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Shane Hurlbut, ASC, is one of Hollywood's most accomplished cinematographers from $200M blockbusters like Terminator Salvation to spearheading the DSLR revolution with Act of Valor, the first major theatrical release shot on a Canon 5D, playing in over 9,000 theaters including IMAX. At the top of his game, he created Filmmakers Academy with his wife, Lydia. In this episode, you’ll learn: How t...

Carolina Groppa is an Emmy-nominated producer and host of the podcast Angle on Producers who has built her career around making the impossible possible while championing female filmmakers. Her breakout success came with the Emmy-nominated documentary "Autism in Love," which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and aired on PBS, earning the Fifth Annual Peek Award for Disability in Film. Ca...

Why do incredibly talented commercial filmmakers still lose jobs, clients, and momentum? In this episode, Lisamarie Shires, a commercial Executive Producer who’s worked on both sides of the table breaks down what actually determines who clients trust, hire, and stick with. We talk about: Why great work isn’t enough to win commercial jobs The business signals clients look for (and filmmakers miss)...

Hollywood technology strategist Leon Silverman (Chair of the MovieLabs Industry Forum) breaks down the MovieLabs 2030 Vision that’s quietly reshaping how films and shows get made, and what it means for the future of production. Leon Silverman is a Hollywood technology strategist and venture partner who has spent his career at the intersection of creativity and technology, shaping how emerging tech...

Reese Hopper is a freelance producer, author, and business educator who helps creative professionals build sustainable freelance careers through transparent content creation and practical business guidance. Try Saturation free: https://saturation.io/?ref=RXS Starting his content journey in 2018, he developed his content creator voice through five years of consistent blogging (including an ambitiou...

Emmy-winning founder Joel Pilger breaks down why most creative studios fail and what it really takes to build one that lasts. Joel is an Emmy-winning studio founder who built and scaled Impossible Pictures into a multi-million-dollar operation over 20 years, working with clients like Discovery, Ford, IBM, National Geographic, and Starbucks before successfully exiting in 2014. Unlike consultants wh...

Ross Girard is Chief Operating Officer of Campfire Studios, an Emmy Award-winning film and television production company creating premium documentaries and scripted content for Netflix, Hulu, Max, and other major platforms. With over 15 years in entertainment, Ross has built his career from music video PA to executive producer, overseeing physical production for high-profile projects including the...

PJ Accetturo is a viral AI filmmaker and CEO of Genre.ai who has generated well over 275M+ views across his content, earning features in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, BBC. He spent over a decade as a commercial director creating content for global brands like Toyota, Red Bull, and major sports franchises. In 2019, he grew a YouTube channel from 0 to 1M subscribers in 6 months, then raised milli...

Noam Kroll is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker, director, cinematographer, and colorist who has built a multifaceted career spanning independent filmmaking, commercial work, and digital entrepreneurship. Through his production company, Noam has contributed to numerous feature films, shorts, broadcast content, and commercials while developing passion projects using unconventional micro-budget approach...

Simon Tam, Co-founder & CTO of Saturation.io, joins Jens Jacob to talk startups. With 20+ years in tech at Microsoft, Yahoo, and Splunk, Simon reveals what it takes to scale teams, survive partnerships in startup, and build conviction around an idea. His latest startup, Saturation.io - a platform revolutionizing film production expense management, made Top 10 status in Ahrefs' Trending Saa...

This is Produced With - a podcast of honest conversations about how great work gets made and the cost of doing it right. It’s where creativity meets business, and vision meets grit. Hosted by filmmaker and entrepreneur Jens Jacob (CEO of Saturation.io), each episode spotlights the people behind today’s most ambitious ideas across film, TV, tech, and startups. Produced With Podcast Watch Episodes &...