The BraveMaker Podcast

And he won a SAG AWARD for BEST STUNTS. 

Cool story. Never give up. Wakanda forever. 

Mark is also a TARGET MODEL + RECENTLY was seen playing Basketball in a scene on SHAMELESS. 

Find him on IG:

https://www.instagram.com/marquillis33/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/marquillis33

Currently  (as of Nov 2019) Sullivan is in NYC in SLAVE PLAY but he's originally from the Bay Area! You can also find him on: Wu Tang: An American Saga.

Follow him on the Socials: 

Twitter

https://twitter.com/_SullyJones 

+ https://twitter.com/SlavePlayBway

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_sullivanjones_/ 

+ https://www.instagram.com/slaveplaybway/

Friendly, witty and British--this is: Adam Campbell. 

You might have seen him on a show called GREAT NEWS playing Greg, the young executive producer of the cable news show "The Breakdown."  It did two seasons on NBC and now can be streamed on Netflix. 

Or you might have seen him in an episode of Drunk History. 

Or you might have met him at the SAG AWARDS (That was me, Tony).  He's now voicing a character in the new animated film I'm working on called: PICCOLO. 

Enjoy our conversation. 

Adam tweets to his six friends every leap year (let's help him grow his followers). 

https://twitter.com/AdamCampbelly

From LOS ANGELES--

Tony and Loretta have worked together before on 1440 and Counting and Neighbor (Tony's two short films available on Amazon Prime).

While on set recording voice-over for a new animated project called PICCOLO, they sat down and chatted about Loretta's career from four years on Broadway in Dream Girls, to winning in an Emmy for Grey's Anatomy as well her live performance in Los Angeles happening this week. They also reflected on their first meeting at the airport in San Francisco. 

Loretta is the best. 

Follow her on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/lodivadevine/

And binge her show FAMILY REUNION ON NETFLIX

or catch her on this season of Black-ish on ABC. 

Actress Izabella Alvarez is a rising Latina star (according to the LA Times). 

She's had roles in:

Shameless. 

Westworld.

Splitting Up Together (and more)... AND had a leading role in one of BraveMaker's favorite feature films: COLLISIONS!

Now she's voicing the lead character RONNIE ANNE SANTIAGO in Nickelodeon's THE CASAGRANDES. (and she's only 15 years old!). 

Congratulations to this brave talent!

Find her on all the socials:

https://www.instagram.com/izabellaalvarez/

https://twitter.com/izabellaalvarez

Her show:

https://www.instagram.com/thecasagrandes/

Liz Manashil is straight up filmmaker GOLD. 

Podcast co-host of MAKING MOVIES IS HARD + writer/director of two feature films: Bread and Butter and now Speed of Life (screening Thursday November 14th in Redwood City)--(and new mom of baby boy)--- Liz Keeps it real. Take a listen to her process of making micro-budget films, casting diverse body shapes, and creating a canon of 5-6 films she's proud of (before she dies!). 

Tickets here to see her DAVID BOWIE inspired sci-film in Redwood City: https://bravespeedoflifemaker.eventbrite.com

SPEED OF LIFE

IG

https://www.instagram.com/lizmanashil/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/LizManashil

Producer of the now released film: JINN + upcoming HOSEA

http://www.azuspeak.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/azuspeak/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/azuspeak

Forgiveness is NOT a weapon.

Connect with Jelani here:

https://www.facebook.com/jelani.greenidge

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jelanignatural/

https://jelanigreenidge.com/

College friend Jelani Greenidge recently wrote on article on the now viral hug + forgiveness of Brandt Jean + Amber Guyger. 

Read his article here:

https://medium.com/@jelanigreenidge/forgiveness-is-a-gift-dont-turn-it-into-a-weapon-982a82a8e42e

They say write what you know. I (Tony) know the church world. I've had this unique perspective being both an ordained pastor and filmmaker. I love it and I often roll my eyes at it. I have to poke fun at myself and the institution that I have been a part of for most of my life. It formed me and messed me up. We have good hearts, but we are also ridiculously stubborn, privileged, irrelevant, offensive, racist, power hungry, awkward and down right wrong. (If we would only admit it we might be able to do more good in the world, which is why most of us pastors get into the "biz" to begin with. Oh well, it's been good fodder for my screenwriting. I still believe in the church and value my faith in God...but I also think we need to laugh and pick it apart. So...Here ya go. 

Let me know what you think. Want to help me produce it? 

Email [email protected]

From BraveMaker correspondent Irving Ruan:

I had a super energizing interview with Jeremy. We talked about his  experience at art school, how much he struggled to make ends meet as an  artist when he first moved to New York (e.g. sitting on top of a milk  crate and using a table left on the sidewalk for his studio), and his  beginnings submitting cartoons to The New Yorker magazine.

In  short, we went deep on the artistic journey and how he dealt with an  avalanche of rejections. 

His Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremywins

His Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jeremywins

His website: https://www.jeremywinslife.com

His Waldo cartoon that we talked about at the end: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9ryh_ncPK/