A Podcast About Filmmaking
From indie darlings to studio blockbusters, and everything in-between. How to make them, how to get them made, and how not to f*** it up in the process, in our very humble opinions!
Every Tuesday, Giles Alderson is joined by a selection of regular hosts including Dom Lenoir, Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar, Phil Hawkins, Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart, Ian Sharp, Andrew Rodger, CJ and Stephen Follows to chat with guest filmmakers about their craft, career, creative process and how they get their films and TV shows financed, produced and made.
Latest Episodes
Writing, Producing & Directing Bella Ramsey & Neil Patrick Harris: George Jaques on ‘Sunny Dancer’ & The Second Feature Hustle.
From Sitcoms to Feature Films: Screenwriting Secrets with Sean Clements & Directing Tips with Josh Greenbaum as they discuss new comedy ‘The Dink’.
Indie Filmmaking Realities with director and writer Lee Kirk on his Punk Rock Road Trip movie ‘Nimrods’.
The Female Film Club Takeover: EMMY WINNING CASTING DIRECTOR OLISSA ROGERS & GOLDEN GLOBE FOUNDATIONS MIRIAM SPRITZER
Shooting F1: Jerry Bruckheimer & Eddy Cue on Brad Pitt, Practical Racing, and Apple’s Blockbuster Vision
The New Rules of Hollywood AI: Jonathan Yunger on Billion-Dollar Slates, Streamer-Approved AI, Arcana Labs and John Rambo
Ol Parker (Office Romance, Mama Mia, Here we go again)
Business of Film :
The New Rules of Film Financing: AI, Gen Z, and Getting Your Movie Made
| What we learnt from Cannes and What Movie Distributors Actually Want!
Daniel Roher From Shorts to Features with Oscar Winner Daniel Roher on Directing Leo Woodall & Dustin Hoffman in ‘Tuner’
Our Top Guests
We’ve been lucky enough to interview some amazing film-making talent, including:
Christopher McQuarrie (Mission Impossible, The Usual Suspects, Top Gun)
Jennifer Lame, Ellen Mirojnick, Luisa Abel & Jamie-Leigh McIntosh (Oppenheimer)
Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, Kingsman, Argylle)
J.A Bayona (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Society of the Snow)
Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers, GI Joe, The Meg)
Simon Pegg & Rebecca Ferguson (Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning)
Zack Snyder (300, Rebel Moon, Batman vs Superman, Justice League)
Daniel Brühl & Ed Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front)
Sir Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit)
David Ayer (The Beekeeper, Fury, Suicide Squad)
Issa Lopez (True Detective: Night Country)
Sam Ampah (UK Film Tax Credit Explained)
Lucy Boynton & Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Chevalier)
Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe (Poor Things)
Dexter Fletcher (Rocketman, Eddie the Eagle, Ghosted)
Rob Marshall & John de Luca (The Little Mermaid, Chicago)
Coky Giedroyc (Greatest Days, How I Built A Girl)
Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun Maverick)
Todd Field (Tár, In the Bedroom, Little Children)
Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917, One Night in Soho)
Charlotte Wells & Lucy Pardee (Aftersun)
Samuel D Hunter (The Whale)
Stephen Fry (Bright Young Things)
Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fablemans, West Side Story)
Peyton Reed (Ant Man: Quantumania, The Break Up)
Sally El Hosaini (The Swimmers, My Brother the Devil)
Phil Lord & Chris Miller (The Lego Movie)
Mark Strong (Kingsman, Kiss Ass, Shazam, 1917)
Niamh Algar & Sebastian Lelio (The Wonder)
Ben Caron (Sharper, Andor, The Crown)
David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spiderman, Mission:Impossible)
Matthew Modine (Stranger Things, The Dark Knight Rises)
Sarah Gavron (Rocks, Suffragette, Brick Lane)
Rupert Graves (Sherlock, Wolves of War, V for Vendetta)
Fernando Merielles (Two Popes, Constant Gardner, City of God)
Timothy Spall (Harry Potter, Bolans Shoes, Mr Turner)
Dan Trachenberg & Jhane Myers (Prey)
Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Cyrano)
Amy Duddleston (Mare of Eastown, Dexter)
Mark Jenkin (Bait, Enys Men)
Julie Delpy (Before Sunset, My Zoe, Three Colours Trilogy)
and many, many more talking all about the craft of making feature films and TV
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