Recap episode! Kevin and Josh dive into some of their favorite soundbites from the first 20 episodes of FGI. This episode is a great refresher on what has been talked about and what FGI is intended to be, a weekly stream of information for all filmmakers to grow and learn about the business side of the industry. This episode highlights segments from Brandon Cox, James Duke, Mike D, Nick Matthews, Cat Sullivan, Andrew Ortoski, and more.

Stu McLaughlin is a Producer and Co-Founder of Greenlit Entertainment who specializes in EPK and marketing services for the entertainment industry. He began his career as a filmmaker and over the last 15 years, has expanded into digital marketing, data analytics, and technology services. He also serves as the Director of Creative Services for Greenlit's parent company, TheRiot Agency, a post-modern growth agency that builds customer acquisition and retention programs.

Eric Johnston has over 20 years of industry sales and product management experience with some of the largest brands in the film industry including Cooke Optics, OConnor, and Arri. Eric started his career at Eastman Kodak and is an Associate Member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Mike D grew up in South Central Los Angeles and was featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary "Colors Straight Up" which followed his participation in the inner city performing arts group, Colors United. After studying film at Los Angeles Community College he landed a job at the premiere camera house, Panavision, and spent 18 years learning from their engineers on top of the line equipment. His fourth feature "BrightBurn" produced by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) released to theaters across the world Memorial Day 2019.

Kevin O'Brien was born into a nomadic military family but did most of his growing up in Virginia. Never crossing his mind that filmmaking was a career choice, smash cut to his 30's he launched a production company with the passion of "creating films that move people to live better stories." Kevin quickly became a leading creator of short films for worship communities. Little did he know the entire process of writing, producing, directing, editing, and releasing a feature film was a life-sized experiment in facing your fear.

James Duke is an accomplished filmmaker, educator, and communicator. As an independent filmmaker, James has almost twenty years of experience in film, television, and video production. His credits include writing, producing and directing over a hundred award-winning short films, documentaries, and theatrical productions.

Raised in the American South, Nicholas Matthews is a Los Angeles based cinematographer. He is known for his work on Cuck (2019), which follows an extremist loner's descent into violence, along with Japanese horror drama Makhaliss (2019) and most recently the six-part episodic Black Veil (2020). He shoots features, shorts, commercials, and music videos around the globe.

Julie Harris Walker is the SVP of West Coast Operations for GreenSlate. She has spent the last 25 years in Los Angeles, working in the entertainment industry as a Commercial Producer, Production Auditor at Disney, Production Finance Executive at HBO and The Weinstein Company, and VP of Sales for Entertainment Partners.

Justin Kucsulain is a Los Angeles actor known for his work on Homeland (2018), Sleepy Hollow (2017), Bloodline (2016), and The Walking Dead (2016). He is also black Belt in American Jiu-Jitsu as well as a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Doug Fox is the co-owner of The Power Station film studio and began his career producing and directing commercials for Saatchi and Saatchi/Toyota, Sony Music and Lava Records. Throughout Doug’s career, he has been involved in film finance, packaging and production at every stage.