We all have an origin story but pitching yourself and your work is harder than it seems. My guest- director Rachel Raimist- has some great tips for standing out that she honed while on her own amazing journey. She also talks about how the skills she learned as a professor help her on set. This is a great one for aspiring directors!!!

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Rachel Raimist on IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1325497/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Rachel’s website:
https://www.rachelmakesmovies.com/bio

Read about Rachel’s high school documentary as featured on the Gaurdian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/01/like-movie-students-uncovered-toxic-waste-scandal

Read Rachel’s blogpost about Ava DuVernay’s MY MIC SOUNDS NICE and other important works about women in hip hop (you can still see Ava’s comment at the bottom!):
https://www.crunkfeministcollective.com/2010/09/07/lensing-the-culture-hip-hop-women-behind-the-camera/

Ava DuVernay on IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1148550/?ref_=tt_ov_wr

Happier in Hollywood podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happier-in-hollywood/id1236845161

First Time Directors Episodic Orientation Program from the DGA:
https://www.dga.org/Employers/First-Time-Episodic-Orientation-Program.aspx

Director Jen McGowan is the perfect guest for this crazy moment in time because she understands the importance in cultivating community. She is the founder of the online resource for women in film and television, Glass Elevator, and you can see it in her film work, too. Check out her features Kelly & Cal and Rust Creek. 

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Jen McGowan on IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569653/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Kelly & Cal:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0FSC5A301T0FA3ZWPS6HXNSFX3/ref=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvc_ifcunlimited?tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvc_ifcunlimited-20

Rust Creek:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0MJDYJ3UDLUMBSMNLSEDPAHZGB/ref=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvc_showtimeSub?tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvc_showtimeSub-20

Glass Elevator:
https://www.glasselevate.com/about

Mad Max: Fury Road:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0TZUGU34M6ERS1P05O1NRT8H5O/ref=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvt_aiv?tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvt_aiv-20

More wonderful content from our Wrong Kind of Women book party! Here is Naomi McDougall Jones answering questions from the audience about the power of agents, why dressing up to go to the movies can save indie films and her favorite examples of the female gaze.

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Naomi McDougall Jones on IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2328697/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

The Joyful Vampire Tour web series:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZwk4UIc6w0sk361eFiJA5w

Naomi's resources for Women In Film on her website:
https://www.naomimcdougalljones.com/women-in-film-resources

To celebrate IWD2020, I spoke with women in film activist Naomi McDougall Jones. In this live recording at the launch event for her new book THE WRONG KIND OF WOMEN, our audience dressed up as their favorite "wrong kind on woman" and Naomi and I talked about everything from the importance of Hermione Granger to the shocking commonality between Oscar nominees Sofia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow and Greta Gerwig. If you are ready to join the "revolution to dismantle the gods of Hollywood" start right here!

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Naomi McDougall Jones on IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2328697/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Naomi's website:
https://www.naomimcdougalljones.com/

Naomi's book "The Wrong Kind of Women":
https://www.amazon.com/Wrong-Kind-Women-Revolution-Dismantle/dp/0807033456

Naomi's film "Bite Me":
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0H3BEWDSMKGFPRL47WX13NWWXP/ref=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvt_aiv?tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvt_aiv-20

International Women's Day:
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

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TLC said it best “don’t go chasing waterfalls” - we’re talking about the financial realities of indie film distribution deals. I’m going to share our Armstrong numbers and my guest director/producer Dawn Fields has her own analysis based on her experience at the market in Canne.

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Watch Naomi McDougall Jones’ film bite me BITE ME on Prime:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0H3BEWDSMKGFPRL47WX13NWWXP/ref=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvt_aiv?tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvt_aiv-20

EPISODE 7 of the JOYFUL VAMPIRE TOUR web series featuring Kerry and Nick Spilling the Beans about their distribution deal for Armstrong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bODUWn8JqeM&t=141s

FILMTREPENEUR PODCAST with Alex Ferrari in which they spill more beans:
https://filmtrepreneur.com/bad-film-distribution-deal/

HER MIND IN PIECES webpage, Dawn’s anthology feature which includes her short FRAGILE STORM:
https://hermindinpieces.com/

13 BLACKBIRD LANE storyboards and one-sheet:
https://13blackbirdlane.com

LAST BITE support page- don't forget discount code 10OFF!:
https://lastbitemovie.com/support/

EVENTBRITE page for the WRONG KIND OF WOMEN book launch party:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wrong-kind-of-women-book-launch-party-tickets-94238759667

I have some quick thoughts on the Oscars and then I’m excited to share my conversation with Armstrong director of photography Amanda Treyz. She has agreed to honestly break it down for us- what did we get right and what did we get wrong on our first feature? She tells all.

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Amanda Treyz on IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1439732/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

See Amanda's work in these movies!
ARMSTRONG
https://www.amazon.com/Armstrong-Vicky-Jeudy/dp/B075SQMC93/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=armstrong+vicky+jeudy&qid=1582648855&sr=8-1

NEW MONEY
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0S7ZV3C8HS3A92J9V2ZUMGL4JJ/ref=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvs_piv?tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvs_piv-20

INTO THE DARK
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8427140/?ref_=nm_flmg_cin_9

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to have a really smart, funny, supportive mentor guiding you through a major change in your life this is the episode for you! I recorded my latest session with my career coach Joanne Zippel and I’m sharing it with you- warts and tears and all!

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Joanne Zippel on IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3529714/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Joanne's Zip Creative Career Coaching
http://zipcreative.net/

Lets be honest, I’m overwhelmed with everything I want to do to make the most of my Back to One moment so I have to get serious about time management! And my guest- screenwriter and producer Hudson Phillips has some great tips along with an inspiring indie filmmaking story. So this episode is called Time is On Your Side. This is Okay Back to One: surviving the stops and starts of a Hollywood career. I’m Kerry Carlock.

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Hudson Phillips on IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4107902/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2

THIS WORLD ALONE official trailer
https://vimeo.com/291945212

It’s that time of year! But instead of Resolutions I’m sharing my list of New Years SOLUTIONS. And my conversation with author Carole Kirschner lays out plenty of them too that will keep us moving toward our creative goals in 2020!

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Carole Kirschner's website:
https://www.carolekirschner.com/about

Carole's book HOLLYWOOD GAME PLAN:
https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Game-Plan-Digital-Entertainment-ebook/dp/B0087GZBU8

GET THE F*CK UNTUCK workshop schedule:
https://www.carolekirschner.com/gtfu

Its about time we started talking about indie filmmaking! I’m going to share the three biggest lessons we learn on ARMSTRONG. And then my friend actress/writer/producer Seana Kofoed and I are going to continue the conversation about our first features. So this episode is called “FIRST FEATURE POST MORTEM."

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Seana Kofoed on IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463057/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Seana's film 30 MILES FROM NOWHERE on Prime:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0QSURUWPLEW7P935PGO0FWDNLT/ref=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvs_piv?tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvs_piv-20

Alex Ferrari's book THE RISE OF THE FILMTREPENEUR:
https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Filmtrepreneur-Independent-Profitable-Business-ebook/dp/B07V9J6L71/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CS9F14CFWRI2&keywords=rise+of+the+filmtrepreneur&qid=1582649892&s=digital-text&sprefix=rise+of+the+film%2Cdigital-text%2C201&sr=1-1

Naomi McDougall Jone's webseries THE JOYFUL VAMPIRE TOUR
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZwk4UIc6w0sk361eFiJA5w

LA TIMES article about female filmmakers "sophomore slump"
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-sophomore-slump-diverse-filmmakers-20160617-snap-story.html