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Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPSRHGeYmT4 Zimran Jacob is an Indian American drama television writer originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating Cum Laude from Chapman University with a B.A. in Screenwriting and studying at NYU, USC, and UCLA, he moved out to Los Angeles where he began to work in the finance department at Gaumont Television, which released Narcos, Hannibal, Hemlock Grove, and F is for Family during his tenure at the company. Zimran's job at Gaumont led him to Marvel in the writer's room on the Netflix show, The Punisher where he was able to contribute to the story in his role on the support staff as the Showrunner's Assistant. During his time at Marvel, he pitched two stories which became produced episodes. Zimran sold his feature SWAG to 19f Productions where Kevin Pollak is attached to direct. He was a PGA Diversity Workshop Fellow in 2019 and was a Semi-Finalist in both the 2018 and 2019 Austin Film Festival. Most recently,

See the video of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adVxPaj17rU SIGN UP FOR THE FILM COURAGE NEWSLETTER https://filmcourage.substack.com After graduating from the AFI, Steve was recruited by Sony Pictures Entertainment to work as a Story Editor & Acquisitions Executive for the Worldwide Acquisitions team in Los Angeles where he received an induction into story & business development, feature film packaging, domestic & international distribution, theatrical marketing & product acquisition. He helped develop & shepherd film titles including Terminator: Salvation, The Book of Eli, Django Unchained, War Room, Don’t Breathe (Sequel current in post-production), the Insidious horror movie franchise, Manchester By The Sea, The Grudge (reboot), Searching, Arrival, Whiplash, The Call, Attack The Block & many others (including TV releases – The Tudors, House of Cards). Steve's tenure at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions was followed with a promotion to Senior Story Editor & Creative Executive at Sc

Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0QB4w4z7F4 BUY THE BOOK - REWRITE 2nd Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide to Strengthen Structure, Characters, and Drama in your Screenplay - https://amzn.to/4d4FuYZ BUY THE BOOK - 39 STEPS TO BETTER SCREENWRITING: A Practical Guide to Improving Your Screenplay - https://amzn.to/3xNvoLH BUY THE BOOK - LIES, ALL LIES - https://amzn.to/3QfQs40 Paul Chitlik has written for all the major networks and studios in English and in Spanish. He was story editor for MGM/UA'S "The New Twilight Zone," and staff writer for Showtime's sitcom "Brothers." He has written features for Rysher Entertainment, NuImage, Promark, Mainline Releasing, and others. He has directed episodes and been coordinating producer for “Real Stories of the Highway Patrol” and “U.S. Customs Classified.” He wrote and produced “Alien Abduction,” the first network movie shot on digital video for UPN. He wrote, produced, and directed “Ringling Brothers Revealed” a sp

Watch the video interview on this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_SUKhI_gLA MORE VIDEOS WITH RHOMEYN JOHNSON https://bit.ly/2RiYhJE CONNECT WITH RHOMEYN JOHNSON https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426056 VIEWERS ALSO WATCHED How Does Someone Know They Are Meant To Be An Actor? - https://youtu.be/FQ3x2EG1KmE How To Make An A24 Movie - https://youtu.be/89k7UyoZ8IQ How To Tell A Better Story - https://youtu.be/dy2QpplPxiU Essential Story Tools Required For Screenwriting Success - https://youtu.be/CWfcjN8ajHg First 3 Hours Of Writing A Story (Starting From Nothing) - https://youtu.be/b2RlPZmz9nc CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage https://www.facebook.com/filmcourage https://www.instagram.com/filmcourage http://filmcourage.tumblr.com http://pinterest.com/filmcourage SUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://bit.ly/18DPN37 SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBER https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8o1mdWAfefJkdBg632_tg/join SUPPORT FILM

Watch the video interview on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89k7UyoZ8IQ WATCH 'SING SING' https://singsing.movie Greg Kwedar is a writer, director, and producer. He made his feature directorial debut with Transpecos, which premiered in competition at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. He co-wrote and produced Jockey, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition where it won the Special Jury Award for Best Actor (Clifton Collins Jr.). Jockey also won the Audience Award at the AFI Film Festival and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for theatrical release. The film was nominated for an Indie Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and the John Cassavetes Award, and was one of the National Board of Review Top 10 Independent Film of 2021. Kwedar also produced Rising From Ashes, Running with Beto (Winner: SXSW Audience Award 2019), and was co-producer on Ghost Fleet (Telluride & TIFF, 2018). He has spoken to thousands of students across

Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XHJJm37LCY Robert Rippberger is a filmmaker with a broad array of creative and executive experience. He most recently directed and produced the film "Those Who Walk Away" starring BooBoo Stewart (Descendants, X-Men) and prior to that directed and produced the Harlem drama, "Strive," with Danny Glover. Both were released theatrically and received dozens of accolades worldwide. Directing and producing documentaries, Robert released in 2019 'Public Enemy Number One' from Executive Producer Ice-T about the U.S. war on drugs. Prior, Robert directed/produced the documentary "7 Days in Syria," a look at the human side of the war in Aleppo, Syria. The film was championed by Angelina Jolie, screened at Britain's House of Lords, to senior members of the U.N., and was released on Hulu and Amazon. As an executive producer, along with Jason Blum, Robert did the feature doc, "Alive & Kicking." The film was sold to Magnolia Films after its debut at the 2016

Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYt2gxg7QQI BUY THE BOOK - WRITTEN IN THE ASHES - https://amzn.to/3vghJeV Kaia Alexander is the CEO/founder of the Entertainment Business School, and host of the Hollywood Wolfpack podcast. She was a development executive on many feature films including JUST FRIENDS (with Ryan Reynolds), PEACEFUL WARRIOR (with Nick Nolte), THE GOOD NIGHT (Gwyneth Paltrow & Penelope Cruz), and HACHI: A DOG’S TALE (with Richard Gere). She was mentored by comedian Garry Shandling. A lifelong history nerd, she’s an award-winning novelist for her book about the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria, Written in the Ashes (Harper Collins). As a writer/producer brand is badass, adventurous women. She’s a passionate advocate for New Hollywood diversity, parity and inclusion. If you ever corner her at a party, be sure to ask her about her passion for surfing. She’s proud to be the BQ in LGBTQ. MORE VIDEOS WITH KAIA ALEXANDER http://tinyurl.com/59jr29

Watch the video version of this podcast here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghRoyKX3BtQ SIGN UP FOR THE FILM COURAGE NEWSLETTER https://filmcourage.substack.com Andy Guerdat has been a working writer/producer in film and television for the past 45 years, with hundreds of credits in movies, half-hour comedies, hour-long dramas, theater, and animation. He is currently a consultant at Disney TV Animation. MORE VIDEOS WITH ANDY GUERDAT http://tinyurl.com/5rn5c7ry SUBSCRIBE TO ANDY'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoDraft CONNECT WITH ANDY GUERDAT https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345907 https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoDraft MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS Essential Story Tools Required For Screenwriting Success - https://youtu.be/CWfcjN8ajHg 21 Ways To Structure A Screenplay [WRITING MASTERCLASS] - https://youtu.be/OPxxJ2wBNTA Worst Ways To Start A Story And Other Screenwriting Mistakes - https://youtu.be/adVxPaj17rU Story Maps: How To Write A GREAT Screenplay - https://youtu.be/pHBHjlb4y84 Beginn

Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/AGXF9gco6fg?si=VQKjAU7kC8HNivCP Michael J. Epstein is a filmmaker, writer, musician, and scientist. With his production company, Launch Over, he has made theme-driven genre shorts and features that have played more than 75 film festivals and have been distributed worldwide. Prior to his film career, Michael toured and recorded with indie bands The Motion Sick, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, Neutral Uke Hotel, and Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. He has also published more than 40 book chapters, papers, and abstracts in the auditory and psychological sciences and has written books on crowdfunding and the logical structures of science, mathematics, and statistics. CONNECT WITH MICHAEL J. EPSTEIN: https://linktr.ee/michaeljepstein https://www.michaeljepstein.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4664031 https://launchover.com/launch/film https://www.instagram.com/michaeljepstein https://twitter.com/MichaelJEpstein https://www.youtu

Watch the video version of this podcast here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsu1thdI2Qo SIGN UP FOR THE FILM COURAGE NEWSLETTER https://filmcourage.substack.com SPONSOR AN UPCOMING FILM COURAGE VIDEO https://ko-fi.com/filmcourage In this original Film Courage compilation, 22 writers share insights into their writing process. MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS https://tinyurl.com/4btu2j7b RECOMMENDED VIDEOS How To Learn Screenwriting In 4 Steps - https://youtu.be/_NLfn_p08KU Nothing But Questions To Help Writers Write Better Stories - https://youtu.be/VHzDsoliZiY 42 Ways To Avoid Writing A Boring Screenplay - https://youtu.be/OBvusf6vn-0 Writing Character For Film and Television - https://youtu.be/13KcN-fRLFI How To Write A Great Story (Decades Of Wisdom Distilled Down To 17 Minutes) - https://youtu.be/2-g1xYsgJ9s CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage https://www.facebook.com/filmcourage https://www.instagram.com/filmcourage http://filmcourage.tumblr.com h

Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIxQ73IgamQ Laverne McKinnon is a Career Coach and Certified Grief Recovery Specialist who is deeply passionate about helping people achieve their personal and professional goals. Her clients call her a Moonshot Mentor because she believes that everyone has the ability to achieve their wildest dreams. With over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry and a unique skill set in creativity and leadership, Laverne understands that unaddressed setbacks and grief can erode resilience. Her work specializes in guiding folx to reconnect with their core strengths and aspirations so they can hit their professional moonshots. MORE VIDEOS WITH LAVERNE MCKINNON https://tinyurl.com/5n6rj8we CONNECT WITH LAVERNE MCKINNON https://www.lavernemckinnon.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2676694 https://www.instagram.com/moonshotmentor https://www.facebook.com/moonshotmentor https://www.youtube.com/@moonshotmentor MORE VIDEOS L

Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVXWGVNguQ BUY THE BOOK - THE 90 DAY SCREENPLAY: From Concept To Polish https://amzn.to/2LBhmUO BUY THE BOOK - THE 90 DAY NOVEL: Unlock The Story Within https://amzn.to/2Vj8Y10 BUY THE BOOK - THE 90 DAY MEMOIR: Tell the Story of Your Life https://amzn.to/3U4EjBv Alan Watt is an LA Times bestselling author and winner of France's Prix Printemps for best foreign novel. He is the writer/director of the feature film, Eddie, Kill the President. which won 4 Best Feature awards at US Film Festivals, and the Filmmaker Visionary award at The Boston Film Festival. He founded L.A. Writers' Lab in 2002 where he teaches his process of marrying the wildness of your imagination to the rigor of story structure in his online 90-Day workshops for novel, memoir and screenplay, to writers around the world. His book, The 90-Day Novel is a national bestseller and was Amazon's #1 book on writing for five months. He has taught his method eve

Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfDDPPSYvrs 0:00 - The Perfect Time To Begin Creating Art 11:57 - Every Artist Must Teach Themselves The Skills They Need To Succeed 29:28 - What Ingredients Make A Successful Artist? 45:07 - What Is Work Ethic? 53:44 - Harsh Truths About Finding Work In The Film Industry 1:09:52 - How To Make A Screenplay Better 1:21:32 - Just Because You Love Movies Doesn't Mean You'll Love Making Them 1:31:22 - How Our Perspective On Movies Changes Sophia Cacciola is a Los-Angeles-based producer, director, and cinematographer. With her production company Launch Over, she has made numerous sociopolitical genre feature films that have played at more than 75 film festivals and have been distributed worldwide. Sophia started out in music, most notably as the singer-songwriter-drummer in the no-wave punk band, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. MORE VIDEOS WITH SOPHIA CACCIOLA https://tinyurl.com/4p4xcpb5 CONNECT WITH SOPHIA CACCIOLA https://www.sop

Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKyL4zu2q8I SIGN UP FOR THE FILM COURAGE NEWSLETTER https://filmcourage.substack.com Illya Friedman is an entrepreneur, inventor, cinema technologist, studio builder, podcaster and producer. A renowned camera technologist spanning the eras of film, video and digital cameras, he worked on the team that invented the world's first 4K cinema camera. Illya got his start working professionally in the camera department in Hollywood in the early 1990s, and is the inventor of camera, lighting and optical products used by filmmakers of every level. Upon opening his company, Hot Rod Cameras, Illya became widely credited as a pioneer in the 'DSLR Filmmaking Revolution' and his L.A. based brick and mortar store sells cameras, lenses, lighting, grip and workflow tools to professionals and aspiring professionals alike. Hot Rod is a primary supplier to both the traditional entertainment industry, the new creator economy, and even performs full

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-57lSwEu9ro SIGN UP FOR THE FILM COURAGE NEWSLETTER https://filmcourage.substack.com In this original Film Courage compilation, over 50 writers share their screenwriting process and how they get started writing their screenplays. MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS https://tinyurl.com/4btu2j7b RECOMMENDED VIDEOS How To Write A Great Story - https://youtu.be/2-g1xYsgJ9s 42 Ways To Avoid Writing A Boring Screenplay - https://youtu.be/OBvusf6vn-0 Nothing But Questions To Help Writers Write Better Stories - https://youtu.be/VHzDsoliZiY Writing Character For Film and Television - https://youtu.be/13KcN-fRLFI 15 Tips For Writing Better Dialogue CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage https://www.facebook.com/filmcourage https://www.instagram.com/filmcourage http://filmcourage.tumblr.com http://pinterest.com/filmcourage SUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://b

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Want to see the full video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT0DwEP-VN0 Award-winning filmmaker Antoine Allen had dreams like any other kid growing up, and it was those same dreams that allowed him to break through every obstacle in his path. Despite growing up poor in Jamaica, Queens, Allen was already rich with potential. Refusing to let this define his future, he moved forward with a passion, drive, and tireless dedication that has now become synonymous with the Antoine Allen brand. Allen began his career in the music industry, successfully managing hip-hop artists for many years. During that time, he had several experiences that opened his eyes to the fact that he had more to offer. It was at this time that the phrase “dream big or don’t dream at all” really hit hard. Forgoing the traditional film school route, he began educating himself on all creative, technical, and business aspects of the process and never looked back. Allen transformed himself int

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBocwdTPCWM Be personally thanked in an upcoming Film Courage video - https://ko-fi.com/filmcourage Logan Burdick is a writer/director who has spent his professional life immersed in the digital media landscape (as a creator, producer, and production/development executive), and seeks to infuse the style, culture, and stories of that world into traditional storytelling. Logan's latest script IT TAKES THREE is a modern influencer twist on a Cyrano de Bergerac story when the coolest guy in school discovers that the new girl sees through his popularity and good looks, he enlists the class nerd to take over his social media accounts to add substance to his style. WATCH 'IT TAKES THREE' TRAILER https://youtu.be/Z0Q1yTK68n4 WATCH 'IT TAKES THREE' MOVIE https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/it-takes-three/id1581524102 CONNECT WITH LOGAN BURDICK https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2996139 https://twitter.com/loganburdi

Watch the video version of this podcast on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bjcrwXjcEM Want to hear your name before the beginning of one of our videos? Check out our Ko-Fi page here: https://ko-fi.com/filmcourage Rory Karpf is a 4-time Emmy and Peabody Award winning filmmaker who has collaborated with notable talents such as Tom Cruise, Kevin Costner, Snoop Dogg, Shaquille O'Neal, Paul Newman, Vin Diesel, Peyton Manning, Rob Lowe and Dana White. His documentary work includes the ESPN 30 for 30 films "I Hate Christian Laettner," "Nature Boy," "The Book of Manning," the Netflix series "Coach Snoop," and the AMC series "The Secret History of Comics." "Grace Point" is Rory's first scripted feature as a writer and director. MORE VIDEOS WITH RORY KARPF https://bit.ly/3lJPQad CONNECT WITH RORY KARPF http://www.rorykarpf.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1715501 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rory-karpf-a248384 https://www.instagram.com/rorykarpfdirector https://twitter.com/RoryKarpf VIEWERS ALSO WAT

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoePwlIMq0w Jay Fingers is a novelist, journalist, editor, and emerging screenwriter. He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, before attending film school at the University of Miami. After college and working in Miami Beach’s nightlife scene for several years, Jay moved to New York City — Brooklyn, specifically — where he wrote four books: Guestlist, Kisses for Tati, Orange Mound and Manhattan Sweetheart. Deciding to fully pursue his lifelong screenwriting ambitions, Jay relocated to Los Angeles, where he currently lives and has been tirelessly working on spec scripts. BUY THE BOOK - GUESTLIST https://amzn.to/2ZXPVMM BUY THE BOOK - MANHATTAN SWEETHEART https://amzn.to/3NztP8y BUY THE BOOK - ORANGE MOUND https://amzn.to/3a44YGz SUBSCRIBE TO JAY FINGERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/JayFingers MORE VIDEOS WITH JAY FINGERS https://bit.ly/34AbCoe CONNECT WITH JAY FINGERS http://jayfingers.com https