In this episode, Jess talks to Edward Drake, who is an award-winning Irish-Australian filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Ed discusses his journey from getting rejected four times from film school to directing music videos, hitting rock bottom, and then moving on to directing feature films with huge stars like Bruce Willis, Kevin James, and Christina Ricci. His films have topped the charts on Netflix, Prime, Paramount+, and have grossed over $300 million on digital home video. And his latest documentary film, The Ascent, is premiering at SXSW this month!

Host: Jess Kaplan @nopesanddreamspod

Guest: Katie Hyde @Indiecityfilms

Original Music: Ariana and the Rose @Arianaandtherose

Edited by: Peter Ney

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