Behind the Scenes

Nina Helene Hirten is a cinematic editor and multimedia artist in Los Angeles. Some of her recent notable work was serving as editor for Universal’s Curious George: Royal Monkey, and Previsualization Editor for both Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp and Sony’s Venom. In addition, she edits indie projects in the genres of animation, horror, drama, and more. Currently, she is lead editor on Amy Pohler’s animated series “Duncanville”, airing on Fox and Hulu.

After earning an BFA in Film from Ryerson University in Toronto, Nina edited and composed the music for the feature documentary, Citizen Marc, as well as edited a number of short indie films, music videos, and documentaries in Canada. She served on the board of the Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE) for 6 years.

Born in New York City, and educated in San Francisco, Stuttgart’s Technical School of Media (HdM) in Germany, and Toronto, and now living in L.A., Nina has powerful international eyes and ears for all aspects of film and media. She is a member of IATSE Local 700 and is actively involved in a number of editing and animation communities in the L.A. area. Learn more at https://ninahirten.com/

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Laura was at the star-studded awards show and has the scoop on all the awards as well as the more serious moments such as Ukrainian President Zelinsky's address. Be sure to listen to hear about all the awards given out by the Recording Academy.

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Laura's summary of the 94th Academy Awards includes a discussion of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. Other mentions include Best Picture-winner CODA, Best Actor winner Will Smith for King Richard, Best Actress winner Jessica Chastain for In the Eyes of Tammy Faye, Billie Eilish for Best Original Song in No Time to Die, Encanto for Best Animated Feature, and Drive My Car which won in the International Feature category. Be sure to listen for the full rundown of highlights.

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In case you missed it, Laura has all the highlights of this year's Directors Guild Awards, which was held in Beverly Hills and hosted by Jed Apatow. Awardees included Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog, Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Lost Daughter, Mark Mylod for Succession, the series Hacks, Barry Jenkins for The Underground Railroad, Spike Lee, and Don Roy King for SNL.

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Laura gives a summary of the televised SAG awards. Some of the highlights in this episode are mentions of Squid Game, Will Smith's role in King Richard, and Helen Mirren's Achievement Award. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss Laura's upcoming wrap-up of the Oscars!

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Laura gives a recap of some of the highlights from the Denver Film Festival, including King Richard starring Will Smith, and Sing 2 starring Bono and Scarlett Johansson. Also in this episode are Laura's latest Netflix recommendations, including Dog starring Channing Tatum.

Laura's Spotify Profile, containing her latest releases of Santa Baby and her original song Back Then (available for licensing!)
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Stay tuned for Laura's coverage of upcoming festivals and film industry events!

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Laura joins Minh on location in Bulgaria to hear about his latest projects there. Some of the topics discussed include developing relationships, navigating production safety in light of Covid-19, and what it is like filming in Bulgaria.

Get in touch with Minh on Facebook and Instagram: @minhcollins

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Laura gives a summary of her experience at the 74th Cannes Film Festival in France for which Spike Lee was the president. This episode is packed with advice for how to make the most of your experience should you go, from what to wear, to how to navigate the various types of events and how to network with the people you meet. There are also a plethora of screening opportunities for filmmakers. If you're planning to attend CFF next year, write to [email protected] to let Laura know!

Referenced in this episode:
Cannes Film Festival: https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/
MIPCOM: https://www.mipcom.com/
Documentary: "The Velvet Underground" https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/the-velvet-underground
Film: "The Story of My Wife" https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/a-felesegem-tortenete-the-story-of-my-wife

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American actor and producer James DuMont joins Laura to talk about his newest project, his On Camera Workouts on Zoom, where he coaches actors looking to perfect their craft. Find his Facebook group below to learn more.

Facebook - James Dumont On-Camera Workouts On Zoom https://www.facebook.com/groups/982984472095356
Instagram @jamesdumont
IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003069/

iHollywood Film Festival (Joyce Chow, Founder)
https://ihollywoodfilmfest.com/

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Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Basics for Intuitives
If you haven’t learned about and invested in cryptocurrency and blockchain, then you may be missing out on this new money system which is going to have growing importance in the future. To give perspective on what’s possible, if you bought $1000 of Dogecoin a year ago, it would be worth over $250,000 today. If you bought $100 of Bitcoin in the fall of October 2010, it would be worth about $48 million today. For comparison a standard stock market return is considered to be 6% a year.
The training will include the audio and video recordings, participation in the live training, and lifetime access to the course materials via email and on our course platform, Kajabi. The training will be live on August 3rd at 5 PM Pacific time or 6 PM Mountain time. Learn more and sign up at https://www.healingpowers.net/services

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Joyce Chow is the founder of the iHollywood Film Festival. iHollywood Film Fest is your Hollywood connection. They seek to set a standard of inspired creativity in storytelling, discover and educate diverse and the best of emerging storytellers, and showcase them to the world.

Joyce has created an event to encourage creativity, diversity and inspire filmmakers from around the world with access to networking, and workshops with talent, distribution, and film finance.

Learn more at https://ihollywoodfilmfest.com/ and find Joyce on social media @montebubbles.

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Laura will be hosting a blockchain and cryptocurrency training event for psychics and intuitives in July.. For more information reach out to [email protected] or visit https://www.powershour.biz.

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