#158 | Bianca Foscht | From Graz to Hollywood

Austrian actress and filmmaker Bianca Foscht on backyard movies, theatre in Austria, and training as an actress in the US. Bianca is an Austrian actress and filmmaker was born in Graz, Austria. Starting out with filming little movies in her backyard with her father's video camera, lovingly forcing her siblings and neighbors to star in her movie. In her last year of high school Bianca was spotted by a theatre director and was offered a leading role in a modern theatre production in Austria. At the same time Foscht submitted an audition to the Austrian "Dieselkino" cinemas for the first ever Movieoke Awards. Bianca was the only actress auditioning in English and won the film- and cinema award for her outstanding performance. As an actress based in the US Bianca Foscht trained with acclaimed teachers like Larry Moss, Harry Shifman, David Lee Strasberg, John Homa, Bob Corff, Bruce Eckstut, Alexander Techworks and the Nancy Banks Studio to name a few. To learn more about Bianca: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11516255 Chapters 0:00 Welcome Bianca Foscht 2:32 Cities standing in for other cities 5:09 Growing up in Austria with acting dreams 7:45 Five kids and a family plan 10:15 How do you get into film? 12:49 Every path is different 15:22 Paying the bills in LA 17:55 Turning the camera on yourself 20:31 Family movie nights 23:05 Arriving in Canada with random jobs 25:39 Working in more than one language 28:13 Catching up in a new country 30:45 A finished film as a calling card 33:18 Vancouver versus LA 35:48 A scarcity mentality 38:20 Networking and jazz bars 40:50 Giving back what you learn 43:22 Travelling every continent 45:54 Each film teaches you the next 48:27 Festivals or distribution 51:02 Putting pen to paper 53:37 Being a sponge on set 56:12 Crew between big productions 58:48 Why they started producing 1:01:21 Building the world before the script 1:03:52 A 12-day passion project 1:06:23 Actors and storytellers, not titles 1:08:53 Betting their own money 1:11:23 How moving abroad changed her views 1:13:57 Invention born of lack 1:16:31 A DVD you can hold 1:19:02 A bigger ensemble next time 1:21:35 Learning on the job 1:24:08 The value of a deadline 1:26:41 International talent on screen 1:29:13 Going home to tell stories 1:31:45 LA's lost tax incentives 1:34:18 Self-tape auditions 1:36:52 Deciding to just start 1:39:23 Raising money face to face 1:41:55 A film every year 1:44:27 Planning a year ahead 1:46:58 Making it a career, not a hobby 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