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The BraveMaker Podcast — 333 episodes
334: BraveMaker Podcast LIVE with Dana Harris-Bridson of Indie Wire, Squint & Phillip Botello
333: BraveMaker Podcast Meet 2 remarkable women filmmakers.
BraveMaker Podcast #332 meet some makers, shakers, dreamers and VIP leaders
331: BraveMaker Podcast with our team from LALIFF in Los Angeles
330: Dear Cast & Crew: What I like to say on set
329: Creative Burnout with Tony Gapastione
328: Tony Robinette is all over TV & Film & he coaches actors to take big risks
327: BraveMaker Podcast: What is a Multi-Hyphenate and how do I become one?
326: The Vanishing of Dolores Wulff: Cinequest Winning Film
325: Baby Love premieres at Cinequest, directed by Joseph Marconi
324: BraveMaker Pocast: Think like a CEO with Jodie Bentley
323: Party USA: Feature Film by Director Jared Sprouse starring Phillip Botello
321: SXSW Bound filmmakers: Ash T & Johnny Rey Diaz
322: Actor/Singer Melanie Loren went to Sundance in a feature feature
320: Sundance Selected producer of Chasing Summer: Ray Maiello
319: From Sundance with Nicholas Bruckman
318: Live @ Sundance--what's it like AFTER being selected?
317: Live from Sundance with DP: Tyler Clark of FREELANCE
316: Sundance director Liz Sargent of TAKE ME HOME, 2026
315: Snow Boots & Screenings: Surviving Sundance in Park City
314: Manifest that Shiz! Achieving your goals with the internet's help!
313: How do you do the work you love as a CREATIVE?
312: Sundance Winning Filmmaker: Diane Bell
311: Short Film Maker Spotlight
310: Powerful animation and indie films with Masha Ellsworth
309: Acting in Game of Thrones with Actor MARCOS JAMES
308: The Lemurian Candidate - A new psychedelic buddy comedy feature film
307: Making a Feature Film in 5 Days
306: Why you're not booking jobs as an actor and filmmaker
305: Risk, Fail, Learn: Why we need to do things that scare us
304: BraveMaker Podcast with Natalia Dominguez from HBO's Freaky Tales
303: How do you get stuff done as filmmaker?
302: Actress Jane Kaczmarek (Malcom in the Middle) worked w/ director Rani DeMuth on a short film
301: BraveMaker Film Fest 2025 Recap with Filmmaker Sasha Timan
300: BraveMaker Film Festival 2025 - Special
299: BraveMaker Film Fest 2025 - Seleted Filmmakers
298: Film Fest 2025 update and BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
297: EXPLORING PRESSING SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES & CRAFTING NUANCED PERFORMANCES
296: BREAK IN & LEVEL UP with special guest Joey Tuccio (Roadmap Writers)
295: WRITE , DIRECT & FILM with special guest Kim “Kimmie P” Callaway
294: Strategically Building Your Brand & Acting Career
293: Real Talk About Feature Filmmaking - The Brutally Honest Truth
292: What It Really Takes to Write for Hollywood with Hilliard Guess
291: Acting Without Limits — The Many Stages of Kathryn Smith-McGlynn
290: Talking Screenwriting with Jacob Krueger
289: Casting, production and best practices for actors with casting director Jane Flowers
288: Micro-budget Filmmaking with Noam Kroll
287: How Traci Hays Directs Female-Centric Feature Films
286: Making MAN GOES ON RANT with Peter Pardini
285: Making short films, VIRGIN and STEADY
284: The State of Production and Entertainment Industries with Patrick Caligiuri
283: Making the Feature RICKY: A Conversation with Ramfis Myrthil
282: SUNDANCE 2025: Personal Reflections and Industry Insights
281: Producing team of Sundance film: THIRD ACT
280: Making the Sundance 2025 Selected Drama: Omaha
279: Making the Sundance Selected, episodic project: CHASERS
278: Headed to Sundance 2025 and Making the Most of It
277: Setting and Achieving Creative Goals in 2025
276: Making Napa Valley StreamFest with founders Juliana Folk and Fearon DeWeese
275: Making Web Series, BIG GIRL BLUES with Christopher Cobbs
274: Making Movies Is Hard with Award-Winning Filmmaker Alrik Bursell
273: Raising Funds For Your First Short Film
272: 10 Gift Ideas For The Creative People In Your Life
271: Succubus & Beyond: Brendan Bradley on Acting, VR Theater, and Storytelling
270: Meet the Editors of Sundance Audience Award Winner ‘Your Monster’
269: Writing & Filmmaking outside of LA WITH ANDY COMPTON
268: Making of Award Winning ‘THE DEVIL AIN’T PIUS’
267: Making the series ‘Reckless Behavior’
266: HALLOWEEN EDITION with the Hollywood Actor and Comedian Willie Macc
265: Music and filmmaking with Aadip Desai
264: Conversation with the filmmaker of NO RIGHT WAY Chelsea Bo
263: Making a horror film about dating featuring special guest Award-Winning Filmmaker R.J. Daniel Hanna
262: Directing features and working with Netflix with Shaun Paul Piccinino
261: Surveillance Society: A Filmmaker’s Journey to Unmask AI’s Dark Side with special guest Nidhi Sinha
260: Building your audience on social media with Conrad Cheeks
259: Everything you need to know to be successful as an indie filmmaker with Michelle A. Daniel
258: Creativity, passion, and intentionality in filmmaking with Niema Jordan
257: What is a DCP (Digital Cinema Package) and why do filmmakers need one?
256: Acting with Impact with author/acting coach Kimberly Jentzen
255: Why I created a weekly support and accountability group for creatives by Tony Gapastione
254: 4 things actors can do in auditions to get cast
253: 5 Ways to get meetings and avoid saying "Can I pick your brain?"
252: Surviving the LOWS of filmmaking with Tony Gapastione
251: TV Director Ken Whittingham | No Film School Crossover
250: LIVE from our 6th FILM FEST with Nadine Crocker, Olivia Allen, Avril Speaks, Ken Whittingham, Lauren Wells and Leah Knauer
249: Tony Talks to himself about the film fest
248: Jesse Kuba made a film about Black love
247: Filmmaker Roundtable part 3
246: DAUGHTERS won Sundance and is going to NETFLIX
245: Giving and taking in filmmaking
244: Best Practices for filmmakers submitting to FILM FESTS
243: Selected 2024 Filmmakers Roundtable 2
242: Meet some 2024 selected filmmakers from Michigan to California
241: They made MY DEAREST ELIZABETH, & horror, Christmas RomComs & Grey's Anatomy
240: When should you say NO to a creative project?
239: Collaborating as actors & directors. Tony Gapastione & Darryl Merquillo
238: Cylla Senii made her series debut on BET
237: Producer Avril Z. Speaks was in the top ten on Netflix & podcasts on distribution
233: The DO's and DON'Ts of speaking on FILM FEST PANELS
236: Let's talk intimacy with Brooke M. Haney
235: Giovannie Espirtu is an actor, director and P.G.A member
234: LaNisa Frederick is truly HASHTAG BOOKED
232: Tiffani Marie is an academic turned filmmaker making music
231: Matthew S. Robinson writes/directs (and line produces) horror
230: Best practices on set & SUBMITTING TO FILM FESTS
229: Scott Wickman writes/produces film and is a Sundance winner
228: Sam Bempong inspires CHANGE through the East Bay Film Collective
227: Anthony Frazier knows how to book gigs
226: Writer/Director Dana Kippel advocates for Neurodivergence/ Mental Health
225: Accent Coach Jack Wallace goes viral with wife Danielle Pinnock
224: Belgica Rodriguez is acting and on Youtube FULL TIME
223: Regina Hoyles is writing for Disney and elevating Black stories
222: Sundance Film Fest 2024 Recap
221: Latavious Flournoy gets millions of views on Youtube
220: Sundance Survival Tips with Tony Gapastione
219: Why start a nonprofit organization? with Tony Gapastione
218: Filmmaker Ashley-Lauren Elrod advocates for survivors because she is one
217: Filmmaker Liz Sargent cast her (non-actor) sister in her Sundance film
216: Screenwriter Lauren Wells knows how to slay Dracula
215: Director Oren Kaplan and Actor Kara Luiz can teach you a few things
214: FROM LA to NYC to SF: Nick Musleh is an actor coaching actors
213: Producer/Production Supervisor Beatriz Chahin got support from Andy Sandberg
212: Theresa Donahoe is coming out...as a BORN AGAIN in Berkeley
211: Tony Gapastione has 4 thoughts on COLLABORATION best practices
210: Comedian and Musician LEAH KNAUER does a great Jennifer Coolidge impression
209: Kevin Ung made his film WORK LIFE for his USC thesis project
208: Director Nadine Crocker's 2nd feature film is Desperation Road
207: Emmy Nominated Designer Salvador Perez
206: Filmmaker Ran Li, Til Love Do Us Part (feature film)
205: All improv feature film with director Chelsea Bo & actor Ava Acres
204: All the odds were against actor Phillip Andre Botello
203: Shelley Dennis : from modeling to stand-up comedy to screenwriting
202: Producer Yolanda T. Cochran is on HBO's Project Greenlight Season 5
201: 5TH Annual Film Fest Recap
200: Episode 200 RECORDED LIVE at our 5th annual film fest
199: Director Theo Brown and actor/director Yen Dinh
198: Filmmakers Emily Alpren + Abby Wathen of TRYING
197: Director Alison O'Daniel has something to say about film CAPTIONS
196: Filmmakers that expose GUN VIOLENCE: Kyra Knox & Tara Westwood
195: Punk Kids Director MIKE HEFF and actor WYNTON ODD
194: Feminist Filmmaker Brandi Nicole
193: Actor Solomon Hughes from HBO's WINNING TIME (plays Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
192: Actor and disabled advocate KURT YAEGER
191: Actress Elisa Donovan is on her way to directing her feature film
190: Stunt Performer OZ KAYNAN lights on fire at Universal Studios Waterworld Show
189: 1+1=Tuna Fish with screenwriter/producer Craig T. Williams
188: Josie Rodriguez PAINTS faces (and heads) as a make-up ARTIST
187: Screenwriting on The Punisher with Zimran Jacob
186: Comic Sans. It's not just a font. It's a short film by Don Sill and Tony Walker
185: Producer Kyra Knox has a documentary about Gun Violence
184: Legendary Casting Director John Frank Levey
183: Allison Ewing, Cameron James Matthews and Tony Gapastione discuss LAST CHANCE CHARLENE
182: Keena Ferguson: Actor + Filmmaker + Dancer + more
181: Rex Wheeler AKA Lady Camden from S14 of Rupaul's Drag Race
180: Screenwriter + Director: Eric Haywood
179: Writer and Producer Cindy Begel
178: Screenwriter Suhashaini Krishnan
177: Evy's Wish: The making of a short film
176: 4 steps to start achieving your creative goals in 2023
175: Making a Christmas Movie the INDIE way with cast/crew from "See You Next Christmas" on PEACOCK
174: Mike Blizzard, Richard Linklater's Producer, Animation Team and adult actor of Apollo 10 1/2
173: Richard Linklater's YOUNG ACTOR cast of Apollo 10 1/2
172: Holiday Gift ideas (2022) for the filmmakers, actors and creative people in your life
171: Documentaries are Sexy. CLEAN SLATE with Jared and Jonathan
170: Keith Enty tells us how to ask good questions on mental health/veteran care
169: Director and Writer: Catherine Vouvray
168: Tina D'Elia : SF actor, teacher and one woman show writer/performer
167: Award Winning Filmmaker Tom Procida
166: Actor Brian D. Cohen
165: Tony Taylor: It's QWERE
164: Casting Director SALLY FORCIER
163: Actor Julie Dove voices JESSICA FROM ACCOUNTING on BIRD GIRL
162: Actor/Filmmaker + Cult Survivor Giovannie Espiritu
161: J.J. Soria of NETFLIX'S GENTEFIED and HBO Max's THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
160: Intimacy Coordinator JEAN FRANZBLAU
159: Broadway Musician Zak Sandler
158: Film Critic Marco Cerritos of The Movie Lens
157: Actor/Model Priscilla Lam
156: Filmmaker Sassy Mohen of HOW TO HACK BIRTH CONTROL
155: 2022 BraveMaker Film Fest Recap with filmmakers
154: Mama Bears documentary filmmaker Daresha Kyi
153: Doing the film fest circuit successfully with filmmaker Dan Mirvish
152: Filmmakers of Being Michelle (Documentary)
151: Tony + Krystina chat about Patreon and filmmaking
150: Writer, Showrunner + Author: Niceole Levy
149: Actor Ari Rossen
148: Bebe Zahara Benet
147: Author + Activist: Luticha André Doucette
146: Last Chance Charlene interview with Tony Gapastione
145: Oscars Recap 2022 + FIRST PATREON PODCAST with Krystina + Tony is FREE
144: Director/Actor Howard Campbell + Producer Misha Zvagilskiy
143: Director Lindsey Ryan of Seasick
142: Director Amy Glazer
141: Publicist Gardenia Zuniga
140: Sujata Day writer/director/actor of Netflix's Definition Please & actor on HBO's Insecure
139: Sundance 2022 filmmakers with guest co-host Jim Cummings
138: Emmy Winner and disability Advocate: Keith Jones
137: Director Nicholas Bruckman + Producer Amanda Roddy of NOT GOING QUIETLY
136: Actor + Producer Samantha Labrecque
135: Director Fawzia Mirza + Actor/Writer/producer Kausar Mohammed
134: Aura Casting Director: Taylor Lambert
133: Christmas Gifts (12 ideas) for filmmakers, actors and Hollywood hopefuls
132: Disability activist + author Emily Ladau
131: Girl in Golden Gate Park (a film by Coffee and Language)
130: Entreprenuerial spirit required with Krystina Wray Jackson + Tony Gapastione
129: Sharon "Rocky" Roggio of 1946 The Movie
128: Writer/Director/Producer Evette Vargas
127: Filmmaker Kayla Robinson and her film Ball is Ball
126: Actor + Solo Performer Theresa Donahoe
125: Writer/Director Nicole Reigel of IFC Films: Holler
124: Rare Birds Cross-Over Podcast with Peter Fenton
123: Cameron James Mathews (Actor)
122: Filmmaker and LGBTQ+ advocate DANA "TherActivist" Johnson
121: Filmmaker, author and co-founder of SLAMDANCE FILM FEST: Dan Mirvish
120: Director Abby Ginzberg on her new film: BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
119: Oscar Nominated Filmmaker DOUG ROLAND of FEELING THROUGH
118: Screenwriting and showrunning TV with Angela Harvey + Jeffrey Lieber
117: Sundance Filmmaker Jason Park and Actor JohnnyBoy Tellem
116: Krystina + Tony talk rejection and putting in the hard work as a creative
115: Mortal Kombat Screenwriter Greg Russo
114: Multi-hyphenate Media Maven Lydia-Renee Darling
113: Mihoko Imai translator for filmmakers and actors in Japan
112: Beast Beast director Danny Madden and actor Jose Angeles
111: The Pat Morita Documentary: More Than Miyagi (Chat with producers)
110: If Anything Happens I Love You: The Oscar Nominated, Short Animated Film on Netflix
109: Actor, influencer and SURVIVOR: Woo Hwang
108: Design Strategist Christopher Hibma
107: Sundance Film: Tears Teacher: Director, DP and Composer
106: Accent Coach Jack Wallace
105: Screenwriters/Producers Jeremy Valdez + Tony Gapastione talk writing scripts
104: Filmmaker Marquette Jones with special appearance from actor Lodric Collins
103: Tony's 2 Cents on Screenwriting
102: Actor/Director/Choreographer Gary Stanford
101: Actor/Filmmaker Nicole Evans + Writer/Director Shaina Ghuraya
100: Tony's 2 Cents: Creatively steal
99: Finding Yingying documentary filmmakers Diane Quon and Jenny Shi
98: Resident Film Critic: Markus Robinson
96: Christopher Morrison Filmmaker currently living in Paris, France
95: Director Jen McGowan of Netflix's Rust Creek
94: Craig Sim Webb the dream analyst
93: Tony's 2 Cents: Over, Under and Through
92: Producer Richard J. Bosner
91: Celebrity Makeup Artist Kirin Bhatty
90: Tobey Lynn's LA Film School Story
89: Zoey Lytle's New York Story (part 2)
88: Script Doctor Cody Smart
87: Mr. Michigan Hollis Morrissette
86: Filmmaker Ben Duffy
85: Miguel Angel Caballero of ACUITZERAMO
84: Filmmaker Justin Robinson
83: Actor Telvin Griffin
82: Filmmaker and Designer Parker Jesse Chase
81: Emmy Award winning producer Lisa L. Wilson
80: Hollywood Editor Francy Kachler
79: Variety's Awards Editor Clayton Davis
78: Comedian Irene Tu
77: Scare Me's writer, director and actor: JOSH RUBEN
76: A check-in with IRVING RUAN: Comedy writer and BraveMaker podcast host
75: Documentary crew and stories from THE PRISON WITHIN
74: Filmmaker Darious Britt
73: Documentary Filmmaker Jason Hanasik wants to save LGBTQ+ lives
72: Hollywood Teen Actresses Izabella Alvarez + Talia Jackson
71: Charles Yu: Sci-Fi Novelist and TV Writer for Westworld
70: Kyra Jones, artist, activist, actor in Chicago
69: Summer Love with Becky Alex
68: Légère Creative with Minna Rogers
67: Mitchell Street Pictures: The Cortez Family's short film: THE LOST
66: WONDER on HBO by Gabriel Furman + Javier Molina
65: Oscar Nominated filmmaker LAURA NIX and her documentary WALK RUN CHA CHA
64: Agent Tiauna Jackson
63: So you want to get into VOICEOVER? With Michael Schwalbé.
62: Update from Tony Gapastione + Krystina Jackson. Conversation on racial justice
61: Shooting Heroin: A film that provokes conversation on America's Opioid epidemic
60: Childhood on Fire (Documentary by Jason Hanasik)
59: Beyoncé Mass Founder: Rev. Yolanda Norton
58: Writer Mia Mercado
57: American Actress + Voiceover Artist: Keren Southall
56: Jeff Lieber: Screenwriter, creator + TV Showrunner
55: Filmmaker Rajiv Shah
54: Krystina Jackson: a brave story in a wheelchair
53: Writer/Director Danish Renzu + Actor Suraj Sharma
52: Morely: The Los Angeles Street Artist
51: Response from Tony on COVID-19 and Burden Film
50: Henry Alford on writing humor for The New Yorker and the art of interviewing
49: Director Andrew Heckler + Producer Robbie Brenner of BURDEN
48: Rick Negrón is SF's King George in HAMILTON
47: SF's Hamilton Actor: Brandon Louis Armstrong
46: Actress + Master Creative: Kathyrn Smith-McGlynn
45: The podcast about underwear with Abby Sugar
44: Emmy/Oscar nominated producer Diane Quon from Sundance
43: From Sundance with filmmaker Jim Cummings
42: The SNL writer + Peabody award winning Claire Friedman
41: Joy Hoover + The Cupcake Girls in LAS VEGAS
40: Writer Caitlin Kunkel
39: Actor Niles Fitch
38: Director R.J. Daniel Hanna (of Miss Virginia)
37: Comedian Gianmarco Soresi (from NYC to LA)
36: Mark Willis was in BLACK PANTHER
35: Actor Sullivan Jones is on Broadway
34: Actor Adam Campbell
33: Actress Loretta Devine
32: Actress Izabella Alvarez
31: Filmmaker Liz Manashil
30: Filmmaker Avril Speaks
29: Tony's digitial comedy series: Church Biz
28: Artist + Cartoonist: Jeremy Nguyen
27: The Edge of Success (A film about teen mental health + suicide)
26: Filmmaker Daniel Karslake (Living in Berlin Germany)
25: Actor Jesse Garcia
24: Our very own Evan Ajuria + his new platform: Grindstone
23: Bay Area's Austin Scott is on Broadway!
22: KVON: The most famous HALF PERSIAN Comedian
21: Tony's Feature Film: THE THORNS WE LIVE WITH
20: Irving Ruan: Writer
19: River Gallo: Actor + Filmmaker + LGBTQ+ Advocate
18: Filmmaker Nick Borenstein
17: Jeremy Ray Valdez : actor/writer/producer/photographer
16: Katya Constantine: YouTuber & Content Creator
15: Singer/Songwriter Becky Alex
14: FEST RECAP witih Rebekah + Tony
13: Alex Ferrari of INDIE FILM HUSTLE
12: Kevin O'Brien AT THE END OF THE DAY
11: Tricia Russo: Miracle Cancer Survivor, Filmmaker + Mom.
10: THE GUY + Jon Fusco
9: The sky turned green and the grass turned blue
8: Bias conversations with filmmaker Robin Hauser + justice advocates
7: Andre Henry the anti-racist instigator
6: The power of connection & collaboration with DIPTEE THAPA
5: Brave LGBTQ+ stories in film, music & photography
4: In Spain with fashion designer Sheena Karegi
3: I'll Push You : Filmmaker Terry Parish
2: Get to know BraveMakers: Tony & Rebekah
1: Richard Levien and his film: COLLISIONS