Rebel Minx - Clarissa Jacobson and Shayna Weber - Screenwriters, filmmakers

Joining me this week, Clarissa Jacobson and Shayna WeberScreenwriters, filmmakers,, and good pals, Clarissa and Shayna create thought-provoking, smart genre content that is unique, fun, has heart, is pro-woman AND pro-man, and is oftentimes fuckin' irreverent.Clarissa is the writer, producer, and creator of the multi-award-winning horror/comedy short, Lunch Ladies, based on her feature.  The film was in more than one hundred festivals including France's Clermont-Ferrand, garnered forty-six wins, and gold standard distribution all over the world.  She also created and starred in the follow-up short, A Very Important Film, and directed the doc Butts with Shayna.  In addition, she is a voiceover artist, and her book - I Made A Short Film Now WTF Do I Do With It (a guide to film festivals, promotion, and surviving the ride) - is available in bookstores and on her website. An Indonesian translation can also be purchased via DM at Minikino Hotline. Shayna is a screenwriter, producer and director originally from Bend, Oregon.  Shayna started out working in casting and talent management before settling into a career as a producer, during the rise of unscripted television, where she developed, produced and directed a number of projects.  Her roster of shows includes: “So You Think You Can Dance,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Weakest Link,” VH1’s “Band’s Reunited,” “Brew Dogs,” “She’s Got The Look,” Disney’s “Code 9,” and the Miss Universe Pageants.  She has worked for NBC, Fox, Disney, MTV, VH1, Travel Channel, Discovery and Bravo. Shayna also produced the award-winning, horror/comedy, Lunch Ladies, and directed, A Very Important Film and Butts which is currently on the film circuit.Rebel Minx InstagramMy letterboxd:My film Reel Terror:Support the show