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Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriters and filmmakers alike about their creative process!

The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith Jeff Goldsmith

    • TV & Film
    • 4.8 • 103 Ratings

Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriters and filmmakers alike about their creative process!

    Backstory Magazine's Oscars Roundtable Chat

    Backstory Magazine's Oscars Roundtable Chat

    Host Jeff Goldsmith chats with Backstory Magazine journalists; Claude Chung, Jeff Bond, Danny Munso and James White about the 2024 Oscars. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net

    Red Right Hand Q&A - Eshom & Ian Nelms

    Red Right Hand Q&A - Eshom & Ian Nelms

    Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-directors Eshom and Ian Nelms about their film Red Right Hand. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net

    The 16th Annual Screenwriting Nominees Q&A

    The 16th Annual Screenwriting Nominees Q&A

    Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews Cord Jefferson, Arthur Harari, David Hemingson, Josh Singer, Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik, Celine Song and Tony McNamara about their Oscar nominated screenplays. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net

    Amélie Q&A - Jean-Pierre Jeunet

    Amélie Q&A - Jean-Pierre Jeunet

    Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-writer and director Jean-Pierre Jeunet about his classic film Amélie. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net

    Air Q&A - Alex Convery

    Air Q&A - Alex Convery

    Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriter Alex Convery about his debut film - Air. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2023. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net

    Suitable Flesh Q&A - Joe Lynch

    Suitable Flesh Q&A - Joe Lynch

    Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews director Joe Lynch about his new film - Suitable Flesh. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2023. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
103 Ratings

103 Ratings

Adamethancrow ,

A totally stellar podcast.

This is film school for the folks that missed lectures and asked a buddy to take notes. Great interviews and always entertaining.
As a filmmaker I find this podcast an essential tool to my progression in the industry. The insight I’ve gleaned from listening to the show has spurred me on and stories of woe advised me of pitfalls.

Adam Ethan Crow
Writer/director of the 2020 movie ‘Lair.’

needlemind ,

Informative and fun

If you are interested in the art and craft of visual storytelling in any way then this podcast is for you.

The interviews are very enlightening, I find learning about movies from a screenwriter’s perspective offers an often unheard angle. Well done for shedding light on something that many just take for granted.

laiscattassini ,

A lot to improve

As much as I love listening to writers talk about what they do, this podcast annoys me a bit...

Jeff Goldsmith asks the same questions, no matter who he’s interviewing. Sometimes he has interviewed the person before, but still asks the same questions he did 2 years ago.

His determination to stick to he same questions even interrupts the flow of thought of his interviewees and can drift them away from an interest response.

Also, the ads fro Backstory are super long. We get it, you have a magazine, but do you need to talk about it for that long? And in the middle of the interview?

I recommend this podcast for anyone interested in cinema. I think there’s no better insight into the writing process. But I would also recommend Jeff Goldsmith to reconsider his advertising methods and maybe think a bit about interview techniques.

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