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Act One Podcast
by James Duke
The official podcast of the Act One Program, the premier training program for Christians in the entertainment industry. Founded in 1999, Act One is a Christian community of entertainment industry professionals who train and equip storytellers to create works of truth, goodness and beauty. The Act One Podcast provides insight and inspiration on the business and craft of Hollywood from a Christian perspective.
Episodes
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How to Give Notes to Screenwriters Panel Discussion (Owen Shiflett, Clare Sera and Quinton Peeples)
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 50 - Special Episode featuring a panel discussion on the topic of "How to Give Notes to Screenwriters" with producer/creative executive Owen Shiflett, screenwriter Clare Sera, and screenwriter/producer Quinton Peeples. Great storytelling thrives on great...
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Writer/Producer John Glenn
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 49 - Special Episode featuring a case study from the 2025 Producing and Entertainment Executive Program on the new Lionsgate/MGM+ show, ROBIN HOOD, now streaming. During the Act One Producing and Entertainment Executive Program, we occasionally offer…
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Directors Phil Cunningham and Brent Dawes
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 48 - Interview with Directors Phil Cunningham and Brent Dawes of the new film, DAVID. From the songs of his mother’s heart to the whispers of a faithful God, David’s story begins in quiet devotion. When the giant Goliath rises to terrorize a nation, a...
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Writer/Director Spencer Folmar
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 47 - Interview with Director and Screenwriter, Spencer Folmar. Spencer Folmar is the co-writer and co-director of the new film, SAINT NICK OF BETHLEHEM, starring Daniel Roebuck. Based on a true story about Allen Smith's life, this inspiring story follows…
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Producer John Shepherd
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 46 - Interview with Producer, John Shepherd. John Shepherd is a 30-year veteran of indie & studio film. As a producer, John’s known for such films as Emanuel (2019), The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008), Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004) and The Ultimate...
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Screenwriters Jacob Roman and Kenny Ryan
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 45 - Interview with Screenwriters Jacob Roman and Kenny Ryan of the new film, ELEVATION. After meeting in college, KENNY RYAN and JACOB ROMAN teamed up to sell their first script, DAVID VS GOLIATH (a 300-style take on the Biblical epic) to Sony Pictures....
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Writer/Director Christine Swanson
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 44 - Interview with Director and Screenwriter, Christine Swanson. Christine Swanson is the writer/director of the new film, ALBANY ROAD, starring Renée Elise Goldsberry and Lynn Whitfield. The film is about a New York executive who is forced to share a...
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Screenwriter Andrea Nasfell and Producer Brady Nasfell
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 43 - Interview with Screenwriter Andrea Nasfell and Producer Brady Nasfell of the new film, MR. MANHATTAN. Brady Nasfell has produced feature films and television for Netflix, Sony, Lionsgate, Fox Sports, NBC, VH1, Discovery Networks and independent...
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Writer/Director Andrew Hyatt
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 42 - Interview with Director and Screenwriter, Andrew Hyatt. Andrew Hyatt is the director and co-writer of the new film, SIGHT, starring Greg Kinnear and Terry Chen, which follows the true story of Dr. Ming Wang, a Chinese American who defies all odds to...
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Writer/Director Adam Anders
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 41 - Interview with Director, Screenwriter and Musician, Adam Anders. Adam is the director and co-writer of the new film, JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM, a musical adventure about the birth of Christ which is being released exclusively in theaters by Sony Pictures...
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Producer Nick Moceri
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 40 - Interview with Producer, Nick Moceri. Nick Moceri is the founder of All Night Diner, a production company that works in film, television, podcasts, and digital media, and the co-founder of Nightlight Media, a joint venture with...
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Screenwriter Karen Hall
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 39 - Interview with Screenwriter, Karen Hall. In her career as a screenwriter, producer and creative consultant, Karen Hall has worked on numerous television series, including M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Moonlighting, Roseanne, Grace Under Fire, Northern...
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Producers Aaron Benward and Cliff Young
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 38 - Interview with Producers, Aaron Benward and Cliff Young. Aaron Benward comes to Watershed Motion Pictures by way of the music business where he started his career as one half of the award-winning father/son duo Aaron Jeoffrey. He followed that up as...
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Writer/Director Brandon Dickerson
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 37 - Interview with Director and Screenwriter, Brandon Dickerson. Brandon Dickerson is an award-winning writer/director/producer honored for his work in film, documentaries, commercials, and music videos—including the coveted Cannes Gold Lion. After...
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Author Andrew Peterson and Producer Chris Wall
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 36 - Interview with Author, Andrew Peterson and Producer, J. Chris Wall. Andrew Peterson is a recording artist, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, and the award-winning author of THE WINGFEATHER SAGA book series. His music has garnered three separate Dove...
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Screenwriter Buzz Dixon
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 35 - Interview with Screenwriter, Buzz Dixon. Buzz Dixon writes oddball TV / movies / games / comics / novels, putting words in the mouths of Superman, Batman, Conan, The Terminator, Optimus Prime, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mork & Mindy, Scrooge...
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Writer/Director Nathan Scoggins
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 34 - Interview with Writer/Director, Nathan Scoggins. Nathan is the writer/director of the film, WHAT REMAINS. The film tells the story of a small town pastor who is forced to reckon with an act of forgiveness when the convict he forgave for murdering…
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Screenwriter Paul Guyot
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 33 - Interview with Screenwriter, Paul Guyot. PAUL GUYOT has written and produced more than 200 hours of television. His work includes the JJ Abrams created FELICITY, the Emmy-winning JUDGING AMY, and LEVERAGE for TNT which won back-to-back People’s…
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Writer/Producer Michael Warren
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 32 - Interview with Screenwriter and Producer, Michael Warren. Michael Warren began his career writing for television as executive story consultant on the classic television show, HAPPY DAYS. He then went to Warner Bros. where he was an executive…
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Screenwriter Eboni Freeman
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 31 - Interview with Screenwriter, Eboni Freeman. Eboni Freeman is a native Angelino who got her start in the television industry working for FOX Sports. While at FOX, she won an Emmy for her work on the 2015 Women’s World Cup. In 2016, Eboni was chosen…
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Director/Producer Arthur Anderson
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 30 - Interview with Director/Producer, Arthur Anderson. Arthur Anderson began his film career while attending the University of South Carolina. Because of his background in live radio comedy sketches, local advertising agencies hired him to develop…
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Screenwriter Quinton Peeples
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 29 - Interview with Screenwriter, Quinton Peeples. Quinton Peeples was born in San Angelo, Texas, raised in nearby Abilene and remained there until 1984. His vision of pursuing a career as a painter was quickly falling apart and he found himself…
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Producer Karen Covell and Composer James Covell
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 28 - Interview with Producer Karen Covell and Composer James Covell. James Covell is an award winning composer who writes music for Film, Television, Theatre and the Concert Hall. Karen Covell is an independent producer of film and television, as well as...
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Writer/Director Brian Baugh
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 27 - Interview with Screenwriter and Director, Brian Baugh. Brian Baugh is a director, screenwriter, and producer known for creating socially relevant and inspiring human stories that cross genres. He has spent the majority of his time working in feature...
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Screenwriter Zena Dell Lowe
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 26 - Interview with Screenwriter, Zena Dell Lowe. Zena has worked professionally in the entertainment industry for over 20 years as a writer, producer, director, actress, and story consultant. Zena also teaches advanced classes on writing at conferences...
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Director D.J. Caruso and Producer Simon Swart
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 25 - Interview with Director D.J. Caruso and Producer Simon Swart of the new film, REDEEMING LOVE. Based on the bestselling novel by Francine Rivers, REDEEMING LOVE is a powerful story of relentless love and perseverance as a young couple’s relationship...
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Director Andrew Erwin
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 24 - Interview with Director, Andrew Erwin. Andrew and his brother Jon are the filmmaking team known by most as the Erwin Brothers. The Alabama born brothers grew up around college football and entertainment. Their father, a local news anchor introduced...
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Filmmaker Kirby Atkins
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 23 - Interview with Filmmaker, Kirby Atkins. Kirby Atkins has written feature film scripts for Robert De Niro, MIRAMAX, and 20th CENTURY FOX. He has worked with some of the most recognizable names in cinema across animation and visual effects such as…
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Film Producer Howard Kazanjian
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 22 - Interview with Film Producer, Howard Kazanjian. Over his 50 year career in Hollywood, Howard Kazanjian has made films with some of the most important filmmakers of all time such as Robert Wise, Billy Wilder, Paul Newman, Sam Peckinpah, Clint…
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Actor Max McLean and Director Norman Stone
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 21 - Interview with Actor Max McLean and Director Norman Stone of the new film, THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT. THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT features award-winning actor Max McLean as the older Lewis and Nicholas Ralph – breakout star of PBS Masterpiece’s All...
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Author Houston Howard
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 20 - Interview with Author, Houston Howard. Houston is an entrepreneur, creator, producer, professor, author, speaker and thought-leader in the space of multiplatform, transmediated entertainment — or what he simply calls, Super Story. Driven by a…
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Writer/Director Scott Teems
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 19 - Interview with Screenwriter and Director, Scott Teems. Scott is an Act One alumni and a Georgia-born filmmaker whose upcoming projects include the Universal/Blumhouse releases HALLOWEEN KILLS, which he co-wrote with David Gordon Green and Danny...
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Screenwriter James Cary
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 18 - Interview with Screenwriter, James Cary. James Cary is the co-creator and co-writer of the BBC comedy BLUESTONE 42. His other TV credits include MIRANDA, MY HERO and MY FAMILY as well as co-writing several series with comedian, Milton Jones. James…
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Filmmaker Brent Gudgel
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 17 - Interview with Filmmaker Brent Gudgel of the new documentary film, FREE BURMA RANGERS. For the past 20 years Brent has been a busy documentary director. His credits include the acclaimed documentary Free Burma Rangers, Dear Francis (Showtime...
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TV Showrunner Roundtable (Saladin K. Patterson, Monica Macer, Sheryl J. Anderson, Brian Bird)
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 16 - Special Episode featuring the Act One TV Showrunner Roundtable Discussion with Saladin K. Patterson (ABC's THE WONDER YEARS), Monica Macer (CBS' MACGVYER), Sheryl J. Anderson (Netflix's SWEET MAGNOLIAS), and Brian Bird (Hallmark's WHEN CALLS THE...
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Producer Darren Moorman
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 15 - Interview with Producer Darren Moorman of the new Netflix film, Blue Miracle. Darren Moorman is a seasoned producer and the head of Reserve Entertainment. He has worked with studios that include MGM, Lionsgate, and Paramount Pictures. His latest…
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Director Roman White and Producer Gabriel Vasquez
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 14 - Interview with Director Roman White and Producer Gabriel Vasquez of the new Netflix film, A Week Away. An accomplished director, White has worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment including Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Justin Bieber,...
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Screenwriter Jim Krueger
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 13 - Interview with Screenwriter and Comic Book Writer, Jim Krueger. Jim is an American comic book writer, novelist, and filmmaker. He is considered one of the top-rated writers currently working in American comics. In addition to creating his own comics...
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Screenwriter Clare Sera
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 12 - Interview with Screenwriter, Clare Sera. Clare Sera has written both live action and animated films for Disney, Warner Bros., Sony, Paramount, Universal and more. A few even got made including BLENDED with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, and the...
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Executive Charles Slocum
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 11 - Interview with Assistant Executive Director of the WGA West, Charles Slocum. Charles Slocum is an Assistant Executive Director at the Writer’s Guild of America, West, and previously worked at Paramount Pictures as a financial analyst, NBC as a game...
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Author Steve Turner
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 10 - Interview with music journalist and poet, Steve Turner. Steve Turner is an English music journalist, biographer, and poet, who has spent his career chronicling and interviewing people from the worlds of music, film, television, fashion, art, and...
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Author Carrie Arcos
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 09 - Interview with author, Carrie Arcos. Carrie Arcos was born in Albany, NY. She studied English and Philosophy at Gordon College and received her teaching credential through Chapman University and her MA in Creative Writing from California State...
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Producer Justin Bell
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 08 - Interview with producer, Justin Bell. Justin Bell is a feature film, TV, and branded entertainment producer based in Los Angeles. His latest project, the horror-comedy “Summoned” for Disney/20th Digital, is currently airing on Hulu, FX and Freeform....
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Filmmaker Vince Masciale
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 07 - Interview with filmmaker and director of the new comedy film, Faith Based, Vince Masciale. Vincent Masciale is a director, producer, and co-founder of Lone Suspect, a production company based in Los Angeles. He has directed two feature films,...
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Screenwriter Jeremy Howe
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 06 - Interview with television screenwriter, Jeremy Howe. Born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Jeremy moved to Los Angeles in 2002 for an internship at “The Young and The Restless.” After three long years in the CBS mail room, he was fortunate enough…
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Author Harris III
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 05 - Interview with illusionist and author, Harris III. Harris III (“the third”) has almost 30 years of experimentation as a creative entrepreneur. Harris began his career at a young age, traveling the world as an award-winning, professional illusionist....
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Filmmaker Craig Detweiler
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 04 - Interview with filmmaker, Craig Detweiler. Filmmaker, author, and exec Craig Detweiler, Ph.D., wrote the screenplays for The Duke, the comedic road trip, Extreme Days and directed the award-winning documentary Remand, narrated by Angela Bassett. His...
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Screenwriter Scott Reynolds
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 03 - Interview with screenwriter, Scott Reynolds. Reynolds is a television writer who has worked on the Marvel and Netflix television series' Jessica Jones and Iron Fist and Marvel's Inhumans as a writer and executive producer. He was a consulting…
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Screenwriter Todd Komarnicki
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 02 - Interview with screenwriter, Todd Komarnicki. Komarnicki is a prolific writer, producer and director of film and television as well as an acclaimed novelist. His screenplays include "Sully," directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks in the...
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Film Producer Ralph Winter
Send us Fan Mail Act One Podcast - Episode 01 - Interview with film producer, Ralph Winter. Ralph Winter is an American film producer who has helped to produce blockbuster movies such as the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Star Trek series as well as I, Robot and Planet of the Apes. His films have...
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The official podcast of the Act One Program, the premier training program for Christians in the entertainment industry. Founded in 1999, Act One is a Christian community of entertainment industry professionals who train and equip storytellers to create works of truth, goodness and beauty. The Act One Podcast provides insight and inspiration on the business and craft of Hollywood from a Christian perspective.
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The official podcast of the Act One Program, the premier training program for Christians in the entertainment industry. Founded in 1999, Act One is a Christian community of entertainment industry professionals who train and equip storytellers to create works of truth, goodness and beauty. The Act...
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