Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby

Atli Þór Einarsson. Born and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland. 25 years old. Graduated from the Icelandic Film School in 2015 but been making short films since I was around 6 or 7 years old. Works as a director, cinematographer and editor among other film-related jobs. Winner of the Filmstro/Film Riot One Minute Competition for cinematography and runner up for Best Directing and Best Film. Atli Thor E...

Anna Bressanin is an award-winning filmmaker and an expert in digital storytelling. From the first BBC VR film in India to covering the US election for a mobile audience, she is responsible for pushing the boundaries of visual narratives and finding new exciting ways of telling immersive and powerfully human stories. Anna is currently working as the Multimedia Editor for BBC Features in the US, wh...

On this episode of The Filmmakers Podcast I have the super talented Cynda Williams on the show. Williams has acted in films on both television and in the cinema. Her first appearance in a feature film was in Spike Lee's 1990 Mo' Better Blues. She was also in One False Move (1992) as well as the Tales of the City Channel 4/PBS miniseries and Tales of the City (1993) She was previously married to Ar...

Shortly after receiving his B.A. in English from Franklin and Marshall College, Randy’s lifelong dream to play professional baseball was shattered after a significant injury. Under these tragic circumstances, he discovered a new passion: filmmaking. Befriending legendary filmmaker Spike Lee and by the director’s urging, Randy enrolled in NYU’s esteemed Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Progra...

Today I speak with the super talented camera, Benjamin Casias. He says "As with art itself, we all interpret each image differently but the key is to create something beautiful with a vision clearly at hand and I am here to help with that vision. My background as a steadi-camera operator has allowed me to navigate through sets and tell stories which normally would not be possible. With that, I car...

onStream Cinema curates the very best in short films and independent features. In this episode I get to have a conversation with the owner of the company. He is a independent filmmaker, beer brewer and a lover of horror movies. Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia we get discuss indie film in Canada, smartphone filmmaking and a whole lot more. Here is the promo video for OnStream Cinema https:/...

I had a blast talking to Liz! I hope you all enjoy our conversation. Liz Manashil earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Post graduation, Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series JUST SEEN IT (which she also helped produce and direct). Overlapping this, Liz worked with distribution...

On today's podcast I talk about thirtysomething, My fave tv show of all time! Thirtysomething (stylized as thirtysomething) is an American drama television series created by Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz for ABC that aired from 1987 to 1991. It tells of baby boomers living in their thirties who reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and examines how this group of friends learn to negotiate their...

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David Joseph Volino was born and raised in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. He attended William Paterson University and graduated with a degree in Theater. Prior to attending his first Acting 101 course, He did not understand what the word "passion" truly meant. He went on to study the Meisner Technique at Playhouse West Brooklyn Lab, a two year intensive program. In this podcast we discuss script to scr...

Today I speak to the super talented Eulonda Lea! Eulonda Kay Lea is an award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and novelist. Her passion for diverse characters and complex themes are at the heart of her storytelling. With more than 19 years experience in federal law enforcement, she has a unique perspective which serves as a backdrop for many of the concepts and themes she explores in her work. Eul...

Seemel mainly paints portraits. When she paints a portrait, she takes photographs, for an hour, of the sitter before painting them. The sitter is asked to talk about themselves during the photography session. Seemel creates the painting from the photographs. The paintings consist of "geometric patterns and layers of color." Seemel cites printmaking as an inspiration for her painting technique. See...

On today’s show I speak to Director Joey Leland Malinski owner of Across the Bridge Productions. (ATB) is a video production company based out of Baltimore. They have been crafting and creating video content from concept to completion for years now. Whether it's a commercial, corporate video, documentary, or original content, they breathe life into every production and create something that makes...

Filmmaking Conversations with Damien Swaby is a small fraction of the critical conversations currently taking place across the indie film community. The podcast reaches out to the next generation of filmmakers, who continue to look for inspiration and guidance. On today's show the host Damien Swaby will be talking to Shema Jones Born in Houston, TX, and raised in Los Angeles, CA, where her love an...