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Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby

Step into the world of independent film with Filmmaking Conversations with Damien SwabyFrom established industry voices to the filmmakers of tomorrow, Damien Swaby opens up conversations that spark ideas, share experiences, and celebrate creativity in all its forms.Each episode offers listeners both inspiration and practical takeaways, leaving them better equipped to bring their own stories to life.With a loyal and growing audience of passionate filmmakers and film lovers, Filmmaking Conversations

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Ep 151: Actress, Entrepreneur, and Activist! Emily...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2022/03/26

Emily Procter is an actress, entrepreneur, and activist.In 2019 Emily shifted focus from entertainment to community by founding Ground Breakers Inc. Ground Breakers is a nonprofit working to create positive identity opportunities for children, and additionally for adults, in compromised circumstances. Working to support people, community and equitable infrastructure, Ground Breakers hopes to be a supporter for change and equity for all.gallery_pic15.jpgProcter's nonprofit, The Ground, offers

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58:56

Ep 150: Before Sunrise with Kim Krizan

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2022/03/06

An American writer and actress best known for originating the story and characters in the "Before Sunrise" trilogy with her writing on Before Sunrise 1995 and Before Sunset 2004 for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a Writers Guild Award. The trilogy is based on characters she created with Richard Linklater. Before Sunrise is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and co-written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The first installment in the

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45:50

Ep 149: MARKUS FÖRDERER ASC, BVK, DIRECTOR of...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2022/02/26

Selected as one of Variety's 10 Stars behind the Cameras, the German born cinematographer who graduated from University of Television and Film in Munich, has quickly developed an impressive resume of visually unique and critical acclaimed feature films. HELL marked his feature film debut, earning him a number of awards, including the 2012 German Camera Award for Best Cinematography,the Best Cinematography Award at the 2011 Sitges Film Festival in Spain, and a nomination for Best Cinematography Debut

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46:47

Ep 148: MAKING A PASSION PROJECT, by Beatriz Browne,...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2022/02/12

Beatriz Browne is a Los Angeles/NYC based, Webby Award winning producer, director, and filmmaker specializing in non-fiction storytelling.Beatriz has worked extensively with clients such as Google, Airbnb, Peerspace, The New York Times, CNN, Square and Fatherly, creating multi-platform original content. Outside of branded content, Beatriz has directed and produced 34 Carmine St., an award winning short documentary.Born in Brazil but raised in China and the UAE, Beatriz has the ability to work in

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45:37

Ep 147: From Acting to Writing, Producing and Editing...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2022/01/21

Hallie Shepherd is a writer, actress, producer, and editor, and she co-owns Fireshoe Productions with Eric Colley. She’s currently wrapping up post-production on Fireshoe’s fifth feature film, a comedy called Bigfoot Killed My Wife. Shepherd wrote the screenplay and stars alongside director Colley. Shepherd’s past credits include producing Cuba Gooding Jr.’s directorial debut Bayou Caviar, which stars Gooding Jr., Famke Janssen, Katharine McPhee, and Richard Dreyfuss. The film is available on

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Ep 146: Pete Chatmon - Transitions: A Director’s...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2022/01/15

Teller Of Stories. Mostly Fiction, Always Real. With a deft ability to balance both half-hour single camera comedies and one-hour dramas, Pete Chatmon has directed episodes of HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant, Insecure, Silicon Valley, and Love Life, Netflix’s You and Atypical, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Black-ish, A Million Little Things, Station 19, Mixed-ish and Single Parents, CBS’s All Rise and The Unicorn, Starz’ Blindspotting, FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FreeForm’s Grown-ish, TBS’s The

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61:54

Ep 145: Breaking the Ice: The Cinematic Journey of...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2022/01/01

Rebecca Eskreis is a director, writer and producer whose work has screened at numerous international festivals, including SXSW, TIFF, SIFF, deadCenter, Savannah, Munich, Stockholm and Thessaloniki. Her directorial debut project, WHAT BREAKS THE ICE (Goldcrest Films), received the Sandra Adair/Empowering a Billion Women Grant for promising female filmmakers from the Austin Film Society, and was selected for the Austin Film Society’s Artist Intensive, hosted annually by Richard Linklater. The project

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37:40

Ep 144: Lisa Molomot, Documentary Filmmaker - MISSING...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/12/23

BioA graduate of the American Film Institute, I am a documentary director, producer and editor whose work has aired on PBS series such as Independent Lens and has been seen at film festivals around the world, including Sundance, SXSW, New Directors, New Films and DOC NYC.My 2013 directing debut THE HILL, about the demolition of an African-American neighborhood in New Haven, CT, premiered on the PBS series America Reframed and won best documentary at Greenpoint Film Festival.My 2014 film SCHOOL’S

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36:51

Ep 143: Making films by any means necessary - PRECARIAT

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/12/18

Founded in 2016, we are a film and theater production company based in New York.We aim to disrupt storytelling as usual and make our stuff by any means necessary.We’re makers, not salespeople.We’re outsiders, and we’re inclusive, we’re rigorous, we’re generous, we make our own space and help others make theirs,We’re straight-forward, all-in,We take risks, give no fucks, and never quit.Who we areCo-Founders Isabel Ellison & Ryan GuitermanManaging Members Isabel Ellison, Sam Encarnación, Franco

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48:50

Ep 142: Scott Leger - Are Filmmakers Living in Pain?

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/12/13

Scott Leger is a Director and Screenwriter whose work has been screened at Cannes Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, SeriesFest, and Palm Springs International Film Festival. Drawn to filmmaking after a horrific mountain biking accident in high school derailed his illustrious Junior Varsity sports career, Scott transferred his manic passion from the field to the frame and hasn't exhaled since. And his collarbone healed up quite nicely, thanks for asking.He would later drop out of Hampshire College

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46:27

Ep 141: Acting with Energy: Creating Brilliance Take...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/12/03

An award-winning actor and director, Murisa Harba lives to push boundaries. She is a leading acting coach, author, thought leader, and speaker in Los Angeles, passionate about empowering actors to elevate their truth in storytelling and ultimately unlocking their creative genius. Her fascination with the infinite ways in which our bodies communicate led her to create two custom signature techniques: THE CHAKRA APPROACH® and THE MACRO METHOD. THE CHAKRA APPROACH® taps into the body's natural energy

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Ep 140: An Inspiring Story From Sally Harvey Anderson

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/11/21

Sally grew up all over the Southeastern US and moved to Los Angeles, CA as an adult. While in LA, Sally became an alumni of UCB, one of the best professional improv schools in the country. She returned to “The South” to pursue a Master’s Degree and become an English Professor so that she could support herself while pursuing acting and writing. After graduating with her MA, Sally spent 4 years teaching as an adjunct (part-time) professor at Belmont University.In those same 4 years, Sally got involved

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Ep 139: What the IATSE Agreement Means For Indie...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/11/16

Following the ratification of IATSE’s new film and TV contracts, podcaster and entertainment industry veteran Damien Swaby talks to principal Reena Sehgal (Sehgal Law PC) about their legal implications for Indie Filmmakers. Swaby and Sehgal will discuss the Basic Agreement and the Area Standards Agreement, which were set up to achieve fair conditions (including quality-of-life issues and general job conditions such as meal breaks) for union film crew in television and film. Reena Sehgal,

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Ep 138: From Acting to Producing - Stephanie O'Neill

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/11/15

Stephanie is an artist and producer originally from the Bay Area, CA. She received her BFA in Theatre from UC Santa Barbara before moving to Los Angeles. As a producer, Stephanie has worked on a variety of short films, music videos, features and live theatrical productions. The short films BOYS, (le) REBOUND, HAPA and MONOGAMISH have had successful runs in the festival circuit appearing in AspenShorts, Palm Springs International ShortsFest, LA Film Festival, Viennale, Outfest, and Hollyshorts to

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Ep 137: A Rising Star In Entertainment Law - Reena...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/11/03

Reena Sehgal, EsqAttorney-at-Law TransactionsReena Sehgal is from Bend, Oregon, and attended Portland State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in General Science.After graduating, Reena moved to San Diego, California to pursue a legal career. She graduated Cum Laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law with a focus in Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law.Reena has always loved business, creativity, and the arts, and in law school she discovered how to use her skills,

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Ep 136: Sheila Houlahan - Innovative hybrid feature...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/10/24

Sheila Houlahan is an Indian-American actor, singer, producer and writer. Houlahan can be seen in supporting role Paige Callahan in Warner Bros. feature film “The Little Things”, written and directed by John Lee Hancock and starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto. The film premiered on HBO Max January 29th, 2021. She is available for interview regarding the project. Sheila Houlahan is the executive producer and showrunner for a new hybrid feature film adaptation of Marsha Norman’s

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Ep 135: Greg Poole - Working with Idris Elba, UK...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/10/20

FILMMAKER:Director | Producer Editor | Camera | SoundWorking in television at MTV Networks by day while DJing in downtown New York clubs by night, it was music that sparked Greg's interest in filmmaking when he began to follow London’s burgeoning Grime scene, a musical movement created by kids in the city’s public housing complexes. Inspired to capture Grime’s DIY, working-class stories on camera he relocated to London in 2006. There he documented Grime artists and created content for MTV UK.Since

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Ep 134: Dan Attias Author of Directing Great...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/10/18

Biography for Dan AttiasAuthor of Directing Great Television: Inside TV’s New Golden AgeDan Attias has worked as a director in the film and television industry since 1984. As a director of series television, he has received the Directors Guild of America award for outstanding direction of dramatic television for The Wire and has been nominated for episodes of The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Homeland, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He has received Emmy Award nominations for his comedy direction on

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Ep 133: Filmmaking in the age of COVID - Jeffrey Davis!

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/10/10

Jeffrey Delano Davis–Director Jeffrey spent his college years studying drama and literature at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, before marching forth to New York City with $70. After an extended couch surfing period,he settled into the East Village, managed a coffee shop, and performed in Shakespeare plays in a parking lot at night. Ironically, the coffee shop offered as much artistic insight as performing did. Conversations he had with artists, filmmakers, and actors shaped his

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Ep 132: A Filmmaking Community - CenterFrame

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/10/01

Links to CenterFrame W: https://centerframe.com/Y: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyPIpHt7lcQbmHW9kNMCg2g/videosF: https://www.facebook.com/CenterFrameClubLike to have a ASC cinematographer as a mentor?Have you thought of upgrading your cinematography game? Would you like to have an ASC Cinematographer mentor you for free? Join veteran cinematographer Suki Medencevic, A.S.C. (Disney, Pixar, FX Networks, Netflix, American Horror Story). He teaches you how to create beautiful images using three

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