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My guest is Louis Bravo. He's a talented young man who has been now editing for the past ten years, and before that was an AE and a visual effects editor. Louis has a wonderful story with a few twists and turns on his way to his current career. Also, he's an all around good guy! Enjoy...

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Jamal has spent the last nine years working with big names and big names to be, helping to craft unique and memorable stories executing the production process from end to end. His experience spans working with studios and networks, producing and directing indie shorts, producing feature films, and creating IP in comic books and other mediums.

Before this, he worked in higher education as an academic advisor. Here, he learned how to guide those still trying to figure things out and coach them along.

In his personal quest to find and develop new creative voices and stories, he has started two ventures, Same But Different and Between The Page. These projects were designed to share new stories that connect with audiences.

Jamal fundamentally believes that every person’s story should be heard and shared, that within each of our journeys, there are nuggets of gold that can connect and ignite others.

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Jacqueline Basse is an editor in New York City. Originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, she graduated from Tisch School of Arts at NYU. Her eight year career in post production includes working for Netflix, HBO, Travel Channel, and Investigation Discovery. She has worked as an assistant editor on Spike Lee’s Netflix series adaptation of, She’s Gotta Have It, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte's feature film Dreamland, and is currently assisting on Gossip Girl for HBOMax. Having finished editing her first feature, Friday Afternoon— filmmaker Paige Campbell's debut film, as well as productions such as Katie Benvenuto's Inconvenienced and Meghan Ross' An Uncomfortable Woman, Jacqueline (or Jackie for short!) hopes to continue working on projects that amplify and demonstrate the need for diverse voices in all corners of the industry.

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Barrie Wise is a motion picture editor, working more than 20 years in the entertainment industry, collaborating with a multitude of talented individuals. After graduating from the University of Southern California School of Cinema Television, he spent the first 15 years of his career on the global hit television series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Under the mentorship of editor turned director, Alec Smight, he quickly worked his way up the ladder to senior editor on the show. Since then, he has cut for several acclaimed series including Gotham and Pennyworth as well as many short films. His credits also include music videos for Black Sabbath and John Mayer as well as some commercial and nonprofit work.
Barrie is a wonderful editor and an all around cool guy, with a terrific story to share.

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Angelita Esperanza is my guest, she is an Actor, Director and Producer who divides her time between Los Angeles and New York City. She has worked on major network shows including Tommy and Instinct on CBS, Quantico on ABC and Crossbones on NBC. Recent acting credits include Criminal Minds on CBS and The Blacklist on NBC. She’s currently an associate producer on the HBOMAX series Gossip Girl

She earned her BA in Television Production from Loyola Marymount University and trained at Circle in the Square's Theatre School in New York City.

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Beth Reiter joins me to discuss her career as an agent for The Mirisch Agency, and the road she has traveled to get there. Her career path has covered lots of ground and it's a fascinating story, enjoy!

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My son Danny joins me. Danny Smight is an NY-based producer / editor who studiedFilm and TV Production at UCLA. He has spent the past eight years creating a wide variety of video content and wearing a multitude of hats along the way. Danny is also an avid cinephile with far too many Blu-rays to prove it.

Check him out @ dannysmight.com

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My guest is editor, and ACE award winner for Ted Lasso, Melissa McCoy, here to discuss her pathway to the editor's chair. A Chapman University film school and Michigan native, Melissa has a wonderful journey to share with us.

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My guest is David Loughery, an American screenwriter and producer. Born in Chicago, he attended Ball State University and the University of Iowa where he was a member of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. His first produced screenplay was Dreamscape in 1984. It marked his first collaboration with director Joseph Ruben for whom Loughery has written or rewritten several films including The Stepfather, The Good Son and Money Train. Additional screenplays include Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Flashback, Passenger 57, The Three Musketeers, Lakeview Terrace, Obsessed, The Intruder and most recently, Fatale.