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No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories

No Set Path is a biweekly podcast exploring how to succeed in film & TV by talking to people who have actually done it.

tv & film film interviews

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01:34:02

67 - Adapting True Stories for Movies with Austin...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2026/01/08

Austin Kolodney is the screenwriter of “Dead Man’s Wire,” based on a true story and directed by Gus Van Sant, in theaters January 2026. He was named one of Variety’s 2025 Screenwriters to Watch.A director as well as writer, Austin’s work has been featured across major platforms including Funny Or Die, Syfy, Audible, Almost Friday TV, and Comedy Central. His narrative shorts, Two Chairs, Not One and Kiwi, earned prestigious Vimeo Staff Pick honors.Today we get into why Austin walked twenty miles

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00:56:16

66 - 2026 New Year's Resolutions for Filmmakers with...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/12/31

KEEP UP WITH BECCA: TikTok: @beccawmannInstagram: @becca__mannKEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShowwww.NoSetPathShow.combio.site/NoSetPathLast Year's Episode with Becca: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/47-new-years-resolutions-for-filmmakers-w-becca-mann/id1676370871?i=1000682375575

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00:55:56

65 - Industry Jobs in 2026 - Hollywood x Creator Economy

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/12/26

With the Oscars broadcast headed to YouTube, studios including Fox hiring Head of Creator Studio, and YouTube surpassing Netflix to become the most watched streamer on TVs - where are the jobs headed in an industry that seems to be scaling back? The good news: there is one accessible sector that's growing, and may be replacing the bottom of the pyramid of traditional media. KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShowwww.NoSetPathShow.comwww.bio.site/NoSetPath

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00:05:42

64 - Spotify Wrapped for No Set Path!

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/12/05

KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShowbio.site/NoSetPathwww.NoSetPathShow.com

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00:48:37

63 - Directing an Indie Theatrical Release with...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/10/30

Today we get into how a film can land theatrical distribution without festival circuit buzz; how to leverage existing relationships into building a crew, cast, and distributors on your team; and how a cold email landed a distributor for two of his feature films.TICKETS FOR “THE WILDERNESS”: https://www.fandango.com/the-wilderness-2025-242791/movie-overviewKEEP UP WITH SPENCER: IG: @spencereking / @thewildernessmovie KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms:

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00:33:26

62 - Hope After Projects Fall Apart!

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/10/16

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01:08:14

61 - Directing a Wide Theatrical Horror with Mercedes...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/10/02

Today we are getting into how to avoid stagnance when waiting for feature films to go, how to find representation that aligns with who you are as an artist and the most surprising things from directing three horror thriller features. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 1:35 - Getting brought on to Bone Lake from an open directing assignment 3:00 - LD Entertainment4:20 - Shooting in LA vs. Georgia vs. Canada6:35 - Viral chess board shot 7:30 - Projects Mercedes’ agents sent her when they first signed her vs. now -

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00:58:06

60 - Craziest Diva on Set Stories w/ Becca Mann

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/09/18

KEEP UP WITH BECCA: TikTok: @beccawmannIG: @becca__mannBecca's Books: https://www.becca-mann.com/booksKEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShowwww.NoSetPathShow.combio.site/nosetpath

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01:13:55

59 - Landing an Open Directing Assignment with Evan...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/09/05

Evan B. Matthews is an LA-based director whose feature directorial debut “Motherland” comes out this month, we’re recording in September 2025, in both theaters and VOD.Evan got his start under Mark Burnett, working on shows including Survivor, The Apprentice, An Inconvenient Truth, and The Hollow, among others; going on to produce the MTV Movie Awards. Today we get into how Evan went from meeting with an executive to landing his first feature film directing job in just one week, what he focused on

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01:14:18

58 - Breaking into Producing with Mike Orion Downing...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/08/21

Michael Orion Downing is an LA-based, Alaskan-raised producer and Director of Development at A/Vantage Pictures, with credits spanning Netflix, Mandalay, A24, and Apple projects alongside independent films on Tubi. His work includes Ben Affleck’s AIR, Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, and Sundance award-winning Under Darkness, as well as producing Maika Monroe’s directorial debut short at TIFF. Today we dive into how he went from a Paramount lot clerk to producing and developing major films, while

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01:26:26

57 - Selling Your Orginal Doc to Brands with Karl...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/08/08

Karl Stelter is a filmmaker whose commercial director / producer work has been recognized by the Clio’s, Tribeca, Tribeca X, the ADDY’s, Telly’s, Webby’s, 1.4, ADCC, DUST, and over 15 Oscar Qualifying film festivals. His recent Jury Award win at Sebastopol qualified him for the 2025 Oscars. His clients include Invisalign, Amazon, NFL, Telus, Western University of Health Sciences, and GHA Autism Supports among others.Today we get into how Karl convinced brands like Telus and Invisalign to buy

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01:21:25

56 - Breaking Into Tribeca (& the Festival Circuit)...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/06/19

Today independent producer and union production coordinator Sofia Snyder gets into the specific resources she utilized to help land her short films at festivals, including Tribeca; what a psychic told her that prevented her from quitting her job on Rebel Moon; and how she took what she learned from working on movies like Licorice Pizza and Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar and applied it to the films she’s produced.EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 2:00 - Playing at Tribeca without a premiere4:00 - How to

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00:44:03

55 - Conclave: Movie vs. Reality

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/06/05

Today's topic is "Conclave" - what the movie got right, what the movie got wrong, and the broader impact of a film misrepresenting a community, particularly without involvement from its members.2:30 - AMERICAN POPE!3:58 - “Conclave”4:56 - The timing of the making of the movie7:00 - The consequences of capitalizing on a community without involving members of that community19:10 - Misunderstanding of Conclave as a version of American politics / presidential election23:50 - Applying this

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00:34:13

54 - Reacting to Production Horror Stories w/ Kristen...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/04/24

Today Rebecca is joined by Kristen Brancaccio to react to some anonymously submitted production horror stories - the good, the bad, and the downright hilarious. BREAKDOWN: 0:30 - Updates with Kristen! Full-time directing largely in vertical soap operas 3:55 - Anonymously submitted production horror stories!4:20 - UPM asked LAPD to ID homeless defecation, cop reverse unos and asks production to read screenplay 6:23 - Cops respond to film shooting but not gun shooting7:05 - Chandler Berg the PA

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01:11:55

53 - From Team USA to the Writers Room with Becca...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/03/20

Becca Mann is an author, screenwriter, and former Team USA swimmer. A two-time national champion, she was the youngest to place Top 10 in four events at a single Olympic Trials and competed in four World Championships. She later worked in writers rooms on shows like Cruel Summer, The Wilds, and The Morning Show. Her memoir Outside the Lanes and novel Unruly drop the first week of April.Today, we dive into how Becca landed her first writers' room job with 500+ cold emails; how she turned a

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00:28:40

52 - Most Popular Filmmaker Topics: Second Year...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/03/08

Revealing the top episodes, wins for the year, and upcoming opportunities!CONNECT WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShowbio.site/NoSetPathwww.NoSetPathShow.com

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01:30:16

51 - Avenues for Writers with Maggie Admire (WGA...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/02/28

Maggie Admire is an LA-based writer and producer, nominated for a 2025 WGA Award and a CrimeCon Clue Award, with features in The New York Times. Over nine years, she’s created 40+ podcast series, many for Spotify, including Serial Killers and Coinspiracy Theories, reaching millions. She helped build Parcast as its first hire before its Spotify acquisition.Beyond podcasts, she’s been a Pack Theater sketch writer, crafted tweets for Funny or Die, and even ghostwrote Tinder replies—before being

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00:57:54

50 - Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni & A History of...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/02/20

EPISODE BREAKDOWN0:00 - Intro6:00 - Why Baldoni & Lively probably won’t go to trial6:40 - Publicity vs. PR vs. Marketing7:59 - Looking at things with a critical eye & documentary subjects saying “no”10:10 - North West, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West & “The Lion King” at the Hollywood Bowl12:58 - Amazon Prime’s publicist dramatization in “Flack”15:00 - the advent of the “influencer”16:25 - Real stories of publicist shenanigans from my time at the Hollywood Reporter22:45 - more Hollywood

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00:32:11

49 - Stay in LA after Survive 'til 2025 (wildfire...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/01/30

EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 4:10 - Wildfire impact on production insurance, bonding, & building materials 11:30 - Stay in LA Campaign 20:17- Practical implications: a game of attraction, not demands KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: IG: @NoSetPathShow All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/nosetpath

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01:11:07

48 - Pitching & Selling Your Own TV Show with Evan...

No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories ·

2025/01/16

Evan McGahey, staff writer on Season 8 of Outlander, breaks down how he worked his way up in TV from support staff to staff writer; how he recently sold his original TV pitch to a major studio; and what he predicts with future writers given Hollywood's contraction and battle over A.I. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 1:30 - Writing a first episode of Outlander 3:00 - Lessons from writing an episode after working as writers room support staff 4:20 - Experience co-writing an episode with another writer 5:00

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