In this episode, I talk to Mike Seymour, an Emmy nominated visual-effects artist and one of the founders of fxguide. Mike talks about some key traits of a good visual-effects artist, how tax-rebates and celebrities affect the industry, and how to live a balanced life while pursuing a competitive career. We also talk about the […]

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This is the very first list featured on The nsavides Podcast! Exciting, right?! In it I share some lessons I've learned from the various film and video projects that I've worked on throughout the years. Part of the episode was recorded on April 1st, so it felt appropriate to bring some playfulness to it, but […]

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Executive Director of LA Film Prize, Gregory Kallenberg, talks to The nsavides Podcast about why the festival he leads is so unique and why it is a great opportunity for filmmakers in Louisiana. The festival's top prize of $40,000 $50,000 is unprecedented in a short-film competition. In addition to the big prize, Gregory also highlights some […]

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The chamber-folk band Minos the Saint has been around for less than a year, but they've already played at some reputable venues including The Varsity and Mud & Water in Baton Rouge, and the House of Blues in New Orleans. Minos the Saint's singer-songwriter and guitarist, Peter Simon, talks to The nsavides Podcast about the […]

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Paul Sanchez has worked as camera operator and director of photographer on a wide range of films and TV shows including the last two Matrix films, Walk the Line, Nash Bridges, Mad Men, and the Crazy Ones. Recently he was the second unit director of photography on Oz the Great and Powerful, shooting the stylish […]

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An accomplished photographer and one of Canon's esteemed Explorers of Light, Douglas Kirkland has photographed almost every movie star you can think of. His subjects have included Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Meryl Streep, and Nicole Kidman. Marilyn Monroe photographed by Douglas Kirkland. From A Life in Pictures: The Douglas Kirkland […]

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You might remember Leslie Hope as the wife of Jack Bauer on the hit television series 24. In 2014, she will be seen in The Strain, a new TV series directed by Guillermo del Toro in which a deadly vampiric virus threatens to infect New York City. Recently Leslie directed Christmas on the Bayou, a film that also […]

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Forev is a romantic comedy about impulsive marriages. It stars Noël Wells, one of the current actors on this season's cast of Saturday Night Live and has won a couple of awards and distinctions at festivals across the country including the Audience Award at the Portland Film Festival, the Audience Award at Tallgrass International Film Festival, and a […]

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In this episode, actor and filmmaker Kyle Clements discusses his part in Ender's Game and talks about making Silo, the short film that won this year's Louisiana Film Prize and Crosscut Editing Award. Kyle wrote, directed, produced, co-edited, and starred in the short, so he was the driving force in its creation. As Kyle explains […]

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Our guests on this episode are Limbert Fabian and Brandon Oldenburg, two of the co-directors over at Moonbot Studios. Most recently they directed "The Scarecrow," an idea-driven, computer-animated short commissioned for Chipotle that got over 7 million views in less than three months. On the podcast, the two directors discuss what makes Moonbot special and the importance […]

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