All Episodes

337: It's time to quit? How to know if/when to leave the dream

336: BraveMaker Podcast: What does it take for me to feel successful?

335: Loretta Devine

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