Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie Filmmaking

This week we welcome writer/director Jon Garcia on the show to talk about making over eleven feature films, how he survives as a filmmaker and what motivates him to decide to make a feature. After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy! Watch The Alternate on Tubi Out Now: https://tubitv.com/movies/702632/the-alternate For 20% off your Jambox subscription use code MMIH @ jambox.io Check out the ISA at: www.networkisa.org

On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to do something a little different, we aren’t going to play a throwback interview but a throwback discussion that the original co-host Timothy and Alrik had about if film festivals are helpful from WAAAAAAAY back in August of 2015 on the ninth episode of the podcast. This will be interesting to hear what Alrik thought of film festivals back then and what he thinks now. After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy!

This week we welcome filmmaker and festival programmer Ashlea Wessel on the show to talk about her life working at festivals and how that lead into her life as a filmmaker and what she learned from watching so many movies! After that we play another round of You’re the Expert and we read an itunes review, enjoy! Watch The Alternate on Tubi Out Now: https://tubitv.com/movies/702632/the-alternate For 20% off your Jambox subscription use code MMIH @ jambox.io Check out the ISA at: www.networkisa.org

On this Thursday throwback episode we are going to play our interview with Rick Bosner from WAAAAAY back on April 10th 2017 on episode 97. Rick was the first producer we had on the show and he talked about how he chooses his projects, told us stories about working on Fruitvale Station and talked about how he made a sustainable life for himself as a film producer. After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy! If you like these throwback episodes give us a shout at podcast@makingmoviesishard.com and thanks for listening! Check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast Order The Alternate on Itunes Out Now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-alternate/id1640576609?ls=1

This week we welcome super producer Gill Holland on the show to talk about his epic career of producing indie features. After that, we play a round of ‘You’re the Expert’, enjoy! Watch The Alternate on Tubi Out Now: https://tubitv.com/movies/702632/the-alternate For 20% off your Jambox subscription use code MMIH @ jambox.io Check out the ISA at: www.networkisa.org

On this Thursday throwback episode we are going to play our interview with filmmakers Angie Powers and Elizabeth Stark from way back from January 2019 with one of our old co-host L. Jeffrey Moore! They talk to us about how they got into filmmaking, making films as a couple and making their first feature film, Lost in the MIddle! I thought this was a good match for our talk with Alicia and Alicia because this is another talk with a filmmaking team about pulling their feature together. After that we play another round of You’re the expert If you like these throwback episodes give us a shout at podcast@makingmoviesishard.com and thanks for listening! Check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast Order The Alternate on Itunes Out Now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-alternate/id1640576609?ls=1

This week we welcome Filmmaker Alicia J. Rose and Creator/Star Alicia Jo Rabins to talk about their work on their film A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff which is a hybrid of musical memoir and narrative fantasy! After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy! Watch The Alternate on Tubi Out Now: https://tubitv.com/movies/702632/the-alternate For 20% off your Jambox subscription use code MMIH @ jambox.io Check out the ISA at: www.networkisa.org

On this Thursday throwback episode we are going to play our interview with Steven Bernstein back from episode 109 that aired on July 3rd 2017. Steven has shot a ton of amazing films, from huge studio comedies like Half Baked, all the way to Oscar winner Monster and all kinds of films in between, so this felt like a good contrast to Checco’s story. After that we play another round of You’re the expert, enjoy!

This week we welcome cinematographer Checco Varse to talk about his work on the new Amazon show Daisy Jones and the Six, as well as his work on Pacific Rim, It Chapter 2 and many others! This is a really fantastic conversation because you get an inside look at the life and process of a cinematographer who is working at the highest level of the industry. After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy! Watch The Alternate on Tubi Out Now: https://tubitv.com/movies/702632/the-alternate For 20% off your Jambox subscription use code MMIH @ jambox.io Check out the ISA at: www.networkisa.org

On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 252 back from February 23rd 2020 with actor, writer, producer and friend of the show Naomi McDougall jones! Naomi talks about transitioning from acting to writing and producing, the difference between making her first and second features and what was like to take a film from town to town rather than do a traditional release through distributors. After that we play another round of You’re the Expert so stick around after the interview, enjoy!