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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 114: Editing, Crowdfunding, and Film School with...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/04/27

Megan Arnold, director, editor, and writer.BA (May '21) in Digital Media/Video Production + Public Relationships/Strategic CommunicationsPassions include video editing, graphic + print media design, social media management, product advertisements, and website design. Strongest assets include full capability of the Adobe Suite (Premiere, Photoshop, AfterEffects, InDesign, etc.), prominent knowledge in Wix, Wordpress, + Squarespace, and background with social media consulting specifically on

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Ep 113: TONI JANNOTTA, Documentary Filmmaker and Jazz...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/04/23

"Jannotta crafts an original, new jazz work that keeps things moving forward and interesting."- Chris Spector"Her writing offers an interesting perspective."- Sarah Ellen HughesThank you for dropping by my website. I hope you will take a look around and check out the music and the projects that have become the fabric of my life.To introduce myself . . .My life as a performer came very early as often happens with little girls. I started dancing at the age of 4. And I never stopped. I found the

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39:58

Ep 112: Actress Reagan Pasternak, discusses her new...

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2021/04/19

Reagan Pasternak is a Canadian born actress from Toronto, Canada. She's the youngest of four siblings, with two sisters and one brother. She began singing at age seven and soon after fell in love with theater, training in The Meisner Technique, among others. She also performed in award-winning improv groups and musical theater productions and was awarded a full scholarship to college for performing arts. Almost immediately out of college she booked the lead in a Disney TV series directed by Shawn

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Ep 111: The Reykjavik Talent Lab - Filmmaker Mylissa...

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2021/04/16

Mylissa spent her early years in Moab, Utah then as a teenager in Oregon. In high school she took to skateboarding and photography, photographing bands and making super 8 skate videos. It was during her last year of school she was introduced to documentary filmmaking. After 15 years making doc films she made the transition into narrative films and writing.Her films include, Long Way Home, Mercy, the award winning That Party That One Night and Who Decides. As well as writing and directing she was a

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48:43

Ep 110: 19 year old writer sells her first feature...

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2021/04/12

Jordan-Paige Sudduth is a 19 year old writer, actor, director, filmmaker, daily vlogger, and author. Born on April 13, 2001, she was born and raised in Georgia, left the state for a bit of time to attend college, and is now back in the great peach state.She began gaining her interest in acting first at around age 8 after performing a small skit for an elementary school project. The next year, she joined her school’s drama club, and fell in love with the art when they performed a rendition of

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Ep 109: Edd Benda, CEO at BTP Media | Filmmaker &...

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2021/04/09

In his own words"I am the Co-founder and CEO of Beyond the Porch (BTP), a full-service video production company that we launched six years ago, shortly after graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Through our subsidiary, BTP Media, we produce high-quality, cinematic films for brands, marketing agencies, and communication firms. Our clients (and associated brands) include: Omaze, Fraser Communications (LA County Department of Public Health, Lexus), Lineage Digital (ThisIsMelo, AdidasLA,

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47:40

Ep 108: Little Boxes award-winning writer and...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/04/04

Rob Meyer is an award-winning writer and director who works in features, documentaries, television, and commercials. His films, including A Birder’s Guide to Everything (Ben Kingsley, Kodi Smit-McPhee), Little Boxes (Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Christine Taylor), and Aquarium (Jeremy Allen White) have won awards around the world including at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals. He is the creator and director of the beloved original Web series Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and Topic's new

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44:56

Ep 107: AFC Podcast with Chuck "The Savior of Atlanta...

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2021/03/26

Formerly Atlanta Film Chat, now with a brand new name and logo, but with the same great indie film coverage!From the current center of the filmmaking universe, Atlanta, Georgia, producer and screenwriter Chuck Thomas interviews film industry professionals, screenwriters, directors, actors, producers and more. Learn how to make your own projects, navigate set protocols, gain distribution,and much more in this series that's been running weekly since 2014.Proud member of the Indie Film Hustle Podcast

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Ep 106: "Believe that you are good" Geoff Boyle NSC,...

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2021/03/11

Geoff got his first camera, a Brownie 127, when he was 8. From then on his career was clear. He went through a range of cameras getting better every time. In his own words "I was trying to celebrate 30 years of shooting commercials by making a "favourite 10" video. I couldn't do it so there are 11 :-) Starting in 1985 a lot are from SD and uppressed but they seem to hold up pretty well.I started as a stills assistant in fashion & advertising in 1970, moving into moving images in 1973. After shooting

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Ep 105: FRIENDS Costume Designer, Debra McQuire

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2021/03/08

Among Debra McGuire's many accomplishments as a FINE ARTIST, FASHION DESIGNER and COSTUME DESIGNER, she has been best known for her 10 year run on the hit show FRIENDS and for designing many of David Mamet's film and theatre projects including PHIL SPECTOR (starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren), nominated for 11 Emmy's and in which she was nominated for BEST COSTUME DESIGN. Debra has also designed many of Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan's film and Television projects. Debra designed SONIC (The Hedgehog),

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Ep 104: Dawn Robinson from En Vouge & Lucy Pear -...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/03/01

Dawn Robson formerly of En Vogue and Lucy Pearl! With 30 years experience in the entertainment industry, Dawns brand is a force to be reckoned with! Dawn brings to any project hands on experience, amazing talent, creativity, INSTANT brand recognition, a left of center trendsetting sense of style and a ready made global fan base of millions!Her significant contributions to En Vogue and Lucy Pearl are outstanding! Her brand and accomplishments have made an indelible mark in the music industry and with

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Ep 103: Independent Filmmaker - John Painz!

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/02/23

John Painz started his filmmaking experience with "8 for Vegas", a 9-episode web series that he wrote, directed, produced, shot, and edited. What started as a fun project soon turned into a career. He was hired to shoot and edit three other web series, produced a TV pilot (Untitled Zombie Project), and, in 2013, produced, shot, and edited his first feature film, Enchantments, for director Kelsey O'Brien.In February of 2014, John and Julie Sisson embarked on their first feature film, Stuck, with

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Ep 102: Award Winning Actress and Filmmaker, Rachael...

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2021/02/16

Rachael Wotherspoon is an Award Winning New Zealand Actress and Filmmaker based in Los Angeles.Rachael (nickname Rey) has been Acting since she was a child and has always had a strong interest in Art; throwing herself into Drama and Art classes in and outside of school throughout her Primary and High School years.Fresh out of High School Rachael began working full-time to help support family members through a tough time, while putting herself through night classes at TAPAC, The Actors Program

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Ep 101: International Cinematographers Guild DOP, ...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/02/01

Robby Baumgartner began his film career 28 years ago in New York City. His interest in lighting inspired him to choose the unconventional route to DP via Gaffing.This career path allowed him to light films and learn from some of the most talented DP’s in the business: Rodrigo Prieto, Chris Menges, Robert Elswit, Dante Spinotti, Darius Khondji, Janusz Kaminski, and Emmanuel Lubezki. Some of the films include: “8 Mile”, “25th Hour”, “21 Grams”, “Babel”, “Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada”, and

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Ep 100: CYNDA WILLIAMS - Acting and Producing in the...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/01/23

Williams was born Cynthia Ann Williams in Chicago, Illinois, to Charles, a police officer, and Beverly, a medical lab technician and raised in the Pullman neighborhood on the south side. She spent parts of her early childhood in Indiana, where she sang in her grandfather's church. Williams attended Bennett Elementary School and Dunbar Vocational High School before moving with her mother to Muncie, Indiana when she was a teenager. While in Indiana, Williams attended Northside High School, graduating

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Ep 99: The Importance of Indigenous Films -...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/01/21

Loretta Sarah Todd | BioLoretta Sarah Todd is a visionary leader in Indigenous media, considered a true artist with entrepreneurial energy and deep cultural knowledge. Her first dramatic feature, Monkey Beach, based on the iconic novel by Eden Robinson, recently launched to strong audience and critical response, screening at TIFF (Industry Selects), opening the Vancouver International Film Festival and sweeping the Drama awards at the American Indian and Red Nation Film Festivals in the USA,

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Ep 98: Vimeo Staff Picks, TIME, and Huffington Post!...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/01/16

Julie Sokolow is an award-winning film director, musician, and writer. She directed the feature documentaries Woman on Fire (2017) and Aspie Seeks Love (2015). Woman on Fire follows Brooke Guinan, the first openly transgender firefighter in NY. The film received praise in IndieWire and the Village Voice and first aired on Starz in November 2017. Her film Aspie Seeks Love chronicles David V. Matthews, an offbeat writer on a quest to find love after a late-in-life Aspergers diagnosis. The

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Ep 97: Actor and Stand-Up Comedian, Benjamin Madrid

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/01/13

Benjamin Madrid is an Actor/Comic/Writer/Producer from the Midwestern portion of the United States. 'Connected' and multi-talented in the business of show.' In addition to acting, he has a Masters of Science in Communication and a French wife. He is the star of Indican Pictures' new true-crime drama, No Place. SynopsisNo Place stars Benjamin Madrid (The Lumber Baron) as Mac, a grifter on the hunt for his next hustle. After tying up loose ends in the midwest with his fixer, Les (Forba Shepherd,

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Ep 96: Collaboration, hope and social change - Suzan...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2021/01/08

Suzan was born and raised in the Caribbean. Broadcast includes - Independent Lens, PBS, World Channel, Lincoln Center. BAG IT - winner of the Britdoc Impact Award, televised in over thirty countries. URANIUM DRIVE-IN - Sundance Institute, Good Pitch and Hot Docs Pitch Forum. Documentary Excellence by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. MASSACRE RIVER - ITVS funded, Latino Media Market, Points North Fellowship, and IFP Spotlight on Documentaries. Suzan became Festival Director for Mountainfilm

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Ep 95: "If no one else is going to tell our story the...

Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby ·

2020/12/30

Like 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 lighting techniques he has mastered on film sets over his 30+ years in the film industry. Each technique uses basic, low-cost lighting equipment so that anyone

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