A podcast about how to make film and TV by filmmakers who actually make them. Interviewing guests from the film-making world from Indie film to Hollywood and everything in between. Hosts Giles Alderson (The Dare), Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar (Knights of Camelot), Christian James (Fanged Up) & Andy Rodger (World of Darkness), Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) and many others.
Episodes
Monday Nov 13, 2017
Monday Nov 13, 2017
We had a fantastic chat with acting legend Mark Strong about working with such acclaimed directors such as Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie, Matthew Vaughn, Peter Weir and Ridley Scott, How you should behave on set and how directors should work with actors, He talks about Kingsman and Kick Ass, Why he plays baddies, His great movie deaths, Working with DiCaprio, His new film Shazam and his failed audition for a Bond film.
Links
www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com @filmmakerspod
Giles Alderson Twitter @gileasalderson www.directedbygiles.com @thedaremovie
Dan Richardson Twitter @dan710ths www.facebook/danrichardson
Recorded at Voice Over Soho www.voiceoversoho.co.uk
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Giles Alderson and Christian James chat to The Stolen team, Emily Corcoran, Gillian MacGregor and Niall Johnson about their journeys in film-making. Making a film on your credit card, How to keep getting work after your first film, Have your film play every year by setting it at Christmas, Producers Reps, Agents and managers, how to create a career as a film-maker and why you should always have another script ready. Oh and Giles and Gillian discuss the story of how they worked on the Oscar winning Gravity.
Links:
The Stolen: https://thestolenmovie.com/
Cork Films https://www.corkfilms.co.uk/
Twitter: @emilycorc @GillyMacg @NiallJohnson
www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com @filmmakerspod
Giles Alderson @gileasalderson www.directedbygiles.com @thedaremovie
Christian James @CJamesDirect
Recorded at Voice Over Soho https://www.voiceoversoho.co.uk/
Monday Nov 06, 2017
Monday Nov 06, 2017
How to Make an Indie Western in New Zealand with the team behind The Stolen, Emily Corcoran, Gillian MacGregor and Niall Johnson. Chatting about how they made their film. Why it can be hard raising finance with a female in the lead role. Acting and Producing at the same time, Trusting your team and working with named actors.
Links:
The Stolen: https://thestolenmovie.com/
Cork Films https://www.corkfilms.co.uk/
Twitter: @emilycorc @GillyMacg @NiallJohnson
www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com @filmmakerspod
Giles Alderson @gileasalderson www.directedbygiles.com
Christian James @CJamesDirect
Recorded at Voice Over Soho https://www.voiceoversoho.co.uk/
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
How to make an ACTION film that sells. We chat to Aux director John Adams and Vengeance director Ross Boyask, who run Evolutionary films all about making films, why filmmakers should be aware of how to sell and market their film before filming, tips on action film making, working with actors, editing, raising funds, business models, having lunch with Spielberg and Hanks and re-defining your script.
Links:
AUX trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enhVHTrTSmo – AUX is released in the UK @ShowcaseCinemas from 10th Nov2017.
VENGEANCE is screening on 11th November 2017 in NY
www.evolutionaryfilms.com/portfolio/aux
Giles Alderson – Twitter @GilesAlderson www.directedbygiles.com
Dan Richardson – Twitter @Dan710ths
The Dare – Twittter @TheDareMovie
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Gene Fallaize and Tony Cook chat with Giles Alderson about making fan film Superman: Requiem, Getting 30 million You Tube hits, Dealing with Warner Bros and real fans of Superman, How to get people to work with you on your projects and they discuss their new horror film Cain Hill starring Michael Parr, Tony Cook, Phil Martin, Alex Zane, Hannah Jacobs and Gemma Atkinson released on 27/10/17
Links
PRE ORDER/BUY Cain Hill – amzn.to/2ipNfl4
WATCH Superman: Requiem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLB3mK_t9kE
Gene Fallaize – Twitter @genefallaize http://www.cupsoguepictures.com/
Tony Cook – Twitter @TonyC86
Giles Alderson – Twitter @GilesAlderson www.directedbygiles.com
Cain Hill – Twitter @CainHillMovie
The Dare – Twittter @TheDareMovie
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Director Phil Hawkins joins us to chat about the difference between Commercials and Feature Films, Working with HORROR LEGEND Freddy Kreuger himself, Robert Englund on his written feature The Last Showing, Directing feature film Being Sold in 2 days, how Cannes can be a waste of time, working with camera cranes and pitching for projects. Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Dan Richardson (Retribution) host.
Links:
Phil Hakwins – Website: http://www.philm.co.uk/home/ Twitter: philmblog
Giles Alderson www.directedbygiles.com Twitter: @GilesAlderson
Dan Richardson @dan710ths
www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com
@FilmmakersPod
facebook/thefilmmakerspodcast
@TheDareMovie
@TheLastShowing
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Andy Briggs talks to Giles Alderson about writing Judge Dredd, working with Stan Lee, working on Aquaman, writing horror mashup Freddy Vs Jason, Legendary with Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren, Supervised with Tom Berenger and Beau Bridges, his latest film Crowhurst and being up against Colin Firth’s film of the same name & writers block and how to over come it.
Links:
Andy Briggs http://www.andybriggs.co.uk/
Twitter: @abriggswriter
Giles Alderson www.directedbygiles.com
Twitter: @GilesAlderson
www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com
@FilmmakersPod
facebook/thefilmmakerspodcast
@TheDareMovie
Monday Oct 02, 2017
Monday Oct 02, 2017
THE LOW DOWN ON PICKUPS, AIDAN GILLEN AND FILMMAKING TIPS WITH JAMIE THRAVES & PHIL BOWMAN
Director and producer team Jamie Thraves & Phil Bowman chat about working with Aidan Gillen, making their new feature film Pickups documentary style, Re-mortgaging your house to make feature film Treacle Jnr. Getting into Sundance with The Low Down, Working with Julia Styles and Paddy Considine on Cry of the Owl and the disappointments & hardships of filmmaking in Hollywood. Giles Alderson and Dan Richardson are your hosts.
Tickets to ‘Pickups’ at the London Film Festival at the BFI in London on 8th & 12th Oct 2017: www.bfi.org.uk/lff
Links:
www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com
@filmmakerspod
Guests
Jamie Thraves @Jamiethraves
Phil Bowman @philbowman
Hosts
Giles Alderson www.directedbygiles.com @gilesalderson
Dan Richardson https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=dan%20richardson @Dan710ths
@thedaremovie
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
WORKING FOR DISNEY, GETTING YOUR FIRST JOB AND BEING AN ACTOR
This week Giles Alderson (The Dare) and Andrew Rodger (World of Darkness) chat to regular co host Dan Richardson about his start as an actor, acting in The Harsh Light of Day, Disney’s The Lodge, Filmmaking and producing on Benchmark and Retribution and how he has been saving Romanian dogs.
Film Links:
Taken: https://vimeo.com/30147366
Benchmark: https://vimeo.com/125813321
The Harsh Light of Day https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/the-harsh-light-of-day/id587293351
Retribution https://www.amazon.com/Retribution-Dan-Richardson/dp/B075C4X2GQ
Links:
www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com
@filmmakerspod
www.directedbygiles.com
@gilesalderson
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=dan%20richardson
@Dan710ths
www.35mmdop.com
@35mmdop
@thedaremovie
Thanks to: Jason at The Silver Scoring Collective http://thesilverscoringcollective.com/
Monday Sep 18, 2017
Monday Sep 18, 2017
WINNING AN OSCAR FOR GRAVITY. Mark Sanger joins us to discuss how he edited Gravity and Transformers and win an Oscar while doing it. Working with directors Michael Bay and Alfonso Cuaron. How to get your first job in film, some incredible advice and other film-making tips and tricks. Plus how and why is Giles’ DNA actually in Gravity? With your hosts Giles Alderson & Christian James.
Links:
www.thefilmmakerspodcast.com
@filmmakerspod
www.directedbygiles.com
@gilesalderson
http://www.cjdirector.com/
@cjamesdirect
Mark Sanger
@BlueTrundle
Recorded at Just Voices Studio
www.justvoicesagency.com