Today on Film Thrive, we have director, Donald Leow. In this episode, Donald talks about his successes in indie film since moving to the U.S. from Asia. He talks about how he funded his films, why he has investors wanting to invest in his next project before they’ve ever seen a return on their money, […]

In this episode we talk with Travis Richey (Inspector Spacetime) creator of the Untitled Web Series About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time! He is here to tell how he made the incredibly popular parody web series. Listen on iTunes Links mentioned: FACEBOOK WEBSITE TWITTER In this episode we talk with Travis […]

Today on Film Thrive, we have Jason Brubaker from Filmmaking Stuff. Jason talks with us about building an audience around your filmmaking and then selling your movie directly to them through Video On-Demand platforms. Jason is such a pro at distribution and all the ways filmmakers can take charge of this crucial part of their […]

Today on the Film Thrive Podcast, we talk with the VP of operations over at Patreon, Tyler Palmer, all about how Patreon.com helps artists get paid monthly by their followers. Patreon has become an excellent solution for many YouTubers who are constantly producing content but get a measly return from YouTube. Tyler dives into all […]

Today on the Film Thrive Podcast, we’re talking with YouTuber and VFX artist, Kial Natale about the difficulties of trying to make a living with YouTube and some of the challenges of being a VFX artist as well. Later in the interview we get into some tips and tricks of VFX and how to do […]

In this episode of Film Thrive, we talk with Disney director and animator,  Aaron Blaise, about his latest independent project, Art Story, which he funded the development for using Kickstarter and raised $360,000. In his interview, Aaron shares how they were able to leverage the audience he had developed from speaking in universities as well […]

In this episode of the Film Thrive Podcast, we talk with Kipp Tribble who talks about how he broke into becoming a producer and actor by just making feature films. We trace the success of his latest film, Coffin, which quadrupled it’s returns, all the way back to his very first film, which premiered in front […]

In this episode of the Film Thrive Podcast, we talk with Ron Newcomb about how he created his first feature, Rise of the Fellowship, following four gamers on their quest to win the Lord of the Rings online gaming tournament. We talk with Ron about the strategies behind his success and the challenges he faced […]

Welcome to this episode of the Film Thrive Podcast where we talk with Derik Wingo, whose special effects work includes Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Click, MIB II, and Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Derik talks with us about the transition he has made into becoming a successful indie director and producer, […]

In this episode of Film Thrive we talk with Nicolas Alcala, the writer, director, and producer of The Cosmonaut, an open-source feature film and transmedia project. This was the first crowd-funded feature film in Spain and resulted in an incredible following that raised over a half a million euros. The indie film and community around were […]