Welcome To a Documentary Life with Charlie Spickler

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A Documentary Life is a video podcast hosted by award-winning PBS documentary filmmaker Charlie Spickler. From road trips, interviews, ethics, gear, editing, and access, to the chaos and reality of independent filmmaking, this is an honest look at what documentary filmmaking actually looks like behind the scenes. Part field notes, part war stories, and part master class in surviving the creative life — powered by coffee, sarcasm, existential dread, and large dose of Gen-X irony.

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  1. Welcome to a Documentary Life with Charlie Spickler Episode #4

    5d ago

    Welcome to a Documentary Life with Charlie Spickler Episode #4

    Welcome to a Documentary Life with Charlie Spickler Powered by Dunkin, Deadlines, Dry wit and EV Charging stations that work .. Occasionally.  Welcome to our listeners on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcast. For those of you on YouTube you can see my smiling face and those of you on Spotify and Apple podcast you get to hear my melodic tones.  Question? Do you need a $20,000 camera package to make a documentary? No.  Do you need reliable tools that disappear into your workflow?  Absolutely. Welcome to Episode number 4.  In this episode we are going to break down the reality of documentary gear, from cameras and lenses to bags, batteries, audio, and surviving airport security with your sanity intact.

    14 min

  2. Jun 29

    Welcome to a Documentary Life with Charlie Spickler -Episode 3

    20 jobs disguised as one. The reality of Documentary filmmaking is that it's not just one job its 20 jobs masquerading as one. In this episode we will get into Development and Preproduction as it pertains to Doc filmmaking - come on along!!

    45 min
  3. Welcome to A Documentary Life With Charlie Spickler - Episode 2

    May 13

    Welcome to A Documentary Life With Charlie Spickler - Episode 2

    This Episode is powered by coffee, insomnia, ho-ho's and a deep well of Gen-X irony A documentary idea is easy. Access is everything. In this episode, Charlie breaks down the difference between having a subject and having a film. From relationship building to trust, this is a real-world look at how documentaries actually begin—and why most never make it past development.

    33 min

  4. May 13

    Welcome To Documentary life - With Charlie Spickler -Episode 1

    A documentary idea is easy. Access is everything. In this episode, Charlie breaks down the difference between having a subject and having a film. From relationship building to trust, this is a real-world look at how documentaries actually begin—and why most never make it past development

    27 min
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A Documentary Life is a video podcast hosted by award-winning PBS documentary filmmaker Charlie Spickler. From road trips, interviews, ethics, gear, editing, and access, to the chaos and reality of independent filmmaking, this is an honest look at what documentary filmmaking actually looks like behind the scenes. Part field notes, part war stories, and part master class in surviving the creative life — powered by coffee, sarcasm, existential dread, and large dose of Gen-X irony.

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