How I Got Greenlit

This week Alex & Ryan talk with make-up and special effects artist Alex Noble, in the first episode of a two-part series. From natural beauty to prosthetics and gore effects, Alex Noble’s make up expertise speaks for itself. Alex’s makeup skills include beauty, fantasy, character, ageing, hair application, men’s grooming, cuts, bruises, effects, prosthetics, and gore. He has worked on such films a...

This week Alex & Ryan talk with film journalist and critic Claudia Puig, including a discussion of her choice of "B-Side": Steven Soderbergh’s 1998 movie “Out of Sight.” Claudia Puig is president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and a nationally recognized entertainment journalist and film critic. Currently a critic for NPR’s Film Week show and podcast, she is also contributor to NPR’s...

This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with advertising guru and brand anthropologist Richard Wise, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Éric Rohmer's 1962 film "Le Signe du Lion" (or "Sign of the Lion"). Richard Wise, the creator of the infamous Joe Camel ad campaign, was once denounced as a corrupter of our nation's youth by Bill Clinton. Today he is a brand anthropol...

This week Alex & Ryan talk with advertising guru and brand anthropologist Richard Wise, in the first episode of a two-part series.  Richard Wise, the creator of the infamous Joe Camel ad campaign, was once denounced as a corrupter of our nation's youth by Bill Clinton. Today he is a brand anthropologist and head of WPP's Geometry Global in London, where he has advised such venerable brands as Bulg...

This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with writer, director, producer and comic book creator Tze Chun, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Wong Kar-wai's 1994 film Chungking Express. Tze Chun is a writer, director, producer, and visual artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He’s been a writer and producer on Fox’s hit Batman prequel show Gotham. He also wrote and directed t...

This week Alex & Ryan talk with writer, director, producer and comic book creator Tze Chun, in the first episode of a two-part series.  Tze Chun is a writer, director, producer, and visual artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He’s been a writer and producer on Fox’s hit Batman prequel show Gotham. He also wrote and directed the award-winning films Windowbreaker (Sundance 2007), Children of Invention (...

Our series of roundtable discussions continues with another conversation about the ongoing Writers' Guild of America strike, this time featuring writer Chap Taylor and producer Evan Astrowsky. Chap Taylor has written screenplays and television pilots for all of the major Hollywood studios. He's worked for such producers as Brian Grazer, Scott Rudin, Irwin Winkler, Arnold Kopelson, and for director...

This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with film & TV director Laurie Collyer, in the second episode of a two-part series where they discuss Jerry Schatzberg's 1973 film "Scarecrow." Laurie Collyer‘s credits include Sherrybaby (2006) which won numerous awards including the National Board of Review’s Award for Top Independent Film in 2006 and a Golden Globe nomination for actress Maggie Gyllenha...

This week Alex & Ryan talk with trailblazing indie film & TV director Laurie Collyer, in the first episode of a two-part series.  Laurie Collyer‘s credits include Sherrybaby (2006) which won numerous awards including the National Board of Review’s Award for Top Independent Film in 2006 and a Golden Globe nomination for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal; the documentary Nuyorican Dream (1999) which receive...

This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with reality TV pioneer & creativity guru Gary Carter, in the second episode of a two-part series.  Gary Carter is Creative Officer and member of the management team at the Waag Futurelab in Amsterdam, which he joined in 2020. After training and working as an actor and director in his native South Africa, he worked for many years in the international telev...

This week Alex & Ryan talk with reality TV pioneer & creativity guru Gary Carter, in the first episode of a two-part series. Gary Carter is Creative Officer and member of the management team at the Waag Futurelab in Amsterdam, which he joined in 2020. After training and working as an actor and director in his native South Africa, he worked for many years in the international television production...

Kicking off season 2 of How I Got Greenlit, Alex & Ryan are joined by screenwriter Brooks Elms and producer Evan Astrowsky to discuss the imminent Writers' Guild of America strike from all sides. Brooks Elms is a screenwriter and independent filmmaker. His specialty is grounded personal characters and writing story tension so thick it knots up your stomach. He's written 25+ screenplays, a dozen of...

This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with director, writer, & actor Karen Moncrieff in the final part of a three-part series. Karen received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1998 for her coming of age drama Blue Car, which later became Moncrieff’s feature film debut, premiering at Sundance in 2002 where it was acquired by Mira...

This week Alex & Ryan continue their talk with director, writer, & actor Karen Moncrieff in part two of a three part series. Karen received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1998 for her coming of age drama Blue Car, which later became Moncrieff’s feature film debut, premiering at Sundance in 2002 where it was acquired by Miramax Fi...

This week Alex & Ryan talk with director, writer, & actor Karen Moncrieff in a three part series.  Karen received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1998 for her coming of age drama Blue Car, which later became Moncrieff’s feature film debut, premiering at Sundance in 2002 where it was acquired by Miramax Films. Screening around the...

This week Alex and Ryan continue their talk with actor, writer, & producer Grace Patterson. Grace caught the acting bug at 9 years old after being cast in a school theater production. She subsequently trained with the Children's Theater of Dallas appearing in several stage productions before developing what would later become a passion for on-screen acting. In 2010, Grace was cast in the UTA produ...

This week Alex and Ryan talk with actor, writer, & producer Grace Patterson. Grace caught the acting bug at 9 years old after being cast in a school theater production. She subsequently trained with the Children's Theater of Dallas appearing in several stage productions before developing what would later become a passion for on-screen acting. In 2010, Grace was cast in the UTA production, Unloved,...

Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation with Olly Blackburn. Olly is an award­-winning film director and screenwriter. He trained as an historian and after spending time as a journalist and copywriter found himself working in feature films, television and commercials. His films include Donkey Punch (Warp Films) and Kristy (The Weinstein Company) and many shorts which have played at major festivals i...

Olly Blackburn is an award­-winning film director and screenwriter. He trained as an historian and after spending time as a journalist and copywriter found himself working in feature films, television and commercials. His films include Donkey Punch (Warp Films) and Kristy (The Weinstein Company) and many shorts which have played at major festivals including Telluride, Sundance, Edinburgh, Austin a...

Alex and Ryan continue their conversation with Oscar nominated Film and Television producer Sofia Sondervan, who has produced for ContentFilm, Pressman Film Corp, Sony Music and most recently Dutch Tilt Film. The film we cover is Contempt (1963) by Jean-Luc Goddard.  A native of The Netherlands, Sofia graduated with honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and...

Our guest this week is Oscar nominated Film and Television producer Sofia Sondervan, who has produced for ContentFilm, Pressman Film Corp, Sony Music and most recently Dutch Tilt Film. A native of The Netherlands, Sofia graduated with honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and Television. As head of Production for ContentFilm she produced the feature films Th...

Welcome to How I Got Greenlit. Since our launch in June, we’ve had such a wonderful outpouring of support for the show from all ends of the business, including our contemporaries in podcasting. We connected recently with one of our favorites, Dan Delgado from The Industry. And this week we have a special episode for you in the form of a feed drop. With every listen, The industry takes a closer loo...

Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation with director, actor, writer, producer Nadine Crocker shines with her award winning feature film Continue (forthcoming 2022). Mentored alongside her Executive Producer Cassian Elwes Continue is Crocker's production company Hopeful Romantix Productions  first picture, and is based on Crocker's life of surviving a suicide attempt at 23. The films message is focu...

Director, actor, writer, producer Nadine Crocker shines with her award winning feature film Continue (forthcoming 2022). Mentored alongside her Executive Producer Cassian Elwes Continue is Crocker's production company Hopeful Romantix Productions  first picture, and is based on Crocker's life of surviving a suicide attempt at 23. The films message is focused on suicide prevention with the hope to...

This week on How I Got Greenlit we continue our conversation with seasoned film and commercial producer Evan Astrowsky. Evan is a seasoned film and commercial producer with ad agency , production company and film producing expertise. After graduating NYU Film School as the Lew Wasserman Fellow Evan went on to produce 10+ independently produced feature films including Cabin Fever, Fanboys, Ironclad...