All Episodes
The Working Director — 67 episodes
066: All Things Music: Acquiring, Licensing, Composing and Getting it Right!
065: TV Directing
064: Alternate Distribution Options for Indie Filmmakers (with producer Nancy Criss)
063: DIY PR (with Publicist Amanda Samoyloff)
062: Film Financing Options In Today's Market (with Producer Jim Holt)
061: The Director-AD Relationship (with filmmaker America Young)
060: Directing TV (with filmmaker Oscar Rene Lozoya)
059: NAB Show Live: Blackmagic Design Latest & Greatest!
058: Your Directing Career As A Production Company (w/ filmmaker Alex Mehra)
057: Production Studios: The Do's Dont's & What's
056: 6 Reasons Film Fests Reject Your Film
055: How To Get Paid To Direct (w/ Working Director Katie Hunter)
054: Directing Comedy (w/ Emmy Winner Mary Lou Belli)
053: Film Festival Playbook
052: Pitching Yourself / Pitching Your Film
051: Ask An Entertainment Lawyer: Life Rights, Music Releases, & More!
050: Film Finance - The Who's & How's
049: Ask An Entertainmen Lawyer: LLCs, Releases, and more!
048: How & Why Work With An Intimacy Coordinator?
047: How Do You Direct A.I.?
046: Ask An Entertainmen Lawyer: Fair Use, A.I. Rights, and more!
045: ICFX For Indie Filmmakers: Using LED Walls & Green Screen for In-Camera FX
044: A.I. and Film Production
043: Want To Fund Your Film? Here's Five Big Shifts You Must Make (with filmmaker Scott DuPont)
042: How To Stop Being Afraid Of Networking - Online & Off! (with Husslup founder H Schuster)
041: Demystifying Production Insurance (with Owner of Alan Schlaifer Insurance)
040: How Do You Direct Non-Scripted TV? (with TV director Steve Abramson)
039: The Director - Colorist Relationship
038: How Do You Direct Live TV? (with filmmaker Sharon Everitt)
037: How Do You Sustain A Career In Hollywood (with writer Michael Anthony Snowden)
036: From Simple Mind Shift To Full Time PAID Working Director?
035: How Do You Fund Your Own Films (with filmmaker Alexandra Boylan)
034: What Is Script Coverage & Why Is It Important? (with Writer Heather Ostrove)
033: How Do You Prep As A Director? (With Filmmaker Soma Helmi)
032: How Do You Get Your First Feature Film (with Filmmaker Kristin Fairweather)
031: How do you overcome overwhelm and burnout?
030: How Can Working With a Music Supervisor Level Up Your Film? (with Music Supervisor Jennifer Smith)
029: How can understanding your birth chart help you succeed as a director? (with Author/Coach Bonnie Gillespie)
028: VFX Tech - What Do You Need To Know to Direct?
027: How Do You Create A #1 Hit Narrative Fiction Podcast Series? (with Filmmaker Jenny Curtis)
026: How Do You Get Clients As a Director (with Filmmaker Stacy Singh)
025: How Do You Get A Director's Agent (with Agent Sara Alexander)
The Working Director: Helping Emerging Filmmakers Become Working Directors Faster.
024: Indie Film Team Talk: Skyman (with Dan Myrick)
023: Indie Film Team Talks: Last Call
022: Indie Film Team Talks: The Cypher
021: Film Team Talks: Delicate State
020: Film Team Talks: Playing with Beethoven
019: Working with Actors from the Actor Perspective (Guest: Senta Moses)
018: Working With VFX PLUS Obtaining Sponsorship (Guest: John Parenteau)
017: Directing a Feature in Five Days: Prep, Working with Actors, and Trusting Your Intuition. (Guest: Kate Rees Davies)
016: Using Social Media to Grow Your Network Beyond Your Current Circle (Guest: Sarah J. Eagen)
015: Being Authentically You IS Your Brand: Let Go of the Ideal You and Just Be You! (Guest: Joy Donnell)
014: TV CASTING: The Process and How Are Directors Involved (Guest: Kendra Castleberry, CSA)
013: The DIRECTOR-COMPOSER Relationship
012: SELF-PRODUCING: Get Your Passion Project Made (Guest: Malia Miglino)
011: Directing Animation: From Selling Your Show to Running It and Everything in Between (Guest: Chris Savino)
010: Everything CROWDFUNDING: What, How, When, Where, and Everything in Between (Guest Leah Cevoli)
009: Working with Actors: Script Analysis to On Set (Guest: Lauren Patrice Nadler)
008: The Actor/Writer/Producer: Wearing All the Hats and Thriving! (Guest: Colette Freedman)
007: Pitching, Selling, Writing and Making Your First Network TV Show (Guest: Shilpi Roy)
006: Acting on a Network TV Show: from getting cast to working with directors (Guest: Geno Segers)
005: Directing for TV: what to expect script to screen (Guest: Betty Thomas)
004: Everything Short Films: Financing, Distribution, and are Film Festivals a Waste of Money? (Guest: Foster Wilson)
003: Making a Fan Film: Financing, Casting, Licensing, Filming, and Beyond (Guest: Jason Satterlund)
002: What makes a Good TV/Film Producer, Knowing Your Worth, and Finding Your Niche (Guest: Jenna Edwards)
001: Working with a Casting Director, Staying Healthy in this Business, and When and How to get an Agent (Guest: Bonnie Gillespie)