Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby

Sally grew up all over the Southeastern US and moved to Los Angeles, CA as an adult. While in LA, Sally became an alumni of UCB, one of the best professional improv schools in the country. She returned to “The South” to pursue a Master’s Degree and become an English Professor so that she could support herself while pursuing acting and writing. After graduating with her MA, Sally spent 4 years teac...

Following the ratification of IATSE’s new film and TV contracts, podcaster and entertainment industry veteran Damien Swaby talks to principal Reena Sehgal (Sehgal Law PC) about their legal implications for Indie Filmmakers. Swaby and Sehgal will discuss the Basic Agreement and the Area Standards Agreement, which were set up to achieve fair conditions (including quality-of-life issues and general j...

Stephanie is an artist and producer originally from the Bay Area, CA. She received her BFA in Theatre from UC Santa Barbara before moving to Los Angeles. As a producer, Stephanie has worked on a variety of short films, music videos, features and live theatrical productions. The short films BOYS, (le) REBOUND, HAPA and MONOGAMISH have had successful runs in the festival circuit appearing in AspenSh...

Reena Sehgal, Esq Attorney-at-Law Transactions Reena Sehgal is from Bend, Oregon, and attended Portland State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in General Science. After graduating, Reena moved to San Diego, California to pursue a legal career. She graduated Cum Laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law with a focus in Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. Reena has alway...

Sheila Houlahan is an Indian-American actor, singer, producer and writer. Houlahan can be seen in supporting role Paige Callahan in Warner Bros. feature film “The Little Things”, written and directed by John Lee Hancock and starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto. The film premiered on HBO Max January 29th, 2021. She is available for interview regarding the project. Sheila Houlahan i...

FILMMAKER: Director | Producer Editor | Camera | Sound Working in television at MTV Networks by day while DJing in downtown New York clubs by night, it was music that sparked Greg's interest in filmmaking when he began to follow London’s burgeoning Grime scene, a musical movement created by kids in the city’s public housing complexes. Inspired to capture Grime’s DIY, working-class stories on camer...

Biography for Dan Attias Author of Directing Great Television: Inside TV’s New Golden Age Dan Attias has worked as a director in the film and television industry since 1984. As a director of series television, he has received the Directors Guild of America award for outstanding direction of dramatic television for The Wire and has been nominated for episodes of The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Homela...

Jeffrey Delano Davis–Director Jeffrey spent his college years studying drama and literature at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, before marching forth to New York City with $70. After an extended couch surfing period,he settled into the East Village, managed a coffee shop, and performed in Shakespeare plays in a parking lot at night. Ironically, the coffee shop offered as much artistic ins...

Links to CenterFrame W: https://centerframe.com/ Y: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyPIpHt7lcQbmHW9kNMCg2g/videos F: https://www.facebook.com/CenterFrameClub Like to have a ASC cinematographer as a mentor? Have you thought of upgrading your cinematography game? Would you like to have an ASC Cinematographer mentor you for free? Join veteran cinematographer Suki Medencevic, A.S.C. (Disney, Pixar,...

Madison Hatfield is a writer, performer, and filmmaker born, raised, and based in Atlanta, GA. With her creative partner Jono Mitchell, she works to celebrate underrepresented perspectives with a focus on unexpected joy, as in Pageant Material (an official selection of the 2019 Atlanta Film Festival), the award-winning short Jenna Gets An Abortion, upcoming features Miles from Nowhere and Courtney...

Together, the Men of Micheaux hope to find the perfect wine to compliment Pam Grier's 'Coffy', the five movies since 1985 in which Samuel L. Jackson does not appear and someone who agrees with Len that The Last Dragon is a bad movie. “Media magic happened when the two men connected to create one podcast that reviews every Black film ever made.” — The Philadelphia Tribune “They’re funny and friendl...

Wayward Kin Lookbook https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NPShtA9m_LvXz_ZoImfVT3iGFeEQn5f3/view David Volino https://www.davidjosephvolino.com Adam Lowder https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4897241/ Like to have a ASC cinematographer as a mentor? Have you thought of upgrading your cinematography game? Would you like to have an ASC Cinematographer mentor you for free? Join veteran cinematographer Suki Medence...

THE FILM: Facing an impossible court case, the volatile Caleb Dodgens must overcome the hatred he has for his lawyer, his estranged brother of the last twelve years, in order to win custody of his daughter. Adam Lowder will be directing the film as well as playing Joshua opposite his co-writer and producer David Volino who will play Caleb. Production is slated to shoot for 2-3 weeks in late August...

Lucy King "I’m a film and video producer, with a focus on documentary and current affairs but with experience in commercial and narrative. I have produced films for the BBC, Vice, Discovery, Channel 4, ITV and A&E, ranging in length from 5 minutes to feature length. I’ve produced shoots with large crews internationally, including Malawi, Jamaica, Germany, Holland, Canada and many states of the US,...

Mark & Anna Casadei are filmmakers from Nashville, Tennessee. Together, they have written numerous award-winning screenplays and short films. They are currently contracted on two romantic comedies with MPCA and recently developed a thriller/horror project that is starring Malcolm McDowell. They are diverse in their writing styles, from sci-fi and comedies to women-in-peril thrillers to horror and...

Dora is a New York based Hungarian film and theatre artist with an extensive educational background (media, international communications, filmmaking, acting, editing). For the past four years she was lucky enough to collaborate with other creatives on a number of short movies, commercials, music videos, musicals, dance and off-Broadway shows. She loves to wear many hats but primarily works as a di...

In his own words "I’m a cinematographer based in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up in Kansas, I picked up my family video camera at 13, started making films with his friends, then never really stopped. I aim to tell evocative stories and bring talented people from all walks of life to create thoughtful projects My cinematography reel featuring narrative, corporate, documentary, and commercial project...

Rease Cassity is a New York-based actor, filmmaker and writer who loves 90s R & B, hates that glitter isn’t a recognized color, and dreams of a day when being over a size four in Hollywood isn’t a capital offense. She grew up in Southeast Texas, studied the music industry in college, and was recruited by a major label marketing department to create grassroots campaigns for millennials. While worki...

Tyrone Breaux, Jr. was born and raised in Bakersfield, CA. He joined the U.S Air Force after graduating high school and served for six years. After an honorable discharge in 2010, Tyrone attended the New York Film Academy. He graduated in 2015 with a BFA in Filmmaking. T: https://twitter.com/bigtfbro?lang=en IG: https://www.instagram.com/brotateaux/ Like to have a ASC cinematographer as a mentor?...

Missy Hernandez is a Writer and Filmmaker based in Chicago. Missy's pilot script, FAMILY MEDICINE, was a finalist for the 2020 Script Pipeline TV Writing Competition. Her feature script, I DON'T DREAM IN SPANISH ANYMORE, was a participant in the 2020 Cine Qua Non Storylines Lab. Missy's goal is to make nuanced leading roles of women and Latinx people a mainstream norm. American Thief - www.america...

RON WASSERMAN Today on Filmmaking Conversations, I'll be speaking to Ron Wasserman. He has been scoring television since 1992. His first hit shows were X-Men, Power Rangers, and Dragon Ball Z. That was the beginning of a career now totaling over 2900 episodes of television ranging from preschool to adult series, animation to live-action, classical to contemporary. He has done memorable commercials...

BETHANY ROONEY has directed over 220 episodes of prime time network television over the past thirty years and is still amazingly enthusiastic about the creative process and the craft! She has expanded her visibility in the business, moving from freelance director (NCIS, Criminal Minds, The Blacklist) to producer/director (The Originals, Bull.) She is sharing her hard-earned knowledge and giving ba...

Nathalie Basoski is a Dutch/Macedonian contemporary artist focusing in still and motion picture. Currently based in Brooklyn New York Nathalie explores the thin line between fashion and fine arts and thrives in street photography as an anthropological study of the places she visits. She also works as a director and cinematographer on documentaries, experimental films and music videos. Her first so...

Keenan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into an Irish American Catholic family. He has a twin brother, John, and two other siblings Ronald and Geraldine. He grew up in the blue collar neighborhood of Cambridgeport. Keenan attended Boston College High School and Columbia College. In 1991 Cheers creators James Burrows and Glen and Les Charles, having read Keenan's novel Blue Heaven, invited Keen...

About Jill Chamberlain Jill Chamberlain has helped thousands of writers, producers, and studios find and refine their stories. As a longtime script consultant, Jill knows the pitfalls that are common in screenwriting and how to avoid them. That experience and the desire to bring this knowledge to the public led to Jill founding The Screenplay Workshop. Jill’s unique Nutshell Technique for screenpl...