Rough Cut

Joe Coscarelli is the host of NYTimes’, Diary of a Song, a video series that breaks down how pop songs get made. The series relies entirely on FaceTime interviews, cellphone footage, and in-house production, giving it a unique, pared-down feel. The show has featured artists like Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X, and Billie Eilish.https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Find Joe Coscarelli on InstagramFind Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagram

Rachel Mason is an artist, musician and filmmaker from Los Angeles. Her film, Circus of Books, is an intimate portrait of her parents, who owned and operated one of the largest distributors of gay porn in the U.S. Rachel discusses the challenges of making a film about her family, her decision to include herself in the film, and how she was able to get Ryan Murphy on board as Executive Producer.https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Find Rachel Mason on InstagramFind Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagram

Erin Lee Carr is a New York-based director, producer and writer. Her true crime documentaries for HBO include Mommy Dead and Dearest, At the Heart of Gold, and I Love You, Now Die. Her latest work, the four-part docuseries How to Fix a Drug Scandal, premiered on Netflix on April 1, 2020.Find Erin on InstagramEric Arthur Fernandez is a producer and cinematographer that specializes in documentary filmmaking about contemporary social-issues and current affairs. His work has appeared in the New York Times, PBS, VICE News, and The Guardian, and he regularly works as a documentary cinematographer at places like National Geographic, VICE News Tonight on HBO, PBS Newshour, Al Jazeera, the BBC, as well as for various streaming outlets. When he's not working, he likes surfing, climbing, watching Seinfeld, reading, and hanging out with his cat Ingie.Find Eric on InstagramBen C. Solomon is a documentary filmmaker, photographer and journalist. He is the inaugural Filmmaker-in-residence at Frontline on PBS. Prior to Frontline, Ben spent 9 years as a foreign multimedia correspondent for the New York Times, and was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the Ebola Crisis in West Africa.Find Ben on InstagramElise Coker is a documentary filmmaker, video journalist, and artist based in New York City. She has created work for media outlets including VICE, NBC News, Topic, Al Jazeera, National Geographic, and PBS, and is currently working on documentary projects in Taiwan and in the Arctic.Find Elise on InstagramElettra Fiumi is a Florentine-American director, producer and editor based in Lugano, Switzerland. She heads Fiumi Studios and has worked on documentaries for Netflix, Tribeca Studios, The New Yorker, Whatsapp, Airbnb and others. She founded and heads VCItalia, the Video Consortium's Italian chapter in Milan, Italy.Find Elettra on Instagramhttps://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Find Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagram

Wendy Cohen is the president of Picture Motion, an agency that creates social impact marketing campaigns for films. Wendy and her team work to maximize a film's impact—whether it's changing laws, bringing awareness to a social issue, or changing hearts and minds. This episode answers the question: How do you start a social movement around your film? https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Find Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on InstagramThis episode is brought to you by Musicbed, which has made it easier than ever for you to find the song you're looking for with intuitive and easy-to-use browse and search, amazing indie artists and bands, incredible composers, and thousands of songs to choose from. To create your free account, go to musicbed.com. Plus, as a Rough Cut listener, you’ll get one month of subscription for free — or 20% off of a single-song license. Just enter promo code ROUGHCUT, all one word, when you check out. 

Chloe Gbai is the director of If/Then, a Tribeca Film Institute initiative that gives grants and provides mentorship to filmmakers creating short documentaries. She was previously a programmer at PBS POV Shorts. In this episode, Chloe gives advice on how to put together a strong grant application, and shares her insight on what makes a good shot doc. She is based in NYC.Mentioned in the episode:The Balloonfest That Went Horribly WrongFor more info visit https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Find Chloe on InstagramFind Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagram

Luke Lorentzen is a documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco, CA. Luke’s first feature film out of college, Midnight Family, follows a family-run ambulance business in Mexico City. Midnight Family is a verite film, shot with two cameras Luke operated simultaneously. The film has played at over 130 film festivals around the world and has won over 25 awards including a Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest. I was released theatrically in December 2019. Luke sat down with host Jennie Butler to discuss how he managed to shoot Midnight Family solo with two cameras, his philosophy on verite filmmaking, and the film's rocky path to Sundance.https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Find Rough Cut on Instagram Find Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on InstagramThis episode is brought to you by Musicbed, which has made it easier than ever for you to find the song you're looking for with intuitive and easy-to-use browse and search, amazing indie artists and bands, incredible composers, and thousands of songs to choose from. To create your free account, go to musicbed.com. Plus, as a Rough Cut listener, you’ll get one month of subscription for free — or 20% off of a single-song license. Just enter promo code ROUGHCUT, all one word, when you check out. 

Lance Oppenheim is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He has been collaborating with the NY Times since the beginning of college, making three Op-Docs, and now the brand’s first ever feature-length documentary, Some Kind of Heaven. The film was executive produced by Darren Aronofsky and premiered at Sundance in 2020. Some Kind of Heaven’s editor, Dan Garber, also joined the conversation.Find Lance on InstagramFind Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagramhttps://www.roughcutpodcast.com/This episode is brought to you by Musicbed, which has made it easier than ever for you to find the song you're looking for with intuitive and easy-to-use browse and search, amazing indie artists and bands, incredible composers, and thousands of songs to choose from. To create your free account, go to musicbed.com. Plus, as a Rough Cut listener, you’ll get one month of subscription for free — or 20% off of a single-song license. Just enter promo code ROUGHCUT, all one word, when you check out. 

Kevin Klauber is a documentary editor based in Los Angeles. He is best known for editing the Oscar-winning documentaries Icarus and 20 Feet from Stardom. Since then, he's contributed to numerous feature documentaries and doc series for HBO, Netflix, and others. He recently contributed to the feature documentary Fantastic Fungi, and the upcoming Netflix doc, Taylor Swift: Miss Americana.Find Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagramhttps://www.roughcutpodcast.com/This episode is brought to you by Musicbed, which has made it easier than ever for you to find the song you're looking for with intuitive and easy-to-use browse and search, amazing indie artists and bands, incredible composers, and thousands of songs to choose from. To create your free account, go to musicbed.com. Plus, as a Rough Cut listener, you’ll get one month of subscription for free — or 20% off of a single-song license. Just enter promo code ROUGHCUT, all one word, when you check out. 

Bing Liu is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in Chicago. His first feature documentary, Minding the Gap, is streaming on Hulu and was nominated for best documentary at the 2019 Academy Awards. Find Bing on InstagramFind Rough Cut on Instagram Find Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagramhttps://www.roughcutpodcast.com/This episode is brought to you by Musicbed, which has made it easier than ever for you to find the song you're looking for with intuitive and easy-to-use browse and search, amazing indie artists and bands, incredible composers, and thousands of songs to choose from. To create your free account, go to musicbed.com. Plus, as a Rough Cut listener, you’ll get one month of subscription for free — or 20% off of a single-song license. Just enter promo code ROUGHCUT, all one word, when you check out. 

Charles Haine has worked in the film industry since 1999 as a colorist, cinematographer, and entrepreneur. He founded the production company Dirty Robber in 2008, which has produced feature films, shorts, commercials, and music videos. Haine has authored two books about filmmaking, Business & Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers and “Color Grading 101”, and currently teaches at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College.Find Charles Haine’s book Business & Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers on AmazonFind Charles’ blog The Week in Film TechRead Charles’ articles on No Film SchoolFind Charles Haine on TwitterFind Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagramhttps://www.roughcutpodcast.com/This episode is brought to you by Musicbed, which has made it easier than ever for you to find the song you're looking for with intuitive and easy-to-use browse and search, amazing indie artists and bands, incredible composers, and thousands of songs to choose from. To create your free account, go to musicbed.com. Plus, as a Rough Cut listener, you’ll get one month of subscription for free — or 20% off of a single-song license. Just enter promo code ROUGHCUT, all one word, when you check out.