Questionable Personalities Podcast

In part 2 we continue our conversation with Susan Skoog. She is a filmmaker and screenwriter who wrote, produced, and directed an indie feature film "Whatever" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. and was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics. "Whatever" stars Liza Weil (Gilmore Girls, How To Get Away with Murder) and Frederic Forrest (Apocalypse Now, The Conversation). Susan has written screenplays for Warner Brothers, HBO and MTV Films among others, working with such esteemed producers as John Wells (ER, The West Wing, August: Osage County) Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger, (Cold Mountain, Election, Little Miss Sunshine), and George Pelecanos (The Deuce, The Wire). Inaddition to working on indie films,Susan has also had a successful career as a writer, director, and producer of numerous documentary and non-fiction programs for such television networks as VH1, Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies, AMC, FX, MTV, CBS, Fuse, Rave HD, TBS, Tru TV/Court TV and PBS. Susan was the series producer for VH-1’s weekly film program FLIX as well as the producer and director for many of that network’s ACE Award winning series, VH1to One. Furthermore, Susan co-directed and edited an hour-long documentary for PBS on George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, One Nation Under a Groove, which aired in 2006. Her award-winning scripted digital series, Breeding Grounds, was included in IFP’s Screen Forward Lab and the No Borders section of Film Week, and all of the episodes premiered at the Montclair Film Festival and have screened a numerous film festivals. Her most recent film, Dog Walker, stars Emily Bergl (Shameless, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mindhunter) and is currently screening at film and content festivals across the country.

Susan Skoog is a filmmaker and screenwriter who wrote, produced, and directed indie feature film "Whatever" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. and was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics. "Whatever" stars Liza Weil (Gilmore Girls, How To Get Away with Murder) and Frederic Forrest (Apocalypse Now, The Conversation). Susan has written screenplays for Warner Brothers, HBO and MTV Films among others, working with such esteemed producers as John Wells (ER, The West Wing, August: Osage County) Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger, (Cold Mountain, Election, Little Miss Sunshine), and George Pelecanos (The Deuce, The Wire). Inaddition to working on indie films,Susan has also had a successful career as a writer, director, and producer of numerous documentary and non-fiction programs for such television networks as VH1, Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies, AMC, FX, MTV, CBS, Fuse, Rave HD, TBS, Tru TV/Court TV and PBS. Susan was the series producer for VH-1’s weekly film program FLIX as well as the producer and director for many of that network’s ACE Award winning series, VH1to One. Furthermore, Susan co-directed and edited an hour-long documentary for PBS on George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, One Nation Under a Groove, which aired in 2006. Her award-winning scripted digital series, Breeding Grounds, was included in IFP’s Screen Forward Lab and the No Borders section of Film Week, and all of the episodes premiered at the Montclair Film Festival and have screened a numerous film festivals. Her most recent film, Dog Walker, stars Emily Bergl (Shameless, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mindhunter) and is currently screening at film and content festivals across the country.

Actors, Emaline Williams and Christopher J. Young share their insights into the acting process - what is it, how and why they do it? We discuss the stage, film, technique, various roles and the casting/audition process. This is the part 1 of our conversation.

Christopher J. Young is an actor and a Centenary Stage Company General manager. He earned an M.F.A. degree from the Professional Actor Training Program of Ohio University. His recent stage credits include; Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Learned Ladies, Start Down, The Nether, and Harvey, Christopher’s recent film credits include; Hunter's Weekend, My Dad and Bob Todd, Hotel, Jess Archer Vs. and Star Crossed Lovers. In addition he is an adjunct faculty member of the Centenary University Theatre Department and a member of Actor's Equity Association. 

Emaline Williams is an actor & a graduate of Ohio University's BFA Performance Program. She studied Meisner, Linklater, Fitzmaurice, View Points, Michael and Anton Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Long Form Improv techniques. Her recent stage credits include Ways To Be Happy (April 2020), Turning (March 2020), The Sunshine Boys, Dracula, & *Hitler's Tasters. Her film credits include Some Space, A Thousand Words, Hunter's Weekend, Hotel and Jess Archer VS. In Addition, Emaline has professional experience in commercials, industrials, print as well as hand modeling. She is a member of the Actor's Equity Association. 

http://www.emalinewilliams.com

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Actors, Emaline Williams and Christopher J. Young share their insights into the acting process - what is it, how and why they do it? We discuss the stage, film, technique, various roles and the casting/audition process. This is the part 1 of our conversation.

Christopher J. Young is an actor and a Centenary Stage Company General manager. He earned an M.F.A. degree from the Professional Actor Training Program of Ohio University. His recent stage credits include; Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Learned Ladies, Start Down, The Nether, and Harvey, Christopher’s recent film credits include; Hunter's Weekend, My Dad and Bob Todd, Hotel, Jess Archer Vs. and Star Crossed Lovers. In addition he is an adjunct faculty member of the Centenary University Theatre Department and a member of Actor's Equity Association. 

Emaline Williams is an actor & a graduate of Ohio University's BFA Performance Program. She studied Meisner, Linklater, Fitzmaurice, View Points, Michael and Anton Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Long Form Improv techniques. Her recent stage credits include Ways To Be Happy (April 2020), Turning (March 2020), The Sunshine Boys, Dracula, & *Hitler's Tasters. Her film credits include Some Space, A Thousand Words, Hunter's Weekend, Hotel and Jess Archer VS. In Addition, Emaline has professional experience in commercials, industrials, print as well as hand modeling. She is a member of the Actor's Equity Association. 

http://www.emalinewilliams.com

@emalinewilliams

In part 2 we continue our conversation with Ken Mandel.
Ken Mandel is an Emmy Award winning and an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Great Projects Film Co.Inc. Among his many films are “The Trial of Adolf Eichmann”(Emmy Award nominee), “He Conquered Space”, a biography of German rocket engineer Wernher Von Braun for the Discovery Channel, “An Essay on Matisse”, a PBS special and an Academy Award nominee, “George Marshall and the American Century”, a documentary called by General Colin Powell "a stunningly beautiful story about a great American." (Emmy Award winner) and “America Rebuilds” - a year at ground zero. 

Ken Mandel is an Emmy Award winning and an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Great Projects Film Co.Inc. Among his many films are “The Trial of Adolf Eichmann”(Emmy Award nominee), “He Conquered Space”, a biography of German rocket engineer Wernher Von Braun for the Discovery Channel, “An Essay on Matisse”, a PBS special and an Academy Award nominee, “George Marshall and the American Century”, a documentary called by General Colin Powell "a stunningly beautiful story about a great American." (Emmy Award winner) and “America Rebuilds” - a year at ground zero. 

Jane Steuerwald is an Executive Director of the Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival. Since 1981, the Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival has been celebrating and preserving the diversity, invention, and vitality of the short film. The Festival is named after Thomas Edison's original West Orange film studio dubbed the "Black Maria" because of its resemblance to the black-box police paddy wagons of the same name. For more information and current season please visit www.blackmariafilmfestival.org

Dr. Alvaro Cunha is a linguist and a world traveler. He was born in the Amazon rainforest and lived with the Tapaywna tribe for 13 years. This is part 2 of 2.

Dr. Alvaro Cunha is a linguist and a world traveler. He was born in the Amazon rainforest and lived with the Tapaywna tribe for 13 years. This is part 1 of 2.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to fly an airplane? Maybe you wanted to become a commercial airline pilot? Captain Eric tells us how he became a pilot and what he loves about flying private charter jets. Part 2 of 2.
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