Filmmaker Mixer

David Finkel, director of the Austin Jewish Film Festival, joins the show to chat about this year’s festival and also gives tips on how filmmakers can improve their film festival submissions. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

Hello everybody, this is the Filmmaker Mixer podcast and we are continuing our coverage of the Austin Film festival. And today we are chatting with Jack Martin. Jack is the writer and director of the new film Bolt from the Blue. So, Jack welcome to the show. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

Hello everybody this is the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast and we are continuing our coverage of the Austin Film Festival and one of the films’s screening at the festival is Midnight at the Paradise and we are talking to Bill Robertson, the writer of Midnight at the Paradise. Bill welcome to the show. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Stephen D...

Hello everybody, this is the Filmmaker Mixer podcast and we are continuing our coverage of the Austin Film festival. There is a lot going on with the festival so many great films so many awesome panels this is definitely the place you want to be this week if you want to study the craft of storytelling and filmmaking. And on that note today I am chatting with Greg Porper and John Schimke they are t...

Hello everybody this is the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast and we are talking all about the Austin Film Festival all this week. And one of the cool movies you’ll get a chance to see this week at the Austin Film Festival is Re:uniting. And we have the director of Reuniting, Laura Adkin on the show with us today. Welcome Laura. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original...

Hello everybody this is the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast and we are deep; into our coverage of The Austin Film Festival. So many great filmmakers, writers and storytellers will be at the festival. And we are thrilled to be chatting with the filmmaking team behind The Veil which will be screening at the Austin Film Festival. This is actually the third time we’ve chatted with Rebekah Kennedy who stars in...

This week we are kicking off the 30th Austin Film Festival. It’s going to be a great time and the Austin Film Festival is where you want to be this weekend if you’re looking to learn about screenwriting, filmmaking and take in some awesome panel discussions and see some terrific films. And with that said we are talking today with Richard Dane Scott. Richard is a panelist this year at the Austin Fi...

This week, filmmaking and acting duo, Zach and Devin, join the show to chat all about their indie movie 'Foil.' From the initial conception, to it's post production process, Zach and Devin share amazing insight that any filmmaker could take into their next production. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

Katherine has  been nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards with one win for editing Top Chef. She has worked in TV, Film and documentaries. Her film The Innocents is listed as one of the 50 Best Dramas in FilmThreat contributor Phil Hall's Encyclopedia of Underground Movies: Films from the Fringes of Cinema. And her new short film, The Blue Balloon, is currently on the film festival circuit...

David Winning joins us again to share about his new movie coming out for Hallmark called Field Day which comes out October 14. Follow David's work by visiting his website . Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

Today we are talking with Andrew Kelleher. Andrew is half of the London based animation studio, Dog & Rabbit. Andrew has directed numerous commercial animations and he is the creator and animator of Dog Judo and Incredible Noisebox. If you haven’t seen Dog Judo, you have to check that out. We’ll talk more about that in the podcast. Dog Judo is a series of over 120 comedy animations starring tw...

This week we are chatting with Gavin Quinn, a filmmaker from the PFCAT. Gavin is co-founder of the contemporary theater company Pan Pan, based in Ireland. Pan Pan has created 43 new theatre and performance pieces and toured worldwide, receiving multiple national and international awards. Gavin is also a film director. His new short film MESPIL IN THE DARK, which screened at the Portland Festival o...

Cindy is an award-winning filmmaker. She earned a master's degree in Film Production from Chapman University and the School of Visual Arts. She has lived both in China and the United States giving her films a bi-cultural perspective. And her film The Day at the Beach just screened at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produc...

Our guest this week is Carolyn Gair who is fresh from the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology. Carolyn Gair is the owner of Bowling4Rhinos Productions in Los Angeles. She is a Director, Head of Story, and Story Artist. She has worked with all of the major studios including projects like Jungle Book 2, Brother Bear 2 and Despicable Me. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand P...

This week prop master Stan Gilbert joins the show to share with us his insight on how to make low budget indies look like high budget blockbusters. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

This week Leah Knauer joins the show! She is an actress, comedian and podcaster. Her credits include Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, The Real Murders of Orange County, Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

While breaking into the stunt industry, Anthony discovered a love for acting. And since then he has played opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in The Fighter, he was in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, he was in Black Mass with Jesse Plemons and Johnny Depp in fact Anthony has performed in over 200 different TV shows and feature films. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melod...

This week we are chatting with Katie Folger. Katie is an actress, writer, and comedienne based in Austin, Texas. If you’be been listening to the our show then you know we had Katie on Season 2 episode 3 of the Filmmaker Mixer. That’s when she was gearing up for her long-awaited Austin premiere of Getting In Bed with the Pizza Man , which was Katie’s one woman show. And now we have her back to talk...

William Akers is a WGA Lifetime Member. He has written for studios, indie producers and network television. He’s had three feature films produced from his screenplays and he is also a novelist. He taught filmmaking and screenwriting at Vanderbilt University and created Belmont University’s Motion Pictures department, a Variety Top 30 Film School. Akers consults with screenwriting clients around th...

David Winning is one of the jury members and panelists at this year’s Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology. David is a film and television director he’s done 45 features and has over 180 TV credits. He’s worked on Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, MGM’s STragate: Atlantis, ABC’s Dinotopia and the HBO thriller Exception to the Rule. He’s worked with Ryan Gosling, Patrick Duffy, William...

This week on the show, we have on Chris Gore who is the head writer and founder of Film Threat Magazine, which has always had a very keen focus on alternative and indie cinema. Chris’s commitment to showcasing indie films and supporting emerging filmmakers earned him a reputation as a champion of underdog filmmakers in the movie industry. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Me...

This week we are chatting with Jeff York. Jeff is a film critic whose blog, the Establishing Shot is read in more than 26 countries. He is a charter member of the Chicago Indie Critics, a non-profit organization composed of very unique and dedicated film critics with wide-ranging backgrounds and tastes. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by:...

This week we are chatting with actress Sofia Masson. Sofia is an award winning actress she is a native New Yorker now living in Los Angeles. And she’s starring in the Tubi original Castaways about two women shipwrecked on a desert island and fighting to survive. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett

This week we are chatting with Jonathan Salemi. Jonathan is a feature film producer and director. His latest film is the crime thriller “The Last Deal” which opened in theaters across the US and then was featured  in The New York Times “Five Action Films to Stream Now. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Stephen D. Bennett Sponsors: Reid&#...

This week we are chatting with David Shen Miller. David is a writer, director and producer. His animated short “The Cocoon” just screened and won Best Animated Short at the Arizona Film Festival. The film premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival and continued its run at New York Cinefest. Hosted by: Andrew Lamping and Jeff Stolhand Produced by: Melody Lopez Original Theme Music by: Step...