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All Episodes

The Working Director — 67 episodes

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066: All Things Music: Acquiring, Licensing, Composing and Getting it Right!

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065: TV Directing

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064: Alternate Distribution Options for Indie Filmmakers (with producer Nancy Criss)

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063: DIY PR (with Publicist Amanda Samoyloff)

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062: Film Financing Options In Today's Market (with Producer Jim Holt)

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061: The Director-AD Relationship (with filmmaker America Young)

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060: Directing TV (with filmmaker Oscar Rene Lozoya)

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059: NAB Show Live: Blackmagic Design Latest & Greatest!

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058: Your Directing Career As A Production Company (w/ filmmaker Alex Mehra)

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057: Production Studios: The Do's Dont's & What's

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056: 6 Reasons Film Fests Reject Your Film

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055: How To Get Paid To Direct (w/ Working Director Katie Hunter)

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054: Directing Comedy (w/ Emmy Winner Mary Lou Belli)

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053: Film Festival Playbook

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052: Pitching Yourself / Pitching Your Film

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051: Ask An Entertainment Lawyer: Life Rights, Music Releases, & More!

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050: Film Finance - The Who's & How's

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049: Ask An Entertainmen Lawyer: LLCs, Releases, and more!

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048: How & Why Work With An Intimacy Coordinator?

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047: How Do You Direct A.I.?

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046: Ask An Entertainmen Lawyer: Fair Use, A.I. Rights, and more!

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045: ICFX For Indie Filmmakers: Using LED Walls & Green Screen for In-Camera FX

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044: A.I. and Film Production

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043: Want To Fund Your Film? Here's Five Big Shifts You Must Make (with filmmaker Scott DuPont)

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042: How To Stop Being Afraid Of Networking - Online & Off! (with Husslup founder H Schuster)

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041: Demystifying Production Insurance (with Owner of Alan Schlaifer Insurance)

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040: How Do You Direct Non-Scripted TV? (with TV director Steve Abramson)

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039: The Director - Colorist Relationship

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038: How Do You Direct Live TV? (with filmmaker Sharon Everitt)

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037: How Do You Sustain A Career In Hollywood (with writer Michael Anthony Snowden)

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036: From Simple Mind Shift To Full Time PAID Working Director?

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035: How Do You Fund Your Own Films (with filmmaker Alexandra Boylan)

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034: What Is Script Coverage & Why Is It Important? (with Writer Heather Ostrove)

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033: How Do You Prep As A Director? (With Filmmaker Soma Helmi)

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032: How Do You Get Your First Feature Film (with Filmmaker Kristin Fairweather)

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031: How do you overcome overwhelm and burnout?

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030: How Can Working With a Music Supervisor Level Up Your Film? (with Music Supervisor Jennifer Smith)

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029: How can understanding your birth chart help you succeed as a director? (with Author/Coach Bonnie Gillespie)

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028: VFX Tech - What Do You Need To Know to Direct?

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027: How Do You Create A #1 Hit Narrative Fiction Podcast Series? (with Filmmaker Jenny Curtis)

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026: How Do You Get Clients As a Director (with Filmmaker Stacy Singh)

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025: How Do You Get A Director's Agent (with Agent Sara Alexander)

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The Working Director: Helping Emerging Filmmakers Become Working Directors Faster.

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024: Indie Film Team Talk: Skyman (with Dan Myrick)

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023: Indie Film Team Talks: Last Call

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022: Indie Film Team Talks: The Cypher

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021: Film Team Talks: Delicate State

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020: Film Team Talks: Playing with Beethoven

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019: Working with Actors from the Actor Perspective (Guest: Senta Moses)

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018: Working With VFX PLUS Obtaining Sponsorship (Guest: John Parenteau)

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017: Directing a Feature in Five Days: Prep, Working with Actors, and Trusting Your Intuition. (Guest: Kate Rees Davies)

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016: Using Social Media to Grow Your Network Beyond Your Current Circle (Guest: Sarah J. Eagen)

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015: Being Authentically You IS Your Brand: Let Go of the Ideal You and Just Be You! (Guest: Joy Donnell)

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014: TV CASTING: The Process and How Are Directors Involved (Guest: Kendra Castleberry, CSA)

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013: The DIRECTOR-COMPOSER Relationship

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012: SELF-PRODUCING: Get Your Passion Project Made (Guest: Malia Miglino)

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011: Directing Animation: From Selling Your Show to Running It and Everything in Between (Guest: Chris Savino)

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010: Everything CROWDFUNDING: What, How, When, Where, and Everything in Between (Guest Leah Cevoli)

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009: Working with Actors: Script Analysis to On Set (Guest: Lauren Patrice Nadler)

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008: The Actor/Writer/Producer: Wearing All the Hats and Thriving! (Guest: Colette Freedman)

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007: Pitching, Selling, Writing and Making Your First Network TV Show (Guest: Shilpi Roy)

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006: Acting on a Network TV Show: from getting cast to working with directors (Guest: Geno Segers)

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005: Directing for TV: what to expect script to screen (Guest: Betty Thomas)

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004: Everything Short Films: Financing, Distribution, and are Film Festivals a Waste of Money? (Guest: Foster Wilson)

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003: Making a Fan Film: Financing, Casting, Licensing, Filming, and Beyond (Guest: Jason Satterlund)

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002: What makes a Good TV/Film Producer, Knowing Your Worth, and Finding Your Niche (Guest: Jenna Edwards)

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001: Working with a Casting Director, Staying Healthy in this Business, and When and How to get an Agent (Guest: Bonnie Gillespie)