The Filmmaker's Life Joanne Butcher

Our guest this week was documentary filmmaker Mike Camoin. Mike produces and co-produces films that focus on untold stories, such as "Benedict Arnold:Hero Betrayed," narrated by Martin Sheen; "Sallie Mae Not" the story of how the US Government set up a system of greed that gutted student loan lending of consumer protections and "The
Saratoga Battles DVD" which is a highly popular educational tool found in schools throughout the Northeast. He's currently in post-production on the documentary "Brown N White: The Heart of Bona’s Basketball", the story of the smallest NCAA college basketball program ever to reach the
Final Four.



Here's the trailer for "Sallie Mae Not"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MLOnTTRfkI and "Benedict Arnold:Hero
Betrayed" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y6GeqiOIugTo 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-Home . Enter your name and email address at the bottom right of the page to register. You will then receive a welcome email with the relevant Zoom information.Mike Camoin is a documentary filmmaker who has been in the industry for over 30 years. In 1995, Camoin led the independent film movement in northeastern New York co-founding the Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network, a salon of the Association of Independent Video and Film
(AIVF). Mike pushed for talks to fuel New York’s first Film Tax rebate program to prevent runaway productions. He studied directing with Judith Weston and has worked various roles on feature films that have screened at Cannes, Toronto and Sundance such award-winning films "As
You Are", "We the Animals", HBO Films "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" and Derek Cianfrance's "The Place Beyond the Pines" starring Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendez and Bradley Cooper. Aside from working on other people's productions he's produced and directed several documentaries of his own including "Inside the Blue Line: Leadley’s
Legacy," the story of an aging Adirondack woodsman’s hunt to preserve the wilderness which aired on PBS - NORTHEAST and Canada. In 2021, his production company, Videos For Change Productions, produced the documentary "Sallie Mae Not: Exposing America's Student Loan Scam" which won the Whistleblowers Summit & Film Festival's Audience Choice AwardMike's currently in post-production on the documentary
"Brown N White: The Heart of Bona’s Basketball" and in development of several other projects.

Our guest this week was filmmaker Tshego Molete Khanyile.

Tshego is a South African filmmaker who recently was
Executive Producer on the Female Filmmaker Programme, focusing on developing mid-career female filmmakers and producing several short film anthology slates and documentaries which are for sale on Amazon.

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-Home . Tshego is a graduate of the EAVE Producers Workshop. She began her film life working as assistant script supervisor on the film "District 9". Since then she's produced narrative and documentary short films. Currently, Tshego is in development on several feature films and high-end series.

Our guest this week was filmmaker Joshua
Caldwell. Joshua's latest film "Mending the Line" just premiered on Netflix in the #1 spot! Joshua began his feature filmmaking journey with a film he made for $6000. He talks about all of that and so much more!



To obtain the Zoom link for upcoming live interviews, you must register at The Filmmaker's Life webpage at
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Joshua has been in the industry for over 23 years as a
writer/producer/director. In 2006, his short film "Beautiful Lie" won an MTV Movie Award. His debut feature film "Layover," a French language film about a young woman stuck in Los Angeles overnight, had its World Premiere to sold out crowds at the 2014 Seattle International Film
Festival where it was nominated for the prestigious FIPRESCI New American Cinema Award. His latest film, MENDING THE LINE, stars Golden Globe Winner® Brian Cox (HBO’s “Succession”), Sinqua Walls (The Blackening, White Men Can’t Jump), Perry Mattfeld (“In The Dark”,
“Shameless”), Patricia Heaton (“The Middle”, “Everybody Loves Raymond”), and Academy Award Winner® Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans, Dances With Wolves) was distributed theatrically by Sony Pictures and is
currently on Netflix.To learn more about Joanne Butcher and her company visit https://www.filmmakersuccess.com

Our guest this week was Jimi Okubanjo. Jimi produced the documentary "Arise Firebird", which exposes the toxic
work environments, at the corporate level, senior female leaders of color often face in the workplace through her own first-hand experience, as well as through the stories of a few other women.





Here's the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcP1XnOWzW8 .




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Jimi Okubanjo has a 20-year career working in leadership roles with Global Fortune 100 corporations, delivering transformations in 14 countries and four continents with over 200 leaders. After a wide variety of traumatic experiences, which ranged from having her credentials minimized to being harassed and told that "they should have
hired a white man to do your job" and placed in physically dangerous situations; Jimi decided to take charge of her own life and use her experiences to benefit others. Jimi produced the documentary "Arise Firebird" highlighting her first-hand knowledge of what senior and experienced female leaders of color often face in the workplace. The
film being shown globally at corporations, conventions, and featured on podcasts.

Our guest this week was the award-winning, Vermont-based independent filmmaker Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas .Michael recently signed a distribution agreement for his fourth feature film the comedy/horror "The Yorkie Werewolf."




Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas is an award-winning Writer and Filmmaker with eclectic taste, and the co-founder of Vermont-based Fair Share Films. In addition to his current campy Horror/Comedy, "The Yorkie Werewolf", he
is the Writer/Director of "The Sleepless" ("Best U.S. Feature", 2020 New York Independent Cinema Awards) and "The Videoblogs" (called "a provocative indie" by RogerEbert.com).

Our guest week was award-winning filmmaker Deborah Richards. Deborah Richards recently completed her second feature film, the documentary "Shaken and Stirred. The Story of Flair Bartending " and her next film, a horror, "Scissor Mouth".Writer/director Deborah Richards has over 30 years experience as a creative visionary and storyteller, working with major brands such as EDC, Walmart, History Channel and Trufusion. She's a former bartending world champion, a
four-time regional Emmy® winner, 2022 Nevada Woman Filmmaker of the Year, dog owner, and passionate advocate for the arts.





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