Go For Production with Brandon Riley: A Filmmaking Podcast

Keith Alan Morris (@keithalanmorris on twitter) is a practicing filmmaker and film professor. Keith has been involved in numerous films as a writer/producer/director and cinematographer. Some of his films include "The Motorcycle Thief, The Clinic and Gutter King which was Keith’s breakthrough film. In addition to being a film-maker Keith has served as a production consultant on numbers films (Old,...

In this episode we talk with Alex Peron (@setkeeper on instagram) one of the co-founders of Setkeeper. Alex is passionate about bringing new technologies to make life easier for production office teams and helping them make great content.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/go-for-production/support

Collier Meyer (@space_naps on instagram) is a POC/APOC from Texas, who graduated with a Bachelors in media Production from The University of Alabama. He started out working in Los Angeles as an assistant to the legendary Dustin Hoffman where he quickly learned the inns and outs of the film industry.  In 2015 Collier and his wife moved to New Orleans where he spent a majority of his time as a coord...

In this episode we talk with Alexander Salazar (@directedbysalazar on instagram) about the role of the 2nd 2nd AD and the art of directing Background Actors. Alex is a filmmaker and Assistant Director from Washington state, who graduated with a Bachelors in Film & Television Production from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles before moving to New Orleans to work on a wide range of independe...

In this episode we talk about all things locations with Dale Dreher (@dalerdreher on instagram) Dale is a Location Scout and Manager in the Los Angeles Studio Zone and all of Southern California.  His Specialties include Union and NonUnion Location Scouting, Management, Hard to Find Locations, Houses, Offices, Buildings, Schools, Suburban or Urban Locations, Streets, Freeways, Americana and all ot...

In this episode we talk with 1st Assistant Director Chris Castaldi. Chris is a graduate of UCLA with a bachelors in economics and emphasis in film started out in the film world as a Production Assistant and went on to work as a 2nd AD, 1st AD and is currently working in a producing capacity at Joe Roth’s Film.  Some of Chris's credits include Avengers Endgame, Avengers Infinity War, Iron Man 1 and...

In this episode we talk with Seth Edelstein about his process of finding and hiring the right people.. Seth started out in the film world as a Production Assistant and then got into the DGA Trainee program in the 90s and went on to work as an 2nd 2nd AD, 2nd AD, 1st AD and now Unit Production Manager. Some of Seth’s credits include Nightcrawler, Liar Liar, Dodgeball, Speed, Beethoven 2nd, Better C...

In this episode we talk with 1st AD Korey Pollard (@migrantfilmworker on instagram) about his experience working as a 1st AD in Television.  Korey has over thirty years of in-depth motion picture and television production strategy, management and delivery experience, Korey has certainly made (and continues to make) his mark on the industry. His proven attention to detail, problem-solving, collabor...

In this episode we talk with Joth Riggs (@jothriggs on instagram) about his experience working with first time directors.  Joth is an award-winning filmmaker whose film career spans 25 years and includes over 80 movies and television shows for all the major Hollywood studios. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Film Production, Joth got his start on the set of his first feature film, Pet...

In this episode we talk with Josh Weinberg, CEO of RABS (a software solution to manage background actors digitally).  Josh is a graduate from Tulane University and holds a Bachelors degree in Philosophy and Political Science.  Prior to developing RABS, Josh worked in the film industry as a Production Assistant where he saw first hand the many issues that productions faced including the problem he...

In this episode we talk about Jason's experience working with Tom Cruise, implementing VFX sequences and demystifying the process of working with large amounts of background actors.  Jason Roberts is a member of the DGA and works as a UPM, 1st AD, 2nd AD and has worked on some very well known Tv Shows and Movies..... The Orville, Downsizing, American Made, Transformers: The Last Knight, Batman v S...

In this episode we dive into the specifics and philosophy behind finding and managing locations for film and tv shows. Our guest, Nick Thomas (@imnickthomas on instagram), currently works as a Location Manager in the New Orleans market as both a scout and manager. Nick has worked on TV shows such as Cloak & Dagger, Fear the Walking Dead, Preacher and a plethora of movies of all budget sizes.  Chec...

Paul Garnes (@paulgarnes on instagram) has served as producer, line producer and/or production manager on films and television series for Disney, Dreamworks, HBO, ABC, NBC, BET, Sony/Screen Gems, Magnolia Films, and Paramount Pictures. A graduate of Chicago's Columbia College, Garnes has worked as Vice President of Operations and Production for Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx's Foxx/King Productio...