January 01, 1990

Episode 195 - New Co-Host - Isaac Pingree

This week Alrik welcomes our seventh guest co-host Isaac Pingree to the show! Isaac has been making movies since he was a teenager, even directing his first feature film at the age of 20. Now with three features under his belt, Isaac talks to us about finding film, transition from fiction features to non-fiction and how he keeps moving forward with his art.

Isaac Pingree is a freelance Producer/Director and the founder of Lagoonside Pictures. He has produced, directed, and edited three feature films, and made numerous videos for businesses, bands and other organizations. His first feature, Day of Vengeance, is a fictional modern Western which has been distributed worldwide. His two completed feature-length documentaries include one for famed venture capitalist Tim Draper, and another, more recently produced, about country music cult icon Fred Eaglesmith. Currently, he is in post-production on a documentary about singer/songwriter Bob Frank, while continuing to serve clients on a wide array of video projects.

Finding Films

Isaac talks about how he first discovered filmmaking in the first place.

Day of Vengeance

Isaac talks about the amount of shorts he made before he shot his first feature, Day of Vengeance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaKGMIzldK0

Making his Draper University of Heroes Documentary Feature

Isaac talks about making his first documentary feature called Draper University of Heroes: The Startup! How he was approached to direct the project and how he approached the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOaBO5itHVw

Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Steam Show

Isaac talks about approaching Fred Eaglesmith to be in his first musical documentary feature. For more on that project listen to Isaac's first podcast appearance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNxTxNMwMqg

You can watch the full feature now, streaming on Amazon Prime, check it out!

https://www.amazon.com/Fred-Eaglesmith-Traveling-Steam-Show/dp/B07M7BBG5X

Bob Frank

Isaac talks about his current documentary project about local singer/song writer Bob Frank!

We Have A Patreon Page!

That's right, Making Movies is HARD is now on Patreon! Check out our page and if you dig the show support us to keep this thing alive!

https://www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast

Special Thanks to Jonathan Kittrell for Editing this Episode!

This is Jonathan's second episode, you can check him out at @jkittrell94

Jonathan is also an author, check out his books on amazon!

Contact Isaac & Alrik

Send us an email

You can find Isaac @ http://www.lagoonside.com

You can find Alrik @ alrikbursell on instagram!

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