Simon Cade is best known for his YouTube channel, DSLRguide, which currently has over 270,000 subscribers who watch his weekly videos all about how to make great looking, cinematic videos. In this interview, I talk with Simon about everything from how he first got started in 2012, when YouTube was already saturated with content and […]

How VIBBIDI is Making it Easier for Indie Filmmakers to Get Seenwith CMO, Parker MarshallParker Marshall is the CMO of VIBBIDI, an app that is one part Vimeo, one part Instagram, and is out to help indie filmmakers make a living. Their app has already reached over 130,000 users and has been featured on the App Store homepage, under […]

Griffin Hammond’s Profitable Indie Documentary Griffin Hammond is a documentary filmmaker at Bloomberg politics, director of “Sriracha,” and has created hundreds of indie mogul filmmaking tutorials. Griffin came to my attention because of a blog post he had written called “5 Lessons Learned from my Profitable Indie Documentary.” Many filmmakers wonder how the numbers breakdown from […]

How to Build a Following Before Your First FilmToday on the Film Thrive podcast, we talk with Jennifer Nicole Stang! She is a director, writer, producer, actress, singer, and a lot more. Her main focus though is directing. So, in today's episode we talk about how she has built an audience around her work AND […]

The New Distribution Model for Indie FilmmakersToday on the Film Thrive podcast, we talk with Jason Brubaker about the new distribution model successful indie films are leaning toward. In this episode we talk about his work on the movie Camp Takota, which had phenomenal success in distribution and has further blazed the trail that Louis C.K. […]

7 Step Guide to Marketing Your Film on Social MediaIn this episode of Film Thrive, I come to the mic solo to talk about how to market your film on social media! I hold nothing back in this episode as I layout in 7 steps what it takes to build an audience who want to buy […]

Selling Your Content with VHXIn this episode of Film Thrive, we’re talking with Jamie Wilkinson, co-founder of VHX, where video content creators of all kinds are selling their work and seeing great returns! We talk with Jamie about the shift they are seeing at VHX of feature filmmakers and webseries creators, cutting out the middle […]

On this episode of Film Thrive, we are joined by indie-filmmaker, director and writer, Paul Osborne. He’s best known for his work directing  “Official Rejection,” the documentary that was pivotal in changing the landscape of festivals today. He is also known for his work directing the indie micro-budget film, “Favor,” which received an incredible run in […]

From failing online store to successful web series creator, in this episode of Film Thrive, we talk with David Nordquist, entrepreneur, actor, and co-creator of the YouTube channel, MiniWarGaming, about how to create a web series (that is successful). David talks with us about how he and co-founder Matt went from struggling to sell table top games […]

In this episode of Film Thrive, we chat with Brian Pennington of Star Wipe Productions and DUO Media Productions about how his video service work has been fundamental in his artistic success. Checkout Brian’s latest project, Apocalypse Rock: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/apocalypse-rock-finishing-funds   In this episode of Film Thrive, we chat with Brian Pennington of Star Wipe Productions […]