The Filmmakers Podcast

Giles Alderson (The Dare) sits down with director, editor and writer Harry Locke IV to talk How he made his action adventure movie in the jungle in Hawaii. He talks going to USC film school and the amazing contacts he made there and how he learned to grade and edit though necessity when making his short films which led to coloring work on big features including The Wolverine! How he shot for 16 da...

We sit down with the rather inspiring Elizabeth Blake-Thomas and chat about how she made SEVEN features films in TWO and a half years !! Which means you can make yours. We discuss making a film when you’ve never directed before, Working with your daughter, Shooting oners, Getting on IMDb and the importance of festivals. We talk about Film-making without fear - which is the title of her upcoming bo...

 This week we chat to ace documentary filmmaker Joe Pearlman about how he makes his docs. How he started in the business and worked at well known Fulwell 73 Production company, got his foot in the door and started making indie docs. Living with Mo Farah the Olympic gold winning Marathon runner whilst he made the documentary on him. How he was asked to make the Bros doc and his original opinion. We...

In Part 2 of our podcast with Neil Marshall he talks directing Doomsday. How he deals with studios and issues on set. Living with commercial and critical failure and is that is good for a director to grow. Working with actors ( and difficult ones) and directing tips. What it is like when you are not HOT any more and the work dries up. How he got Game or Thrones and had a week to prep. Getting nomi...

  Neil Marshall is a British director, best known for the films The Descent, Dog Soldiers, Doomsday and Centurion.   He also directed Game of Thrones debuting in the second season of the series. He directed the pivotal episode Blackwater, written by George R.R. Martin and was EMMY nominated for the GoT episode of The Watchers on the Wall. He joins hosts and directors Giles Alderson (The Dare) and...

The hosts sits down for a New Years Day special chat about how they made their indie films, answer questions from listeners, reveal the top 10 podcasts and announce next weeks special guest and up coming guests! Giles Alderson (The Dare), Andrew Rodger (To Dream), Christian James (Fanged Up) and Dan Richardson (Retribution) shoot the breeze about making their films and how their year in film-makin...

This week we chat to screenwriter and director Nicole Albarelli who's film To Dream is released today 18th December, about how she made the film in six days, Making a short film first but loosing her cinematographer and 1stAD the day before shooting and bringing in our host and DoP Andrew Rodger at the last minute. How she turned her 60 minutes short into a feature. Going to festivals, winning awa...

This week Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Christian James (Fanged Up) chat to director Johnny Kevorkian (The Disappeared) & producer (God's Own Country) Jack Tarling about creating creatures, reversing footage and camera tricks, marketing your film, keeping audiences engaged when the movie is set in one location and their new sci-fi horror Await Further Instructions. Johnny Kevorkian, shooting anyth...

Our hosts sit down with indie producer Ian Sharp who talks about making indie thriller The Marker starring John Hannah, how he started in the business, his first feature film Kick Off and how he now finances films with his company Sharp House. Ian grew up in Scunthorpe with Van Damme and De Niro movies for inspiration. After training at the National Youth Theatre, his passion for film led him to L...

How to Make a Improvised feature Film in 24hrs on New Years Eve with writer and director Sarah Jayne Portelli and host Giles Alderson Giles has a chat with Sarah Jayne about how she made Friends, Foes and Fireworks, what was the inspiration behind it, how to make the movie in one night using your own money all the while shooting on New Years Eve. How you get one chance to get things right and how...

  How to Make an Indie Film in one Location with Two People - The Escort's director Bizhan Tong and actors Olivia Moyles and Kevin Leslie chat with hosts & directors Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Christian James (Fanged Up). We talk about how the idea for the feature film The Escort came from, Bizhan encounter with a real escort. We talk problems on set. How to work around your only location havin...

How to go from short films to big budget romantic comedy You, Me And Him starring David Tennant, Faye Marsay & Lucy Punch with director & screenwriter Daisy Aitkens and hosts Giles Alderson and Christian James Daisy sits down with Giles Alderson and Christian James to chat about her career going from shorts to features, working with star names, directing on set and preparing for the every day, bei...

Producer Lucinda Rhodes-Thakrar joins Giles Alderson and Andrew Rodger to talk indie film-making, making Action Adventure Film Robin Hod The Rebellion, They chat about BAFTA awards, best practices on film sets, How to make do with hardly any crew, shooting in small spaces, keeping cast & crew happy and making indie films on very limited budgets. Robin Hood The Rebellion With his true love captured...

Producer and actor Craig Conway sits down for a filmmaking chin wag with director Giles Alderson. Craig talks in depth about how we can create a new ethic for creatives. How the Filmmaking and Producing system in the UK needs changing and reforming so that cast and crews share the revenue not just the execs who are making a world of inflated money. They talk about working with 'star names' and do...

Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, podcaster and great guy Mike Pecci joins Giles Alderson on the Filmmakers Podcast this week to shoot he breeze about filmmaking. They talk Mike's award winning short film 12KM which Mike made after cracking his head open while ice skating on a date and having a vision. We talk about making commercials, surviving in the business and a generally brilliant cha...

Giles Alderson (World of Darkness) chats with screenwriter and producer Claire Harris about her debut feature film Zelos, They also discuss writing for a male character and the best ways to write a feature film. Women in film and how things are changing. How as a producer you have to be resourceful and regales us a great story about getting extras to set! Problem solving day to day issues and the...

Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor and debut feature film maker Mark Gillis joins Giles Alderson and Dan Richardson on the filmmakers podcast to chat making his new indie drama Sink which is released on Friday Oct 12 2018 We also talk about screenwriting and the different processes we all use, having vital rehearsals before you shoot, first time directing, raising finance, kickstarter trouble...

Award winning Director Justin McConnell and award winning Producer Avi Federgreen sit down with Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Christian James (Fanged Up) at Frightfest HQ to talk making movies, the best way to get into a festival, get picked up for distribution and how they made their latest film Lifechanger which is screening at Grimmfest on the 5th Oct and Toronto Afterdark on the 16th Oct. Avi...

Director, screenwriter, producer and all round great guy, Marc V Price joins director Giles Alderson (The Dare) and cinematographer Andrew Rodger (World of Darkness) to chat indie film, the differences between genre filmmaking, screenwriting, raising finance and shooting with very limited budgets. We talk about how he made his debut feature film 'Colin', a zombie horror film for just £45 and how h...

Directors and Producers Matthew and MJ McMahon sit down with director Giles Alderson (World of Darkness) at Raindance HQ and chat making their indie doc about James Lavelle, DJ Shadow and how Mo Wax Record Label and UNKLE the band were created and disbanded and back again called The Man From Mo Wax. How it came to be and the trials and tribulations of making it including music rights, archive foot...

Giles Alderson (The Dare, World of Darkness) & Christian James (Fanged Up, Stalled) talk to indie film producer and actor Seth Michaels at Frightfest about filmmaking, feeling vulnerable as a creative, making Pele: Birth of a Legend & horror feature St Agatha and getting out there and making indie films. The multi-faceted star has appeared in Pele: Birth of a Legend, Eden, Haunting Charles Manson,...

Screenwriter and director Scott Fivelson joins Giles Alderson to chat about his latest film the Hollywood mockumentary/satire Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story. Scott Fivelson is the writer/director of Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story, a Hollywood biopic starring Lenny Von Dohlen as legendary director, "Oskar Knight". The film won Scott Fivelson the "Breakthrough Director Spotlight" award at the...

Writer and Director Jed Brian joins Giles Alderson to chat about making his found footage horror film Unlisted owner and getting and staying at the top of the Amazon charts for 15 weeks. They talk how to make a film when you live in the middle of nowhere with little resources and how to get distribution and the best way to go about making a found footage movie. Raindance 'Boozing & Smoozin' Party....

Part 2 of our in-depth chat with filmmaker Clare Anyiam-Osigwe and the British Urban Film Festival director Emmanuel Anyian-Osigwe. They talk making their new indie film No Shade, written and directed by Clare and produced by Emmanuel under the Buff Originals banner. Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Dan Richardson (Food For Thought) sit down at Just Voices Studio to chat with them about No Shade, Ind...

How to make a career as a female filmmaker, Colourism, Being a Black Filmmaker, setting up BUFF Originals and making indie film No Shade with Clare and Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe who sit down with Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Dan Richardson (Retribution) to chat highs and lows of making indie films, Tough starts and having to fight to be what you want to be. ABOUTThe British Urban Film Festival (BUFF...