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Hearthside Salons with PageCraftWriting
by pagecraftwriting
Each week we talk with an inspiring person who is creating or innovating in their field despite obstacles. We've always loved the idea of the salons of Jazz-Age Paris where the innovators of the day would gather and exchange ideas, birthing artistic movements and social enlightenment. And having fun in the process. We’ve created these salons because everyone should have access to inspiration. You never know what will change your path.
Episodes
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Joan Burney - MBE, Producer, CEO - Peace Through the Audacity of Creativity
Growing up in Northern Ireland, the Troubles were part of Joan Burney’s world. Having sparked a career at the BBC in London, Joan wondered how she could give back, how she could bring people from opposite sides together. Her work with Cinemagic has had an international impact. We’ll talk about…
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Emma Ferreira - Visual Artist - The Beauty of Audacity
Visual artist Emma Ferreira has always been a traveller. Born in a small town in England, her wanderlust and a curiosity about perception and manifesting goals fueled a layered approach to her art and brought her to LA. The threads of freedom, choice, and desire run through her work which is now...
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Ghizal Hasan - Writer, Sportscaster - Eye on the Curveball
What do philosophy and comedy have to do with baseball? For writer Ghizal Hasan, they’re links on his circuitous path to becoming a popular a play-by-play sports caster. We’ll talk about being a first-generation American, the importance of college radio, wonder if Greta Gerwig is a fan of Tiger...
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Carla Renata - Actress, Singer, The Curvy Critic - Listen For What's Good
Carla Renata grew up with a passion for the stage and voice to match that landed her on Broadway with the likes of Queen and Matthew Broderick. She parlayed her insider understanding of story and her love of movies into a second career as The Curvy Critic. We talk about critiquing film, changing...
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Clarissa Jacobson - Writer, Producer - Short Film Strategy
Figuring out the craft of filmmaking is a lot. Figuring out how to take the thing you poured your heart and soul into and get it out to an adoring public can be even harder. For filmmaker Clarissa Jacobson, a successful festival run gave her an idea: write a book about everything she learned to...
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Asdru Sierra - Musician, Composer, Ambassador - Ozomatli
The grandson of a renowned bolero and mambo vocalist from Tabasco, Mexico, Asdru grew up in LA with music in his veins. His pursuit of Jazz and world music has lead to amazing pieces that get to the heart, address social justice issues, and get folks up on the dance floor. It’s also led to…
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Samantha Pestana-Markey - Filmmaker, Costume Designer - "I'm [Not] OK"
Filmmaker Samantha Pestana-Markey grew up with a passion for texture and story. As a queer storyteller, they're driven to share a different point of view from the heteronormative stories dominating the airwaves. Their autobiographical/fiction short film, I’m [Not] OK, deals with the complex...
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Lynn Ferguson - Storyteller, Writer - The Story Is The Connection
Since there have been humans living together in groups there has been story. It’s how we understand the world around us and our place in it. Most importantly, according to Lynn Ferguson, it’s how we connect. As a writer and long-time story coach, Lynn is an expert in making our stories resonate...
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Katy Haber - Film Executive - Real Riches: Not Your Average Charity Work
It’s hard to know where to begin when talking about a legend. Or to a legend. British production executive Katy Haber has an MBE from the Queen; she’s a founding member of BAFTA; she worked with Sam Peckinpah on eight of his films; and she was instrumental in a little film called Blade Runner.…
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Katy Haber - Film Executive - Saving Bladerunner and Other Stories From a Life in Film
It’s hard to know where to begin when talking about a legend. Or to a legend. British production executive Katy Haber has an MBE from the Queen; she’s a founding member of BAFTA; she worked with Sam Peckinpah on eight of his films; and she was instrumental in a little film called Blade Runner.…
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Katy Haber - Film Executive - Finding Family Roots Buried by WW2
It’s hard to know where to begin when talking about a legend. Or to a legend. British production executive Katy Haber has an MBE from the Queen; she’s a founding member of BAFTA; she worked with Sam Peckinpah on eight of his films; and she was instrumental in a little film called Blade Runner.…
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Liberty Worth - Textile Designer/Artist - Story Threads: Holding Space for Grief
When words fail, images and colors can reach our hearts like nothing else. Images we can wrap around us can be just the comfort our aching hearts need. As fiber artist Liberty Worth says, “Textiles have an amazing ability to hold memory.” Part of her creative output is the work she does with...
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Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - Writer, Puppeteer, Abby Cadabby - Creating Magic in Character and Story
Do you ever watch a kid reacting to life with joy and think, man, I wish I could still be moved like that. Some creators never lose their wonder in looking at the world. Some of those people become puppeteers. I talk with Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - AKA Sesame Street’s Abby Cadabby, who says that if...
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Robin Russin - Writer, Professor - The Reinvention of the Modern Writer
In this most unpredictable of industries, success often doesn’t look the way we think it will. To make it as a screenwriter, you have to be in it for the long haul. Screenwriter and professor Robin Russin talks about his path from America’s Most Wanted, through Steven Seagal and University of...
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Jessica Burgess, JT Schindler - Filmmakers - Fatima: women's stories/male gaze
For some the pandemic has been a time of creative output and inspiration. But for indie filmmakers, all the usual obstacles remain and then some. Producers Jessica Burgess and JT Schindler talk with us about their short film, Fatima, which tells the tale of an ancient warrior who leaves her…
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Suzanne Lyons - Indie Producer/Author/Instructor - The Craft of Low Budget Filmmaking (pt 2)
Part two of our conversation with Suzanne. We open up to audience questions and Suzanne does deep coaching dives on finding mentors, leveling the playing field, creating your 25 year film business plan, and finding investors. As always, more information about PageCraft's script feedback…
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Suzanne Lyons - Indie Producer/Author/Instructor - The Craft of Low Budget Filmmaking (pt 1)
Chain of title suzanne’s book In 1999 Suzanne Lyons launched her production company, Snowfall Films. Since then she’s produced features with names like Naomi Watts, Christopher Walken, and Wynona Ryder, she’s won BAFTAs, gotten major festival love, and distributed through biggies like Screengems...
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Nicholas Griffin - Screenwriter, Instructor - Breaking In: The Truth of Hollywood Success
Screenwriting success is not a static thing. It’s something that has to keep happening in many different ways. Screenwriter Nicholas Griffin broke out early with his script, Matchstick Men, written with his brother Ted. The film was directed by Ridley Scott and stared Nicholas Cage. He and Ted…
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Lindsay Lanzillotta - Producer, Distributor - Indie Film & Cracking the Distribution Nut
For indie filmmakers, nothing is more heartbreaking than pouring your soul into a film that no one sees. Producer Lindsay Lanzilotta has worked on films that made it to Sundance, garnered Film Independent noms, and opened SXSW. She knows how much work it takes. Now, She’s working on a new avenue…
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Christina Kotlar - Writer/Director - Film Town 1910: When Hollywood was in Jersey and the studio owner was a woman
Hollywood didn’t start out as a boy’s club, nor did it start in Hollywood. Alice Guy Blache was the industry’s first woman director and the co-owner of Solax, a film studio built in Fort Lee, New Jersey in 1910. Writer/Director Christina Kotlar has been celebrating Alice and working to bring her...
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Drea Clark - Producer, Festival Programmer - Laurels: Pursuing Festival Success
Trying to figure out how to wow the powers that be and get past the Hollywood gatekeepers is a full-time job. One way for your film to fly is to impress Drea Clark. Former teacher of music video production at USC, Drea has curated for film festivals like Slamdance, Sundance, LA Film Fest, and…
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Sarah Moshman - Documentarian, Author - Empowered Filmmaking
Emmy-winning documentarian, Sarah Moshman, is drawn to stories of women overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles. We’ll talk about her three docs: The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things, Losing Sight of Shore about four women rowing to Australia, and Nevertheless...
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Rebecca Field - Actor - A Star is Made: Just Do the Work
When Rebecca Field left her small town in the Berkshires for Hollywood, she knew one thing: she was going to be an actor no matter what. After more than a decade of working steadily in your favorite films and shows, she worked opposite Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born. NBD. Just...
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Sara Nesson - Oscar-Nominated Writer/Director/Producer - PosterGirl Persistence
Filmmaker Sara Nesson knows something about succeeding in a man’s world. Her recent documentary Women Who Score covers 20 female composers in changing Hollywood. Her documentary Poster Girl about the first female gunner in the Iraq war, garnered her Oscar and Emmy nominations. Her quest to bring...
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Voices of Persistence: Filmmakers Behind Films on Inez Milholland and the American Suffrage Movement
In 1916 suffragist Inez Milholland went up against President Woodrow Wilson who, like many men of the time, saw the possibility of women voting as a threat. With one of the most important voting days in our lifetime right around the corner, I talk with filmmakers who’ve made both narrative and...
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Jeff Rona - Composer - Storytelling in Music: the Art and Tech of a Film Score
Composer Jeff Rona has always been curious about what moves people. His curiosity served him well. He’s got a list of film, TV, and video game credits a mile long. He’s scored projects for names like Spielberg, Altman, Soderbergh. He composed music for the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. Heavily...
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Lauren Over - Visual Artist - Taking the Commercial into the Fantastical
Visual artist and illustrator Lauren Over has always been interested in synchronicity, connection, and in the Rorschach-test-like effect an image can have on a viewer. Working steadily on movie posters and commercial client work, she’s mixed pen and ink and watercolor to produce an…
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Meg Gifford - Writer, Chemistry Professor - The Scientific and Creative Mind (working with Lew Hunter)
It’s usual for a writer to have another gig. Writer Meg Gifford unusual in that her other gig is: chemistry professor. She’s skilled at understanding how things come together and what causes reactions. She worked with legendary UCLA screenwriting teacher Lew Hunter on his new book. We’ll talk…
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Peres Owino -Writer, Actor, Director, Producer - Now the Lions Write the Story of the Hunt
Born in Kenya, Peres Owino is a storyteller of two cultures. From a script she co-wrote being produced by Taraji P Henson and being nominated for an NAACP image award to her International Screenwriting Association Fast Track Fellowship for another script, Peres’ work focuses powerfully on the...
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Zaki Rubenstein - Writer/Director/Actor - Turning Real Life into Screen Gold
Zaki Rubenstein is a director in television. Her creativity, knack for story, and imaginative approach has kept her in steady employment on true crime shows for years. Since the pandemic shut down production, she’s turned back to writing and is flexing her comedy chops to look at the absurdity of...
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The creators of comedy series No Actor Parking on making Hollywood work for you
Three actors waiting tables in Hollywood. You know the story: finding work is hard. Breaking in is hard. So they say they’ll make their own luck. A lot of people say that. But then they actually do it. I talk with the creators of the new pilot No Actor Parking on how they pulled it off and what...
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Josh Greenberg - Writer - Tales from the Writers Room
Writer Josh Greenberg was always the funniest guy in the room. I know, I was there. He grew up in Northern California, moved to LA, and parlayed his observational skills into a consistent, growing writing career, being staffed on multiple network shows. We’ll talk about what it takes to be a…
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Wanjiru Njendu - Writer, Director, 2020 Academy Member - What do you stand for? Risk and reward in filmmaking.
Wanjiru Njendu is a story teller by nature and a filmmaker who takes a stand. She grew up in Kenya where her documentary was used to provide evidence against the British Government by the MAU MAU colonial war survivors. Her latest short, BOXED, tells the true story of an enslaved African American...
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Tricia Nelson - Writer - Black Films Matter: Essential Viewing
Writer Tricia Nelson knows there are more black stories that need to be told than narratives of suffering or criminality. She’s written several pieces offering both classic and current black stories that you may have missed, or should watch again. We’ll talk about the importance of…
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Ellen Gerstein - Actor/Writer - How to claim your inner artist without exploding
Ellen Gerstein is everyone’s aunt. She’s played supporting characters in many of your favorite things. She startled her family by coming to acting later in life and going against the grain. As a student in Georgia in the 60s she also dealt with anti-semitism and helped form Georgia Students for...
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Paul Goodenough - Writer/Producer/Eco-entrepreneur - Freaks, Heroes, and Futureshift
Paul’s life is driven by “projects of worth.” This double Emmy-nominated writer and producer delivers projects for things like BBC, Channel 4, Nickelodeon but he’s also a passionate comic book collector and creator with The Chimeran, featuring a future where humanity's mass-production needs are...
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Monia Ayachi - Actor/Director/Producer/Singer/Songwriter - Between worlds, the artist belongs to all worlds
Monia Ayachi understands being between worlds. This Belgian-Tunisian actress, singer, writer grew up in Brussels working in English, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. She moved to LA chasing a dream like so many of us, and landed recurring roles on Days of our Lives and General...
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Michael Mack - Writer, Actor, Director - Euripides, Cervantes, Jim Crow
Beside breaking boundaries as the first black Romulan in Star Trek history, Michael Mack led a life of service and craft. From a family with preacher roots, Michael grew up ministering to the less fortunate. When he returned to the DC area he became renowned for his work with at-risk youth in...
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Durga McBroom - Singer, Songwriter - Pandemic, Riots, and Murder Hornets - The perfect cradle for creativity
Singer Songwriter and Actress Durga McBroom has performed backing vocals for Pink Floyd and is a member of the house music band Blue Pearl, best known for their hit single "Naked in the Rain". She’s also a badass and activist who speaks out against racism around the world. Never one to shy away...
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Nagin Cox - Mars Exploration Engineer - Mars Needs Women
When Nagin Cox was born in Bangalore, India she couldn’t have imagined she’d one day have an asteroid named after her. This space-obsessed kid grew up in Kansas City, and Kuala Lumpur. Her experiences as a girl in a multicultural household showed her how easily we separate ourselves based on...
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Michael Mack - Writer, Actor, Director - Boldly going where no (black) man has gone before: Star Trek, spirituality, creativity
As we cope with a pandemic and wrestle with national and global unrest following the murder to George Floyd, actor and writer Michael Mack and I sat down to search for a little light. As the first Black Romulan in Star Trek history, Michael is a trailblazer and he’s part of a show that’s a…
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Rob Latimer - Mental Performance Consultant - Hunter, Gatherer, Accountant, Nurse: the psychology of stress and mental performance in the modern world
As we collectively face a global pandemic, many people are experiencing extremely high levels of chronic stress in their lives brought about by uncertainty and change. Even under normal circumstances, our response to stress often prevents us from performing at our best. But since stress is such a...
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Heidi Harris - Applied Behavioral Science Expert - The Emotionality of Polarization
How do we get through this when we’re all so angry and sure we’re right? What’s coming next? The ability to create understanding between people is crucial for relationships. It's especially important in today's heightened environment of polarization. Our emotional reactions can lead to...
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Molly Sweeney - Author, Political Scientist - The Black Flag of ISIS: Living Within the World’s Best Organized Terrorist State
Molly Sweeney is a researcher and author who specializes in the Middle East. Her upcoming non-fiction book, You Must Understand, tells the story of the Islamic State through the eyes of civilians in Iraq and Syria. History and culture sections frame the narratives of the interviews of those most...
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Paul Whitehead - Playing with Perceptions: The Art of Creating Identity
The artist Paul Whitehead came of age in Swinging Sixties Britain and was on the front lines of massive cultural shifts. He’s the founding art director of Time Out London and is known for creating album covers for the band Genesis. Never comfortable being defined as just one thing, Paul developed...
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Valerie Hager - Performer, story coach, former exotic dancer - Finding your fire and bringing your beast forward
My friend Valerie Hager reminds me that we go to the theater to be woken up and brought back to life. She would know. She’s an award-winning solo show performer and director who’s now a sought after solo show coach. She works through a unifying principle: bring your beast forward. Anything less...
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Sarah Yeomans and Rob Latimer - How does epidemic change storytelling?
As a story teller I’m interested both in what stories I need to tell and what stories people want to hear. When a question came up in our April 7 salon about how the collective trauma of the Covid-19 pandemic could impact the nature of storytelling, we thought it merited exploration. Now...
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Silvia Gallini - Visual Artist - Breaking out of darkness to find a path and make mistakes
Visual artist Silvia Gallini comes from a strict family in the north of Italy where she was expected to become a dentist and join her father’s practice. Her dad actually told her “dreams are not allowed.” Today she shares with us how she found the courage to defy all that, and the winding path…
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Sarah Yeomans – Professor and Archeologist - What historical pandemics can teach us about our present crisis
Archaeologist and researcher, Sarah Yeomans, talks to us about what ancient plagues and epidemics have to teach us about Covid-19. This talk is about "perspective and hope, we’re more well-positioned to deal with this current crisis than any other humans in history." Sarah takes us through the...
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Liz Hara - Emmy winner - Pursuing your passion and the necessity of failure
Emmy-winner and Sesame Street puppeteer, builder, and writer, Liz Hara, shares about what failure has taught her about being an artist, what it's like inside the magic world of Sesame, and what she's learned being a woman of color in Hollywood writers rooms. She talks about what makes a great…
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Each week we talk with an inspiring person who is creating or innovating in their field despite obstacles. We've always loved the idea of the salons of Jazz-Age Paris where the innovators of the day would gather and exchange ideas, birthing artistic movements and social enlightenment. And having fun in the process. We’ve created these salons because everyone should have access to inspiration. You never know what will change your path.
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