#127 | Phillip Lindsey | Editing to Directing

Writer, director and editor Phillip Lindsey on editing commercials and reality TV, and moving into writing and directing. Phillip Lindsey is a writer, director, and editor based in Los Angeles. He started his post-production career, editing commercials, infomercials, live-streaming shows, internet ad campaigns, trailers, reality shows, and sizzle reels. Over the last five years, he has focused on writing and directing since finishing the professional screenwriting program at UCLA. Phillip has directed five short films, TV pilots, music videos, and dozens of commercials that have been broadcast nationally. To learn more about Philip: www.philliplindsey.com. Chapters 0:00 Welcome Phillip Lindsey 2:36 Growing up in Riverside County 5:00 Fourteen months into LA 7:30 A huge high school in the middle of nowhere 10:00 Algorithms and new influences 12:30 Finding your voice as an artist 15:07 Film studies and critical analysis 17:32 Hours in the computer lab 20:07 Small departments and the trades 22:34 Every director second-guesses 25:06 DVD commentary tracks 27:38 Rent in LA then and now 30:04 Smoke from the fires 32:36 Income tax and property tax 35:03 Waiting for answers on the fires 37:35 Property tax after a house burns 40:03 Lessons from Japan 42:36 Older homeowners and rebuilding costs 45:08 A studio in Santa Monica and Kids in the House 47:30 West LA, Marina del Rey and the Valley 50:00 Wearing many hats during COVID 52:32 Ryan's China years and the New York Times 55:05 A COVID-era birth 57:31 Focusing on writing and directing 1:00:04 I like to have written 1:02:33 His comedy scripts 1:05:04 Has comedy been dead 1:07:31 Laughing together 1:10:05 Comedies do not need big budgets 1:12:33 Recalibrating a career 1:15:06 Ryan's decision to go to China 1:17:31 A motorcycle ride to Lhasa 1:20:00 How China changed over 18 years 1:22:33 Social media in China 1:25:04 Advertising budgets in film 1:27:35 AI in Hollywood 1:30:00 A three-day working week 1:32:33 The shot-for-shot Psycho remake 1:35:05 The golden era of American indie cinema 1:37:35 A story from The Nomad in Istanbul 1:40:07 Meeting anyone, anywhere 1:42:33 What an episode costs 1:45:03 Storyboards and pitch decks 1:47:34 Filming in Malta 1:50:08 Croatia and Italy The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com