008: The Actor/Writer/Producer: Wearing All the Hats and Thriving! (Guest: Colette Freedman)

Colette Freedman is an internationally produced novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She is also an actor and producer. Host Jenn Page and Colette talk about ghostwriting, why she believes everyone is a writer,  where original ideas come from, working with young actors, getting the most production value from your budget and how budget can lead to unique story ideas, why you should take time with your indie film’s post instead of rushing it out, filmmakers stop thinking no but and instead yes and, how to turn a produced screenplay into a novel, and more! Conversation: Empowerment. Everything you do can empower others, dealing with grief, and what it means to be a militant optimist. To win a Blackmagic Design Pocketcam 6k make sure you rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts to be entered in the drawing. More about Intuitive Filmmaker Podcast: If you want to submit a question or comment to the show please send and email or short video to [email protected]. Or you can leave a voicemail at http://anchor.fm/intuitivefilmmaker. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help us keep bringing more shows to you. Find us on all of your favorite podcast apps by clicking  http://anchor.fm/intuitivefilmmaker Hosted by: Jenn Page, Filmmaker More on Colette: An internationally produced novelist, playwright and screenwriter, Colette Freedman was voted “One of 50 to Watch” by The Dramatist's Guild. Her play “Sister Cities” was the hit of the Edinburgh Fringe and earned five star reviews. It has been produced around the country and internationally, 26 times including Paris (Une Ville, Une Soeur) and Rome (Le Quattro Sorelle) and Melbourne. The film version (Michelle Trachtenberg, Stana Katic, Jess Weixler, Troian Bellisario) is on Netflix. Her musical “Serial Killer Barbie” finished a sold out run in Los Angeles and was mounted in New Zealand (Heuer Press)  She has published nine novels including The Thirteen Hallows (Tor/Macmillan), co-written, The New York Times best selling author Michael Scott. Her novel, The Affair (Kensington), The Consequences (Kensington) and most recently, her Steve Dorff biography I Wrote That One, Too.. She co-wrote and co-produced the feature AND THEN THERE WAS EVE which won the LA Film Festival (Breaking Glass Pictures). She co-wrote and co-produced the feature MILES UNDERWATER which is currently in post production. She has co-written nine thrillers for Lifetime with her writing partner Brooke Purdy. She has written THE MYSTERY OF CASA MATUSITA (with Malcolm McDowell and Skeet Ulrich) which is in pre-production. Other producing credits include the critically acclaimed indie QUALITY PROBLEMS, (Freestyle). A prolific script doctor and ghostwriter, Colette also teaches screenwriting at Antioch University and NYFA www.metamorfic.com. www.colettefreedman.com