Justin Younts

The DMF With Justin Younts

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The DMF with Justin Younts (Discovering Meaning in Film & Acting) is an acting and filmmaking podcast for actors and creatives. Host Justin Younts explores acting technique, audition tips, casting insights, career strategy, and the craft of film and theatre. Featuring actors, casting directors, and filmmakers, DMF delivers real-world advice to help you book roles, build your reel, and grow as a professional actor.

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Justin Younts

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DMF Episode 216 Film Director and Owner of Osiris Entertainment's Evan Crooke Interview Part 6 03.04.2024 34:01

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Evan Crooke. He is a director, producer, distributor, and a writer. He owns both Osiris Entertainment and Paragon Releasing. This episode, we talk about what you should know, reading contracts, and understanding the business part of show...

DMF Episode 215 Film Director and Owner of Osiris Entertainment's Evan Crooke Interview Part 5 24.03.2024 29:56

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Evan Crooke. He is a director, producer, distributor, and a writer. He owns both Osiris Entertainment and Paragon Releasing. This episode, we talk about creating Paragon Pictures, almost casting James Spader, and what is Hollywood. As al...

DMF Episode 214 Film Director and Owner of Osiris Entertainment's Evan Crooke Interview Part 4 17.03.2024 22:51

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Evan Crooke. He is a director, producer, distributor, and a writer. He owns both Osiris Entertainment and Paragon Releasing. This episode, we talk about directing examples, what it's like to buy films, and his first film: The Killing...

DMF Episode 213 Film Director and Owner of Osiris Entertainment's Evan Crooke Interview Part 3 10.03.2024 26:07

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Evan Crooke. He is a director, producer, distributor, and a writer. He owns both Osiris Entertainment and Paragon Releasing. This episode, we talk about directing style, his father, and learning from the director of the film: "Sweet...

DMF Episode 212 Film Director and Owner of Osiris Entertainment's Evan Crooke Interview Part 2 03.03.2024 21:26

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Evan Crooke. He is a director, producer, distributor, and a writer. He owns both Osiris Entertainment and Paragon Releasing. This episode, we talk about understanding data and getting through school. As always you can reach me on Twitter...

DMF Episode 211 Film Director and Owner of Osiris Entertainment's Evan Crooke Interview Part 1 25.02.2024 24:42

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Evan Crooke. He is a director, producer, distributor, and a writer. He owns both Osiris Entertainment and Paragon Releasing. This episode, we talk about where he grew up and his family. As always you can reach me on Twitter, Instagram, a...

DMF Episode 210 Film Director and Casting Director Nachela Knox Interview Part 5 18.02.2024 30:34

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Nachela Knox. She is a director, producer, actress, writer, and a casting director. This episode is all about writing and the Law of Attraction with a little David Goggins talk. As always you can reach me on Twitter, Instagram, and Faceb...

DMF Episode 209 Film Director and Casting Director Nachela Knox Interview Part 4 11.02.2024 21:42

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Nachela Knox. She is a director, producer, actress, writer, and a casting director. This episode is all about casting. As always you can reach me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook with my name Justin Younts. Thank you for listening and...

DMF Episode 208 Film Director and Casting Director Nachela Knox Interview Part 3 04.02.2024 25:38

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Nachela Knox. She is a director, producer, actress, writer, and a casting director. We discuss distribution for her film, Couch Party and marketing. As always you can reach me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook with my name Justin Yount...

DMF Episode 207 Film Director and Casting Director Nachela Knox Interview Part 2 28.01.2024 19:31

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Nachela Knox. She is a director, producer, actress, writer, and a casting director. We discuss creating her film Couch Party, shooting the film in 5 days, and getting distribution. As always you can reach me on Twitter, Instagram, and Fa...

DMF Episode 206 Film Director and Casting Director Nachela Knox Interview Part 1 21.01.2024 30:46

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Nachela Knox. She is a director, producer, actress, writer, and a casting director. We discuss starting out in acting, going to UNCG, and deciding to become a director. As always you can reach me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook with...

DMF Episode 205 Actress and Star of Clifford the Big Red Dog's Darby Camp Live Interview 13.01.2024 1:03:39

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to an actress by the name of Darby Camp. Darby has been in Big Little Lies, Gaslit, The Christmas Chronicles, and Clifford the Big Red Dog to name a few. This was a live interview that I did at the Carolina Film Community in front of an aud...

DMF Episode 204 Creative Chops Studios's Creative Director: Adam Franklin Interview Part 5 10.12.2023 31:27

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to the Creative Director of Creative Chops Studios: Adam Franklin. He deals in advertising, production, design, and animation. We talk about AI, my favorite questions, and his YouTube video that went viral. SPOILERS: we talk about Game of T...

DMF Episode 203 Creative Chops Studios's Creative Director: Adam Franklin Interview Part 4 03.12.2023 29:49

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to the Creative Director of Creative Chops Studios: Adam Franklin. He deals in advertising, production, design, and animation. We talk about working on a Dannon Oikos commercial with the cast of Full House and the difficulties of shooting a...

DMF Episode 202 Creative Chops Studios's Creative Director: Adam Franklin Interview Part 3 26.11.2023 30:29

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to the Creative Director of Creative Chops Studios: Adam Franklin. He deals in advertising, production, design, and animation. We talk about directing, writing scripts, creating Creative Chops Studios, and returning to Charlotte, North Caro...

DMF Episode 201 Creative Chops Studios's Creative Director: Adam Franklin Interview Part 2 19.11.2023 25:50

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to the Creative Director of Creative Chops Studios: Adam Franklin. He deals in advertising, production, design, and animation. We talk about working on movie trailers like Iron Man 2 and The Fighter and the differences in marketing trailers...

DMF Episode 200 Creative Chops Studios's Creative Director: Adam Franklin Interview Part 1 19.11.2023 26:35

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. This is the 200th episode. Thank you to everyone listening. Today on the podcast I am talking to the Creative Director of Creative Chops Studios: Adam Franklin. He deals in advertising, production, design, and animation. We talk about where he grew up and moving to LA. As a...

DMF Episode 199 President of Green Key Management's Seth Greenky Interview Part 3 06.11.2023 22:20

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to the President of Green Key Management: Seth Greenky. He is a personal manager, a musician, and was a record producer. We talk about what a manager does and how he works with talent. As always you can reach me on Twitter, Instagram, and F...

DMF Episode 198 President of Green Key Management's Seth Greenky Interview Part 2 05.11.2023 26:16

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to the President of Green Key Management: Seth Greenky. He is a personal manager, a musician, and was a record producer. We talk about transitioning to becoming a personal manager, the changing of the music industry, and how he got an audit...

DMF Episode 197 President of Green Key Management's Seth Greenky Interview Part 1 29.10.2023 30:51

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to the President of Green Key Management: Seth Greenky. He is a personal manager, a musician, and was a record producer. We talk about his upbringing with music, becoming a musician, and saying no to Bruce Springsteen. As always you can rea...

DMF Episode 196 Creator of the 15 Short Film Festival Antonio Diaz and Tony McCullough Interview Part 3 29.10.2023 27:07

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Antonio Diaz and Tony McCullough. They are the creators of the 15 Short Film Festival which is happening in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 13th at the Independent Picture House. This is the first and the oldest film festival Charlo...

DMF Episode 195 Creator of the 15 Short Film Festival Antonio Diaz and Tony McCullough Interview Part 2 14.10.2023 29:57

DMF Episode 194 Creator of the 15 Short Film Festival Antonio Diaz and Tony McCullough Interview Part 1 12.10.2023 35:26

DMF Episode 193 Creator of The Carolina Film Festival Oliver Crooms IV Interview Part 2 09.10.2023 37:46

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Oliver Crooms IV. He is the creator of the Carolina Film Festival which is happening in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 14th at the Independent Picture House. We talk about creating the festival and where the festival is going in th...

DMF Episode 192 Creator of the Carolina Film Festival Oliver Crooms IV Interview Part 1 07.10.2023 26:42

Welcome to the DMF. Where I try to find out what motivates people behind the scenes in the world of acting and entertainment. Today on the podcast I am talking to Oliver Crooms IV. He is the creator of the Carolina Film Festival which is happening in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 14th at the Independent Picture House. We talk about his beginnings and growing up with musicians in the family...