The Other 50%

Mary Montiforte is the Vice President of Physical Production at Endeavor Content. She originally came up through production accounting and producing as a freelancer, then moved into staff positions in production finance and physical production. Her longest stint was as a staff production controller for NBCUniversal before moving on to Lionsgate and now Endeavor Content. Some of her credits include...

Carolina is a Brazilian born Emmy nominated producer living in Los Angeles. She produced the award winning and  2017 Emmy nominated documentary AUTISM IN LOVE, which explores how adults with autism find and navigate romantic relationships. Her narrative feature films include MISS VIRGINIA, starring Uzo Aduba, the Netflix Originals GIRLFRIEND'S DAY and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. She co-produced THE FEMALE...

The production process when it comes to film, television, and advertising has lately been seen as outdated and needs to be simplified to be able to adhere to society's needs for more diverse creators and stories. When Becky Morrison founded The Light , a production studio in Brooklyn, NY, she did it with a simple mission: change the culture of production, overhauling an outdated model in favor of...

Edith is a composer and music producer. To date, her music has been placed in 790 episodes of 259 series.  Due to her rigorous 3-year training at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions and Bleeding Fingers, and 2 years of full-time composing at Jingle Punks, Edith has acquired a comprehensive set of musical, technical, and collaborative skills.  Her composing credits include YouTube Premium seri...

Kate Chamuris is a producer and director who recently won a Gold, Student Academy Award and a BAFTA student award for producing the American Film Institute short film MILLER and SON. She also produced the AFI thesis films, BALLOON and IF THIS IS WRONG. For the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, Kate produced UNSPEAKABLE and BLOCKS. Her directing work includes the comedic short A SARI FOR PALLAVI (w...

Therese is an actor and award-winning audiobook narrator working in New York City. She has recorded over 400 audio books for various publishers. She won the 2019 Audie Award for her work on the multicast, Sadie by Courtney Summers for Macmillan Audio,  and was nominated for the Multicast, Any Man, by Amber Tamblyn for Harper Audio and her solo narration for The Rogue: Planets Shaken by Lee W. Brai...

Mary Rachel Gardner graduated from USC in 2013 with major studies in Acting, Business and Film Production; she also spent a semester abroad studying at a theatre conservatory in London. Mary Rachel gained hands on experience and knowledge working at production companies, such as Steve Carell's  Carousel   Productions  and agencies such as  William Morris Endeavor . She also worked as a PA on  The...

For today's episode, there was a happy miscommunication. I was meant to interview Elizabeth Blake Thomas, a director, via the internet, as I assumed she was in England. Well, she also assumed I was in England. Once we were on the phone, we realized we were actually down the street from each other. So, I jumped in my car and ran down to the Hollywood film festival, where I got to interview both Eli...

Heidi previously served as the head of The Raben Group's Impact Entertainment division where she provided pro‐social consultation to leaders in media, entertainment, and philanthropy. Clients included the American Film Institute, The Fledgling Fund, One Community, PBS, Sony Pictures TV, and YouTube, as well as independent filmmakers, artists, and change makers. With nearly two decades working in e...

Kathleen has enjoyed working in the film and television industry for over 30 years. She has worked "on location" most of that time, shooting across this country as well as internationally. Over her career, she has served as Producer, Production Executive, Production Manager and Production Coordinator on feature films and most recently on TV. She is currently working on the Netflix hit 13 Reasons W...

Jessie Levandov and Nina Reyes, the Co-Founders & Directors of Mala Forever. Mala Forever is an award-winning, women-run film and digital studio based in LA and NYC. They develop and produce films, new media, and commissioned work that centers unheard voices. They are redefining the future of filmmaking through equitable production practices, and their growing community-based platform is a cultura...

Natalie Metzger is the VP of Development and Production for Vanishing Angle. Natalie is a Spirit Award nominated producer whose credits include Jim Cummings' newest film THE WEREWOLF, GREENER GRASS (Sundance, SXSW), THUNDER ROAD (Grand Jury Award - SXSW), THE ROBBERY (Sundance), MATPAT'S GAME LAB (Streamy Award), Lil Dicky's FREAKY FRIDAY (over 506 million views), HYDRANGEA (Vimeo Staff Pick), THE...

Susie Singer Carter's website bio says this: "If you asked five-year-old Susie what she wanted to be when she grew up, she'd have placed her hands defiantly on either side of her pink tutu and said, "Everything. Duh!" And that is what she has done. She's a writer, producer, actor, musician. She sat down, we became immediate friends, and talked about everything – marriage, divorce, parenting, daugh...

Eline is creating a series about women in motocross. She got tired of waiting for someone else to do it, so like a real badass woman, she's doing it herself. Originally from Estonia, Eline is a motocross champion and the first woman in Canada to jump her dirt bike onto an airbag. Passionate about motorcycles and filmmaking, Eline is dedicated to telling stories of badass women. With a background i...

For today's episode, I had a bit of serendipity. I went to the Produced By conference this summer and happened to sit down next to today's guest. Marquette Jones is a filmmaker, an attorney, a professor, and she hosts a podcast called Directing Magic, where she interviews female filmmakers. As you can imagine, we had a lot in common, so I invited her to come to my table and have a conversation. No...

Leslie is a producer, most notably working with John Landis, on all of your favorite things, such as Three Amigos, Beverly Hills Cop III, Coming to America, Trading Places, Thriller, Sliders, Dream on, Blues Brothers 2000, Honey I Shrunk the Kids series, Crazy Heart and the list goes on and on and on, before she transitioned to being a production executive in house.   At the time of this recording...

Eleanor was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was a lover of film, writing, and storytelling from an early age. She has written and directed several short films, including Feature Presentation , about three lonely people in need of connection who find it at the movies as well as  Tales from the Airwaves , a Mercury Theater-esque radio drama. She fell in love with the classics as a teenager, and is...

I originally interviewed Jeffery for episode 13, which you probably have to find on the website, since the podcast apps only keep the last 100 or so up. This was before #metoo and TimesUp and we were just exploring unconscious gender bias in the workplace. As a quick bio – Jeffery Tobias Halter is a gender strategist and the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting company focused on engaging m...

I sat down with Ana Lake and Jennie NystrÖm about their webseries "Tracy Buckles." A Los Angeles-based actress originally from the Central Coast, Ana Lake has been immersed in a love of film since childhood. She made her public debut in the short film  Finding Home, For Now that she wrote and starred in. The film had its world premiere at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival in 2017. Sh...

For today's episode, I spoke with the prolific filmmaker, Emily Aguilar. She's been out of college for about five minutes and has already made and sold three feature films. Emily is an award-winning film director in Los Angeles known for creating emotional impact for her audience in narrative films. She is the director and producer for  The MomentEM Productions  and has films distributed by Bridge...

Lorna is the author of twelve novels, including the best-selling Patty Jane's House of Curl, Oh My Stars, Best to Laugh, Once in a Blue Moon Lodge , and my very favorite, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons .   She has also performed as a standup comedian and actor, and annually does her one woman show, Party in the Rec Room in Minneapolis. She serves margaritas to the audience while doing improv for...

Kat is the Edgar nominated author of two young adult novels, and most recently collaborated with Stan Lee on his final project, the Audible Original  Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light .  The title is one of Lee's final collaborations and most innovative works created and finished in his lifetime, and I'm delighted I got to speak with his co-writer, Kat, about working with Stan Lee on this one...

As EVP of Creative at Wayfarer Entertainment, Farhoud Meybodi sets and executes Wayfarer's overall creative vision across feature film, documentary, series, and commercial content, further strengthening the company's mission to create entertainment that compels social change. At his core, Farhoud is passionate about storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires. He also believes in the tran...

Maria was born in Bolivia and raised by storytellers that encouraged her to pursue filmmaking, a path which eventually led her San Francisco. She ventured into movie-making in 2010 and learned the craft through work trade by collaborating with other talented filmmakers on their projects. She has since written, produced and directed the feature film Women and Cigarettes , a collection of romantic s...

Lisa Hammer is a film director, writer and musician. She is best recognized as the voice of Triana Orpheus on the Adult Swim cartoon  The Venture Bros . She has written/directed independent dark comedy feature and short films such as  Pox  and  Pus$bucket , and the CMJ Film Festival winner  The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch  which she co-wrote and co-directed with James Merendino ( SLC Punk ). Li...