One Good Take Nicholas Penrake

How do you go from being a director of photography to a successful business owner of a film production company starting from scratch? Some people say you have to be a specialist to succeed in this modern world.And there’s a lot of truth in that. But filmmaker Daniel Fazio has gone about things differently. In his own words, he’s not been amazingly successful at any one thing, but he’s been pretty damn good at a lot of things - and that’s what has enabled him to build a solid b...

How do you go from being a director of photography to a successful business owner of a film production company starting from scratch? Some people say you have to be a specialist to succeed in this modern world.And there’s a lot of truth in that. But filmmaker Daniel Fazio has gone about things differently. In his own words, he’s not been amazingly successful at any one thing, but he’s been pretty damn good at a lot of things - and that’s what has enabled him to build a solid b...

If you’re doing anything in film right now, over the past year or so, you’ve probably come across a plethora of posts and threads written by filmmakers bemoaning the broken model of independent filmmaking today. If you can even raise a budget to make a film, how do you even break even once you’ve completed it? Unless you’re friends with an A lister or B lister or your uncle’s a billionaire, you’re pretty much consigned to the graveyard of filmmakers who give up having bet their house on ...

If you’re doing anything in film right now, over the past year or so, you’ve probably come across a plethora of posts and threads written by filmmakers bemoaning the broken model of independent filmmaking today. If you can even raise a budget to make a film, how do you even break even once you’ve completed it? Unless you’re friends with an A lister or B lister or your uncle’s a billionaire, you’re pretty much consigned to the graveyard of filmmakers who give up having bet their house on ...

So you know about Ukraine, you know about Gaza, but did you know there’s an even bigger war raging in Africa? At least in terms of death toll. i'm referring to the war in the Congo. Even though millions have died and many thousands are still dying, it’s a conflict that's hardly reported. My guest for this episode is a man who set out to make a film about what’s been going on, and in so doing put an assassin’s mark on his back. Kim Yew, filmmaker and trader, talks to me about film an...

Towards the end of 2023, I got together with actor, writer/director and producer, Titus Paar. He’s the kind of guy who when faced with 100 rejections in a row will simply reach out to friends and family, pitch them his mad cap adventure and go do it anyway. It’s that can-do spirit that’s taken him from shooting on a zero budget to working with Hollywood stars. And no, he’s not based in LA, he’s based in a village in Sweden. Out in the wilderness, he says. All that wide open space keeps h...