Posts Tagged ‘filmnut’
Director Trey Stokes, Ark & Pink Five
Director Trey Stokes, Ark & Pink Five was the guest tonight. Ark is an exciting new Sci-fi thriller web series starring Renee O’Connor (Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess). Stokes talked about it all from concept to completion. Having a strong visual effects background definitely came in handy for Stokes on Ark. We show a clip more »
Read MoreLloyd Kaufman, President of Troma
IFTA Chairman and President of Troma Lloyd Kaufman came on to Filmnut for the second time. It was great having Lloyd on again and talking about the state of independent film, and net neutrality. In addition, we covered his just released book, Produce Your Own Damn Movie, as well as his DVD series, Direct Your more »
Read MoreRyan Provencher, Summit Entertainment
Not only is Ryan Provencher the Vice President of Exhibitor Relations at Summit Entertainment LLC, not only did Ryan serve in a similar capacity for seven years over at Miramax but he also goes back to the stream.tv 1.0 with Brian Gramo and another past Filmnut guest Marina Catela (editor for The Biggest Loser)! It more »
Read MoreDavid Maples
David Maples is a Creator/Executive Producer/Writer of “In Plain Sight”, a great one hour dramedy on the USA network about the witness protection program, which is just finishing up it’s second season, and was recently picked up for a third. Maples talked about the genesis of how the show came about, the challenge of blending more »
Read MoreVik Sahay of NBC’s Chuck
Vik Sahay from NBC’s Chuck was a great guest tonight… When he wasn’t making fun of me and being sarcastic in general (he was very funny), he shared a lot of information about his proccess and how he goes about the craft of acting. His thoughts on his character Lester Petal, and many other matters more »
Read MoreSag Board Member Ned Vaughn
SAG board member Ned Vaughn was the guest on a special Tuesday edition of Filmnut. Did the contract vote with for an agreement with the AMPTP pass? We get right to that in the beginning of the show. ***Spoiler alert*** The vote passed. Ned gave the local and national percentages… Beyond that we talked about more »
Read MoreGary Goldman, 1st A.D. Entourage
Gary Goldman, 1st A.D./Associate Producer for the HBO show Entourage, covered a lot of material tonight. One of the things that was special for me about this episode was Gary was kind enough to let me come down to the Entourage set prior to the interview to watch him work. It made for some extra more »
Read MoreProducer Andrew Paquin
Producer Andrew Paquin started his career in the world of finance before transitioning to film production. Hooking up with a college friend, writer/director Marshall Lewy, Paquin produced a short film Balkanization. The two later teamed up for the romantic comedy feature “Blue State” starring Breckin Meyer and Andrew’s sister, Oscar winner Anna Paquin. We talked more »
Read MoreActor/Writer Tino Struckmann
Prior to film, Tino Struckmann started off in personal protection, where he worked for such stars as Robert De Niro, Naomi Campbell, Bill Gates and many more. Struckmann also served in the armed forces for ten years and it is this background and an appreciation for history that he brings to producing and starring in more »
Read MoreDov S-S Simens
Dov S-S Simens, who includes Quentin Tarantino, and Chris Nolan among his many famous past students, talks and entertains us tonight about his 2 day film school including everything a first time filmmaker, or should I say producer, (Dov hates the word filmmaker) would want to know. Dov shoots straight, has a few rants and more »
Read MoreTodd Lindgren, Vice President of FilmL.A.
Todd Lindgren, Vice President of FilmL.A. was very informative about the permit process here in Los Angeles and the local territories that they cover. Anyone who makes a living with a moving camera should watch this episode. Who needs a permit? How to get them? What do they cost? Do you need a permit on more »
Read MoreProducer Kerry David
Kerry David started in the business by working for Paramount, then it was on to being a personal assistant for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, her “personal film school” as she calls it, to then launching her own production company. We covered projects past and present, including Agent Cody Banks 1 and 2, My Date more »
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