Working Class Hollywood

Bill Fritz is an Executive Producer on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on Bravo. He oversees the post department which includes the Editors and Story Producers. Bill and his team take the hundreds of hours of raw footage and craft it into the compelling stories you see on television. Bill shares his story about starting in radio, writing feature films, and ultimately landing in reality TV where he has thrived for many many years. Bill is an incredibly smart and thoughtful producer, and his intelligent approach to storytelling will fascinate you regardless of what part of the business you work in. Bill is also a magician, and got me into magic so we talk a little about that too. 

Karrie Wolfe is the Executive Vice President and Head of Development at Kinetic Content, a television production company specializing in reality TV. Kinetic produces Married at First Sight and Little Women on Lifetime, Spy Games on Bravo, Man vs Bear on Discovery, the new show Love is Blind on Netflix and many more. Karrie's job is to create or find new ideas for shows and then sell them to networks. 

Karrie and I talk about how reality shows are developed and sold, what makes a good pitch, how someone who has an idea should go about getting it seen and by who. We also reminisce about our time together working at United Talent Agency a bajillion years ago. 

When Carrie was on the podcast last year she had just put notice in at a job that was making her miserable and had NO idea what she was going to do or where she was going to end up. In this follow up interview Carrie shares what she's been through since she left the corporate world and where she is now. Spoiler alert, she's MUCH happier. 

Tierney Bricker is a Features Editor at E! News Online for their television department. She writes articles about TV for a living which sounds like a pretty cool job! Tierney shares her story of how she went from being a ballsy, entitled intern to a successful reporter for one of the original entertainment reporting institutions. We also talk Vanderpump Rules as she is a superfan and had some burning questions.

Tierney References some articles she wrote which you can read here:

I Survived a Night Out With the Vanderpump Rules Cast 

Article about Parenthood Series Finale

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Doug Ross is the Founder and President of Evolution Media, one of the most prolific production companies in television. Doug and his team at Evolution produce Real Housewives of Orange County, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, Botched, Botched by Nature, Bug Juice and many more reality and non-fiction television series. Doug and I talk about the incredible journey he took from writing cue cards and shopping for groceries to leading a highly successful production company. Doug shares his advice on how to break into the entertainment industry, how to excel in entry level positions, and how to build the foundation for a long lasting career in the business. Doug tells the incredible story of how Evolution produced Big Brother season 1 on CBS, created and launched Fear Factor on NBC and then had both shows taken away. 

SEASON 1 FINALE. David Grant is the Vice President of Physical Production at Marvel Studios as well as a Co-Producer on all their films. He's worked on pretty much every Marvel movie that has come out including Iron Man, Spider Man, Black Panther, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel and Avengers. David is on the team that oversees the budgeting of the films, the hiring of the department heads and crew that make the movies, and he makes decision about where and how the films will be shot. 

Hear David's story of starting out as an unpaid intern at the Orlando Film Commission, making $50 a day on his first feature film, and then ultimately landing a full time job at one of the most successful movie studios in Hollywood.

This is the last episode of Season 1 of the podcast. I have to take a break so I can focus on production of Vanderpump Rules Season 8. I will be back with new episodes starting again in the Fall of 2019. Please SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen so you'll get alerts when I start publishing Season 2. 

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Are you working in a job that you hate, that doesn't bring you joy, but you feel trapped because you need the money or benefits you earn? My wife Carrie Smith was in that exact position and she decided to do something about it. Today's episode is a little different because Carrie doesn't work in the entertainment industry, but I think people that have ever worked in a job they don't love will relate to her story. Hear Carrie's inspiring story about how she chose to prioritize her joy and quality of life over a paycheck.

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Viet Nguyen is a television editor and director. Viet edited on shows like Party Down and iZombie before making the transition to director on shows like The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Lucifer. Viet shares the story of how he went from a nerdy, video camera obsessed teenager, to a post PA on Veronica Mars, to a working film maker in Hollywood. 

Viet's Short Film Crush The Skull

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Jason Eksuzian is a Director of Photographer and Camera Operator. He's worked on reality shows like Little People Big World, Rich Kids of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules and The Hills: New Beginnings. He also has written and directed several of his own projects. Kincaid Walker is an actress who has a recurring role on Speechless on ABC starring Minnie Driver. Kincaid also created, wrote and starred in the award winning digital series Hug It Out. 

Jason and Kincaid tell their stories of how they got into the entertainment industry, and we also discuss the short film they are producing called The Grown Up Mermaid, which is a live action spoof of Disney's The Little Mermaid. 

Here are links to The Grown Up Mermaid's IndieGoGo campaign as well as the various other projects Jason and Kincaid discuss in the episode:

Ric Schnupp is a supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer at Soundtrack New York. Ric does audio engineering, recording, and mixing for film and television. He has worked on a boat load of movies but one of his bigger, more recent credits was the Academy Award winning documentary feature Free Solo. Ric talks about mixing Free Solo alongside audio guru Tom Fleischman, and every job he's had in sound from intern, ADR, Foley, editing, mixing, to supervisor and what comes along with each position. 

Soundtrack Group Website

Ric's Impressive IMDB

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