Our guest this week was Creative Producer Jonathan Lia.Jonathan's 30 year career has spanned multiple genres across various platforms. Jonathan recently produced "Fly Me to the Moon" with his producing partner Scarlett Johansson under their These Pictures banner for Apple TV+ / Sony Pictures. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson and Ray Romano.Here's the trailer to "Fly Me to the Moon" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW7enw6mFxsJonathan produced music videos that helped define the visual identities of many well-known artists such as Beyoncé, Pharrell, Madonna, Kanye West, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Adele, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Lopez. He produced Beyoncé’s "Lemonade" for HBO, "Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden" for Netflix. In 2011, he co-founded GOOD COMPANY, a bi-coastal commercial and content production company, www.goodco.tv, which he continues to oversee today. Jonathan joined forces with Scarlett Johansson in 2017 to form THESE PICTURES with the vision of bringing their unique brand of carefully curated film and TV projects to a global audience.In 2021, Jonathan produced "Game Change Game," a feature length documentary on social justice and the paradigm shifting happenings of the early 2020s as seen through the eyes of NBA players during the Covid lockdown. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.Last year, his feature film "Fly Me to the Moon" premiered worldwide theatrically and is currently streaming on Apple TV+. Jonathan just completed "Eleanor the Great," which is the directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson and stars June Squibb, Erin Kellyman and Chiwetel Ejiofor. #filmpodcasts #filminterview #filmproducers #filmbusinesscoach #documentaryfilmmakers

Our guest this week was Documentary Filmmaker Sandi DuBowski. Sandi's latest production "Sabbath Queen" was in the works for 21 years and it's not only taken film festivals around the world like Tribeca, IDFA Best of Fests, DOK Leipzig, Rio Film Festival, Palm Springs, Woodstock, Hamptons, Zurich,  and Berkeley by storm but it continues its global tour with select theatrical runs and film festival screenings.Here's the film's website complete with trailer and screening times https://www.sabbathqueen.com/

To obtain the Zoom link for upcoming live interviews, you must register at The Filmmaker's Life webpage at https://www.filmmakersuccess.com/the-filmmakers-life-homeSandi DuBowski began his foray into media work back in the 1990s with Planned Parenthood. Since then, his award-winning films have screened at Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca and Toronto, theatrically released in 150 cities, and broadcast on ZDF/Arte, BBC, Channel 4, PBS. He's the Director/Producer of "Sabbath Queen" and "Trembling Before G-D", Producer of "A Jihad for Love" and Co-Producer of "Budrus". Sandi spearheaded a groundbreaking impact campaign with the award-winning "Trembling Before G-D", personally conducting 850 live events, for over 250,000 people, which changed the lives of countless individuals, their families, and religious leaders around the world. From 2009-2016, DuBowski worked with over 125 of the world’s best social justice documentaries as the Outreach Director of Doc Society’s Good Pitch. He is Co-Founder of The Creative Resistance, a collective of media makers who create award-winning political ads and design. In 2020, he became a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He's currently touring alongside the theatrical release of his film "Sabbath Queen" and holding live Q&A sessions after the film.#independentfilmmaking #podcast #filmpodcast #queerfilm #lgbt #documentaryfilmmaker

Our guest this week was Documentary Producer/Director Christina Kiely. In her over 25 years in the industry, Christina' s worked for networks like A&E, PBS, ABC News but, currently, she's working on multiple independent projects including the feature length documentary "Coal Country' about the largest coal mining disaster in US history and its aftermath and "Strong Girls: The Sixters" a feature documentary about an all-girl Ukrainian rock band who fled the war and became anti-war

Our guest this week was faith-based filmmaker Ryan Watson. Ryan's first feature film "12 Steps to Recovery" has been making the festival circuit and has been in the running for awards, including the Christian Family Film Festival where it won the award Best Inspirational Film.Here's a link to the trailer of "12 Steps to Recovery" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK9OxR52oh0

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Ryan Watson loves watching films that change his view of the world by opening his eyes to a new aspect of life. Over the years, he's made several short films that have had life-changing effects on the audience. Reaching success for those films through awards at film festivals, gaining a following and receiving heartfelt messages regarding the impact his film's have had on people's lives, Ryan decided to take the leap of making his first feature film. "12 Steps to Recovery" has been making the festival circuit and the response to the film has been just as positive as his shorts.#filmpodcasts #filminterview #independentfilmmaking #indiefilmmakers #filmbusinesscoach #faithbasedfilm

Our guests this week was self-taught filmmaker Joy Marzec. Joy has always liked fairy tale, mythical, ghost, and surrealistic

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Our guests this week was co-producers and co-writers Hafiz Farid and Shelley Grodner Seidenstein. Who talk about their latest documentary "The Two Suns of Georgia - The Untold Story," the story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. meeting with the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. They also discuss their documentary "Maya Angelou: Reflections of a Blessed Soul," which was filmed just before her death.

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Our guest this week was film producer Ashlee Wellenreiter.

Ashlee is the co-writer/producer of the feature length documentary film "Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror," which looks at a history of horror through the black point of view and how its evolved to where it is today.

Watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmyueIwsMlo

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Ashlee Wellenreiter (nee Blackwell) is a Pennsylvania born independent scholar from the Philadelphia and Delaware County areas. She is the creator of the award nominated Graveyard Shift Sisters, a digital archive preserving the legacy of Black women in horror cinema. She is the co-writer/producer of the award-winning documentary, "Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror" and the host and writer of the Shudder podcast "Horror Noire: Uncut." She also is a podcast producer, editor, and the co-host of" Rhythm & Schooled," a history podcast miniseries about 1990s R&B with screenwriter Robin Shanea. Ashlee is currently producing a micro-budget sci-fi thriller and an adjunct professor of film and television studies who enjoys Fall weather, dachshunds, and cooking.

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Our guest this week was Anthony Hand. Anthony is a Filmmaker Success graduate who recently completed his feature length animated film "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero."

Anthony Hand is a product designer and former entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley who is leveraging his 20+ years of experience to embark on a creative journey in telling compelling stories that celebrate the LGBTQ+ experience. He previously served as President of the Board for the Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus and recently finished his first feature film, the independently produced animation "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero." Anthony looks forward to turning "Maxxie" into a series while supporting a growing number of queer films.

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Our guest this week was Marci Krown a filmmaker/actor who recently finished a feature length documentary called "The Power of Sports for Amputees." She's a graduate of Filmmaker Success and lives by the mantra, "You don't need permission to create. Look for companies, people to help you achieve your dreams and go for it."