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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 159: Sarah Moshman Losing Sight of Shore

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2022/10/07

Sarah Moshman is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and TEDx speaker whose work has been featured on Upworthy, Marie Claire, CNN, and Good Morning America. After directing two short documentaries about female empowerment in young women, (Girls Rock! Chicago (2010) and Growing up Strong: Girls on the Run (2012)) she set out to direct her first feature doc The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things (2014) which has been screened over 700 times around the US and around

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34:37

Ep 158: From Ghana to America! Filmmaker Daakyehene...

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2022/09/25

Daakyehene Ababio is an international filmmaker, originally from Ghana but currently based in Ohio with his beautiful wife Angeles Kay Ababio and two kids. Daakyehene Ababio has been chasing his filmmaking dreams for about 15 years now as a self-taught filmmaker. He did a couple of short films to grow his craft since he started Palmbook Studios in Ghana in February 14, 2014. He’s still pursuing the filmmaking dreams with two short films hehas done in Ohio “BREAKING POINT” and “LINEAGE” which all has

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45:25

Ep 157: Spotlight on Clare Cooney: Shaping Cinema On...

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2022/07/24

Clare Cooney is a SAG actor and filmmaker currently living in Los Angeles. Her credits include Steve McQueen's Widows, NBC's Chicago PD, Pop TV's Hot Date, NBC's Shrink, and lead roles in the independent features Rendezvous in Chicago and Soul Sessions. She recently wrapped the independent feature Relative this summer with a lead role opposite Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks). As a filmmaker, she wrote, directed, edited, and starred in Runner. This short film played at 15 film festivals, winning six awards

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Ep 156: The Microbudget Indie Film Podcast host Zanah...

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2022/05/16

“I’m passionate about two things: creating activism centered films &demystifying the microbudget production process.”- Zanah ThirusNamed one of Diversity in Cannes' Top 10 Filmmakers of the Decade, Zanah is a filmmaker (producer+ director+ writer) from Chicago, IL. Since launching her brand, Zanah Thirus Productions, Zanah has shifted her focus to merging arts and activism through documentary and narrative storytelling. Her films explore subjects such as reproductive justice, local politics,

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32:55

Ep 155: "Aunt Vivian" from "The Fresh Prince of...

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2022/05/10

Everyone remembers Daphne Maxwell Reid as an iconic TV mom of the 1990s, from her three seasons as Aunt Vivian on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air." And Daphne couldn't be more excited when the cast of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" reunited 30 years later for an unscripted reunion special that aired on HBO Max last November.These days Reid is a Renaissance woman, respected artist and designer, and education activist. Working from her home in Virginia, and still happily married to pioneering television

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57:23

Ep 154: Suzanne Lenz: A Rising Star in Acting and...

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2022/04/27

In her own words"Hi! I'm Suzanne. I'm an actress and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. My first directorial effort, short film Christmas Eve Eve: Or The Things I Can’t Remember (which I also wrote and star in) recently played at a number of festivals including the 2021 Mill Valley Film Festival. You can watch it here on the platform Omeleto, one of the best hubs for high-quality short films on the internet. Currently, I'm producing my first feature film Every Man For Himself, directed by Gary Gardner

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61:37

Ep 153: A 'Karen' flees the city after going viral...

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2022/04/20

Who's Afraid follows this phenomenon to a cathartic yet heart-pumping conclusion as it answers the question: what would happen if someone had to face a life-or-death situation as a result of jeopardizing someone else's life out of sheer racism? Our main character, Whitney King, commits such an act of racism then flees the city to forget and reset. Unfortunately for her, she runs from one problem and into another: a charming group of locals who require human flesh for their holiday feast.As a justice

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Ep 152: When Crowdfunding Works! Filmmaker ERIN LOVETT

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2022/04/03

Erin has directed and produced documentary television for CNN, HBO, Showtime, National Geographic, PBS, YouTube Premium, OWN, MSNBC, and Investigation Discovery. She's interested in stories that explore social justice, women's rights, environment, health and horror - she loves a good genre film. In 2011, she produced HOT COFFEE, an HBO feature documentary film that examines the infamous McDonald’s hot coffee case and its role in the decline of the civil justice system. The film premiered at the

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43:05

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

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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

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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...

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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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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...

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

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

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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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Ep 143: Making films by any means necessary - PRECARIAT

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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

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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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