This episode we talk to our friend Andrew Reyes who is a wealth of knowledge on filmmaking and life in general.  This man knows his horror flicks and he knows leadership.  He's the best kind of producer.

This week we talk to William Garcia about his first film Loren Cass, an experimental film taking place after the 1996 St. Petersberg Florida riots.  William talks us through coming up in the cinematography world, having a career ending injury in front of Will Farrell and gives us a website where we can see what a good electronic press kit should look like.

https://www.samlandmovie.com/

This week we talk to director Gavin Michael Booth about his film The Scarehouse.  We talk about filmmaking in Canada, distribution woes and working with your wife.  Don't miss this episode!

Take a listen to the last in our three part FilmQuest Festival series.  We interview T. Justin Ross, producer of FilmQuest's feature length winner, The Mortuary Collection.  It's a super fun horror film anthology feature you can watch on Shudder or rent wherever you get movies.  He gives us the really unique story of taking over two years to make a bunch of short films rather than the whole movie at once.

This week we talk with David Wardle from Saban Films, an indie distribution company.  We met David at FilmQuest and he was nice enough to come on and tell us what a distributor looks for in a movie and how to get your best deal when your film is finished.

This week we talk to Jonathan Martin about the film fest we just came back from called FIlmQuest.  We chat about what a film festival is looking for in a submission, why you should go to a film festival and Jonathan tells Jake the actual score his short film Rental was given by the judges.

http://www.filmquestfest.com/

This week we talk to Director America Young who Co-Wrote and Directed The Concessionaires Must Die and has gone on to Direct episodes of the Kung Fu reboot, Legacies, Roswell and Blindspot.  She talks a bit about her stunt career, casting the late great Stan Lee and getting money from gangsters.  We also reveal Jake's punishment which is up on Instagram @lippnate.

This week we talk with Director Richard Gray about his first feature Summer Coda  which he made after coming second place in the Australian Project Green Light.  We also get the download on his new film Robert the Bruce starring Angus McFadden.   You can find Summer Coda on YouTube and Robert the Bruce on Hulu.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3413681/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Find out more about the podcast at www.firstfilmspodcast.com.  Watch Nate Lipp's work at www.natelipp.com and follow him on Instagram @lippnate.  Check out Jake  Bradbury's work at www.jake-bradbury.com and www.512-media.com.  Follow him on Instagram @indiefilminsider.

This week we talk to Steven J Kung the director of A Leading man.  Steven has Directed the TV show Fresh Off the Boat and is a staff writer on the Netflix show Dear White People.  He talks to us about AAPI representation in Hollywood, becoming a staff writer and representing others in your writing.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2417834/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Find out more about the podcast at www.firstfilmspodcast.com.  Watch Nate Lipp's work at www.natelipp.com and follow him on Instagram @lippnate.  Check out Jake  Bradbury's work at www.jake-bradbury.com and www.512-media.com.  Follow him on Instagram @indiefilminsider.

This week BD Gunnell puts on a masterclass teaching all of us all about line producing, budgets, and how to properly prep your film.  She gives us some insight into how distributors are going to look at your actors as a return on investment and what good leadership on set looks like.  She's line produced and creative produced for over a decade on features like Lazy Susan (Sean Hayes, Allison Janney and Matthew Broderick) and Shriver (Michael Shannon).

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4042157/?ref_=nm_mv_close

We also talk about Nate's punishment and tease what Jake's punishment will be at the end of this month.  Look out for video content around that @lippnate and @indiefilminsider.