371 episodes
The Filmmakers Podcast Giles Alderson
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4.8 • 53 Ratings
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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), Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar (Wolves of War), Tori & Matthew Butler-Hart (Two Down), Phil Hawkins (Prancer: A Christmas Tale), Stephen Follows (Film Data Analyst), Christian James (Fanged Up), Andy Rodger (Three Day Millionaire) and many others explore the world behind-the-scenes of making films and TV, talking to the actors, writers, directors and producers who make them!
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The true story behind Netflix' SCOOP with Philip Martin, Sam McAlister, Rufus Sewell & Keeley Hawes
Today, on the show host Dom Lenoir welcomes not only one, not two or three, but four lovely guests: Philip Martin, Sam McAlister, Rufus Sewell & Keeley Hawes. They talk all about the making of the new Netflix film Scoop (2024):
directing a movie based on true events
writing a book based on your life
preparing to play real-life people who are still alive
filmmaking tips & tricks and much more!
SCOOP is out on Netflix now! | TRAILER
How the BBC obtained the bombshell interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
LINKS
Check out the YES SHE CANNES workshop and get 20% off with the code “FILMPOD”
Or check out Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart’s DAGR
GIVEAWAY
Get a FREE copy of the excellent Shotlister App. Just download the App using this link and you can get Shotlister App now (usually $99). Only 100 copies are available so be quick and GET IT NOW! They need to be redeemed on an iPhone or iPad. But once redeemed Pro will also work on the Mac. shotlister.com/filmmakerspod
PODCAST MERCH
Get your very own Tees, Hoodies, onset water bottles, mugs and more MERCH. https://my-store-11604768.creator-spring.com/
COURSES
Want to learn how to finish your film? Take our POST PRODUCTION COURSE
https://cuttingroom.info/post-production-demystified/
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J
Monroe
Karen
Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on filmmaking? Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides, and feedback on your film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive on how to make films at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Edited by @tobiasvees
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
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How to Make a Micro Budget i-Phone Found Footage Indie Movie (Dagr) with Tori & Matthew Butler Hart
Filmmakers Tori Butler Hart & Matthew Butler Hart join us this week to chat about thier Making their Found Footage Indie Movie Dagr.
The filmmakers behind Two Down, The Isle and Infinitum: Subject Unknown chat with Giles Alderson and Phil Hawkins about why they wanted to make another movie on an i-phone, why found footage and how they created another hit movie.
They also discuss:
How they found their location before they had written the script.
Why they got their actors to be their crew.
Found Footage tricks and tips
What Apps and filters their used to elevate their film.
Budget, casting and why you need good sound.
We discuss acting and producing with Tori and Directing with Matt.
Why they had a Q&A cinema run and why you should do it too!
WATCH Dagr is OUT now on Apple, Prime and all other good and evil streaming services.
BUY Tori and Matt's Book on Filmmaking.
Fizz and Ginger Films https://www.fizzandgingerfilms.co.uk/films
LINKS
Check out the YES SHE CANNES workshop and get 20% off with the code “FILMPOD”
Check out Terri Dwyer’s latest film BOLANS SHOES
Check out Giles Alderson’s new documentary ALL TOWN AREN’T WE
Check out Andrew Rodger’s latest film NO WAY UP
PODCAST MERCH
Get your very own Tees, Hoodies, onset water bottles, mugs and more MERCH. https://my-store-11604768.creator-spring.com/
COURSES
Want to learn how to finish your film? Take our POST PRODUCTION COURSE
https://cuttingroom.info/post-production-demystified/
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J Monroe
Karen Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your
film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive on how to make films at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
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Tye Sheridan - Actor and Producer - Asphalt City, Ready Player One, Mud & Tree of Life
Actor and Producer Tye Sheridan, Asphalt City, Ready Player One, Mud & Tree of Life joins us to chat his career, stepping up to produce and working with a whole host of talents including Stephen Spielberg, Terence Malick and Sean Penn.
Tye chats to Dom Lenoir about:
His journey as an actor.
Auditions and nearly quitting.
Breaking through with Tree of Life and Mud.
Working with Spielberg on Ready Player One.
Setting up his Production Company Dogwood Pictures
Creating his AI film tech firm Wonder Dynamics & Wonder Studio to help indie filmmakers.
Making Asphalt City in 20 days, getting Sean Penn to star and going deep into prep and on set.
Asphalt City is OUT NOW in cinemas!
LINKS
Check out the YES SHE CANNES workshop and get 20% off with the code “FILMPOD”
Check out Terri Dwyer’s latest film BOLANS SHOES
Check out Giles Alderson’s new documentary ALL TOWN AREN’T WE
Check out Andrew Rodger’s latest film NO WAY UP
Or check out Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart’s DAGR
GIVEAWAY
Get a FREE copy of the excellent Shotlister App. Just download the App using this link and
you can get Shotlister App now (usually $99). Only 100 copies are
available so be quick and GET IT NOW! They need to be redeemed on an
iPhone or iPad. But once redeemed Pro will also work on the Mac. shotlister.com/filmmakerspod
PODCAST MERCH
Get your very own Tees, Hoodies, onset water bottles, mugs and more MERCH. https://my-store-11604768.creator-spring.com/
COURSES
Want to learn how to finish your film? Take our POST PRODUCTION COURSE
https://cuttingroom.info/post-production-demystified/
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J Monroe
Karen Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your
film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive on how to make films at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
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The Beekeeper director David Ayer on making blockbuster movies such as Fury, End of Watch & Suicide Squad
David Ayer is a writer, director and producer of numerous blockbuster films starring Hollywood actors such as Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Jake Gyllenhaal, and many more. During his press tour for The Beekeeper, host Dom Lenoir had the opportunity to sit down with him and have a nice chat about
working with Jason Statham
the beginning of his career
the importance of knowing how to story
directing & producing The Beekeeper
the magic of working with UK crews
And stick around after the conversation as Giles Alderson and Dom discuss their latest insights from working on set!
THE BEEKEEPER is out now! | TRAILER
LINKS
Check out the YES SHE CANNES workshop and get 20% off with the code "FILMPOD”
Check out Terri Dwyer’s latest film BOLANS SHOES
Check out Giles Alderson’s new documentary ALL TOWN AREN’T WE
Check out Andrew Rodger’s latest film NO WAY UP
Or check out Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart’s DAGR
GIVEAWAY
Get a FREE copy of the excellent Shotlister App. Just download the App using this link and you can get Shotlister App now (usually $99). Only 100 copies are available so be quick and GET IT NOW! They need to be redeemed on an iPhone or iPad. But once redeemed Pro will also work on the Mac. shotlister.com/filmmakerspod
PODCAST MERCH
Get your very own Tees, Hoodies, onset water bottles, mugs and more MERCH. https://my-store-11604768.creator-spring.com/
COURSES
Want to learn how to finish your film? Take our POST PRODUCTION COURSE
https://cuttingroom.info/post-production-demystified/
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J
Monroe
Karen
Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on filmmaking?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your
film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive on how to make films at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Edited by @tobiasvees
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
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POOR THINGS: making a Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar-winning film with producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar-winning Poor Things (2023) starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo and many more, currently excites audiences around the globe. Today, producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe from Element Pictures come on to our show to chat with primo-host Dom Lenoir about
working Yorgos Lanthimos
making Poor Things
running a successful production company
tax credit in Hungary
what project they are looking for
tips & tricks for young filmmakers
POOR THINGS is out now! | TRAILER
LINKS
Check out Giles Alderson’s new documentary ALL TOWN AREN’T WE
Check out Andrew Rodger’s latest film NO WAY UP
Or check out Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart’s DAGR
GIVEAWAY
Get a FREE copy of the excellent Shotlister App. Just download the App using this link and you can get Shotlister App now (usually $99). Only 100 copies are available so be quick and GET IT NOW!
They need to be redeemed on an iPhone or iPad. But once redeemed Pro will also work on the Mac. shotlister.com/filmmakerspod
PODCAST MERCH
Get your very own Tees, Hoodies, onset water bottles, mugs and more MERCH. https://my-store-11604768.creator-spring.com/
COURSES
Want to learn how to finish your film? Take our POST-PRODUCTION COURSE
https://cuttingroom.info/post-production-demystified/
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J
Monroe
Karen
Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on filmmaking?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your
film projects!
SUPPORT
THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive on how to make films at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Edited by @tobiasvees
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
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UK film tax relief explained with Sam Ampah & director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo discusses Netflix’s Damsel
On today’s show, we welcome you two to join us not in one but in two lovely conversations. In our first chat, Sam Ampah explains the new UK film tax relief to our hosts Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir.
And in our second one, we have Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, director of Netflix’s Damsel (2024), starring Millie Bobby Brown, Robin Wright, and Angela Bassett, talking about:
directing Millie Bobby Brown
overcoming fears
working with Netflix
DAMSEL is out on Netflix now! | TRAILER
Alliotts Accountants https://www.alliotts.com/
LINKS
Check out Giles Alderson’s new documentary ALL TOWN AREN’T WE
Check out Andrew Rodger’s latest film NO WAY UP
Or check out Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart’s DAGR
GIVEAWAY
Get a FREE copy of the excellent Shotlister App. Just download the App using this link and you can get Shotlister App now (usually $99). Only 100 copies are available so be quick and GET IT NOW!
They need to be redeemed on an iPhone or iPad. But once redeemed Pro will also work on the Mac. shotlister.com/filmmakerspod
PODCAST MERCH
Get your very own Tees, Hoodies, onset water bottles, mugs and more MERCH. https://my-store-11604768.creator-spring.com/
COURSES
Want to learn how to finish your film? Take our POST PRODUCTION COURSE
https://cuttingroom.info/post-production-demystified/
PATREON
Big thank you to:
Serena Gardner
Mark Hammett
Lee Hutchings
Marli J Monroe
Karen Newman
Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on filmmaking?
Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your
film projects!
SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Check out our full episode archive on how to make films at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com
CREDITS
The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson
Edited by @tobiasvees
Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative
Theme Music by John J. Harvey
Learn more about your ad choices.
Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Customer Reviews
Great guests and solid filmmaking advice
This podcast is really inspiring! I love how Giles and the other hosts speak from a place of experience because they are making indie movies as well. It’s like listening to a great lecture at film school with lots of actionable advice.
Fun and informative
They have amazing guests, provide straightforward, helpful information, and they make you laugh.
Best filmmaking podcast there is!
In an industry with a lot of ego and rejection, Giles and his crew are full of positivity and motivation that you can actually go out and make your movie or write your script. A true nice guy, Giles always keeps the conversation lively and brings a diverse group of guests to touch on every point of filmmaking and screenwriting. Whether you are a novice with a dream or have already worked in the business, you will truly enjoy this podcast!