Sam is also an experienced director and producer. As a creative director, she's been instrumental in the creative development of campaigns for films, brands, and non-profits. Her creative direction for United Way Chicago, entitled "We're All Connected," earned her the prestigious...

Jaimie Beebe grew up in the Midwest, making her way out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in production. She is a film and TV Casting Director with a wide variety of credits including “River Runs Red” starring Taye Diggs and John Cusack, “Ice Cream in the Cupboard” Starring Jaime King, “Falsely Accused” starring Rosanna Arquette, and the critically acclaimed series “Paradise City” starring Ryan Hu...

Purchase a Copy of Bruce Lee: A Life : https://amzn.to/3FMOlxR Eric Skwarczynski interviews author Matthew Polly, who penned the “definitive” ( The New York Times ) biography of film legend Bruce Lee. Lee made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between eastern and western cultures, and smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans. Forty-five years after Bruce Lee’s...

In today's episode, Eric Skwarczynski interviews Alex Vincent. In today's episode, Eric Skwarczynski interviews Alex Vincent. At six years old he starred as Andy Barclay in the 1988 horror film, Child's Play – which spawned the massively successful Chucky franchise. He would go on to play Andy four more times, in Child's Play 2, Curse of Chucky, Cult of Chucky, and, currently, in t...

In this episode, Eric Skwarczynski sits down with Joe Lynch to talk about directing – from Shudder to Disney+. About Joe Lynch: Joe is a filmmaker or at least he keeps telling people that. Born in Long Island and dealing with life in L.A., Lynch has creatively worked in various medias, including feature films, TV, music videos, commercials, short films, podcasts, and more. Lynch's previous fea...

On this episode of the Film School'd Podcast, Eric sits down with author, Nat Brehmer, to discuss his book, Puppet Master Complete: A Franchise History . This book is a comprehensive history of the most successful straight-to-video horror franchise of all time:  Puppet Master . It provides an in-depth exploration of all 14 films to date--including a made-for-TV crossover and a theatrical reboo...

An established and successful chief marketing officer and entrepreneur, once upon a time Jeff Sass spent seven years making low-budget action/horror films for legendary independent movie studio Troma, home of THE TOXIC AVENGER . It turns out there are a lot of similarities between filmmaking and starting companies, and the lessons Jeff learned making B-movies have served him well in the C-Suite. E...

Purchase a copy of Diane Franklin's book here: https://amzn.to/3GE79iW Diane Franklin is an iconic 80s American film actress, known for her dark curly hair, and dialects. Beginning her acting career at the age of ten, Diane started with modeling, theater, commercials, and soap opera work. She then won the lead role of the dream girl, Karen, in cult classic THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (1982) and s...

Purchase Bronson's Loose : https://amzn.to/3ALnb7r Purchase Bronson's Loose Again!: https://amzn.to/3m7uoIP Paul Talbot is a film historian and independent filmmaker. He has written for Video Watchdog, Psychotronic Video and Filmfax. His movies include Hellblock 13 .

Watch Heartland Season 1 here: https://amzn.to/3BWUGUN Watch George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead: https://amzn.to/3DX04YJ On This Episode of the Film School'd Podcast, Eric Skwarczynski sits down with actress Michelle Morgan. Michelle is the fourth of six children from a Chilean-Canadian family. Born in Calgary, she grew up in Toronto and Vancouver. After studying Theatre and Classical Li...

Richard is an actor and musician, born in Los Angeles and raised in Toronto. He is the oldest of two brothers. His father is an engineer, his mother is an accountant and his brother Winston Torr is a professional artist based in Berlin, Germany. With hopes to become a software programmer, his parents noticed his affinity with the arts. After struggling with this for years, they finally gave in and...

Purchase a copy of Why I Do VFX here: https://amzn.to/3anX8HQ Find out more about Vicki Lau and her work here: https://www.lauvicki.com/ Vicki Lau is a multi-hyphenate artist, author, and entrepreneur. Vicki started as a humble student of digital media back in the small city of Singapore with a background in visual effects in film and television and computer programming. Without any contacts or co...

Purchase the book, For His Eyes Only: The Women of James Bond https://amzn.to/3lsCahn Eric Skwarczynski, host of the Film School'd Podcast, sits down with Dr. Lisa Funnell to discuss the evolution of the "Bond Girl" from Ursula Andress in Dr. No to Madeleine Swann in the new Daniel Craig James Bond film, No Time to Die (2021). They also have a full spoiler discussion about the newest e...

Jared Rivet  has been making movies his entire life. Growing up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the fishing town that served as the setting for Herman Melville’s novel  Moby Dick , Jared drew his early inspiration from both literary and filmic monsters; his favorite childhood films were  Creepshow ,  Jaws,  and  Star Wars . From a young age, Jared wrote stories and made home movies with schoolyard...