Director Patrick Hoelck is in the Film Courage studio to share his journey of going from music video director to photographer to feature filmmaker, along with what it’s like photographing Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, & Beyonce Knowles. He also tells us what it was like directing Scott Caan and James Caan together in his film Mercy, which is now in theaters.

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Filmmakers Colin Minihan & Stuart Ortiz aka The Vicious Brothers call into Film Courage to tell us why they hate film school, whether self-distribution was ever an option for their debut feature Grave Encounters, how they got 20 million views to their trailer, their story process from conception to post and why they elected to go with Tribeca Film as their distributor.

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Casting Director and Author Bonnie Gillespie drops in the Film Courage studio to talk about ‘Bitter Actor Syndrome,’ how to attract ‘Name Talent’ to your projects, mistakes directors make in casting, and why she advocates the self-producing actor. Bonnie is the author of Casting Q’s: A Collection of Casting Director Interviews, Acting Q’s: Conversations with Working with actors.

Cooking Channel sensation and Host of 'Bitchin Kitchen' Nadia G calls into Film Courage to share her story of being the first ever online lifestyle entertainment brand to transition from the Web to TV, why she never stopped pitching her show to the networks, what it was like when Food Network Canada called, the importance Social Media has played in her success, and the story behind her Bitchin Kitchen Cookbook - Rock Your Kitchen and Let the Boys Clean Up the Mess.

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Filmmaker Troy Duffy calls into Film Courage while in the midst of his Boondock Saints 10th Anniversary Tour to discuss how a bidding war between Hollywood studios began on his first script, his side of the story regarding the documentary Overnight, how his fans carried him through the lean years, his advice to fillmmakers, and his upcoming projects.

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Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot & James Swirsky call in to Film Courage five days before their film Indie Game: The Movie premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. They share how they heard the news, what life has been like since the Official Selection, the things they do to make themselves better filmmakers, and they give us their take on who has the better chance to sustain their careers, Indie Gamers or Indie Filmmakers.

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Filmmaker Nick Lewis calls into Film Courage to share his story of a lawyer turned filmmaker in the making of Rise and Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story. We learn why he was compelled to make a movie about Jay's story, why he set a $215,000 Kickstarter goal, how he reached that goal, and the film's resulting theatrical deal. The film opened in over 100 theaters across the country in November 2011.

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Filmmaker Tony Zierra and Actor Chad Lindberg of the documentary My Big Break join us on Film Courage to share with us their true and remarkable Hollywood story, that of three actor roommates who rose to stardom in the early 2000's (Chad Lindberg, Brad Rowe, & Wes Bentley). We learn whether it was fate or not that brought them together, whether one can sustain a Hollywood career without a 'big break,' and why Hollywood doesn't want you to see this film.

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Documentary filmmaker Sean Dunne describes the worst part of making a movie, tells us how he made a documentary without any on-camera interviews and his latest feature film CAM GIRLZ.

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Producer Ted Hope shares his four pillars of producing a movie, how a producer knows they are ready for production and that time is a filmmaker's greatest resource. He also talks about the director and producer relationship as well four filmmaking lessons from his book HOPE FOR FILM.