No Set Path: Entertainment Break-In Stories

Rebecca Doyle
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  • FILM INTERVIEWS
  • UPDATED BIWEEKLY

No Set Path is a biweekly podcast exploring how to succeed in film & TV by talking to people who have actually done it.

  1. 5D AGO

    65 - Industry Jobs in 2026 - Hollywood x Creator Economy

    With the Oscars broadcast headed to YouTube, studios including Fox hiring Head of Creator Studio, and YouTube surpassing Netflix to become the most watched streamer on TVs - where are the jobs headed in an industry that seems to be scaling back? The good news: there is one accessible sector that's growing, and may be replacing the bottom of the pyramid of traditional media. KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com www.bio.site/NoSetPath

    56 min

  2. DEC 5

    64 - Spotify Wrapped for No Set Path!

    KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow bio.site/NoSetPath www.NoSetPathShow.com

    6 min

  3. OCT 30

    63 - Directing an Indie Theatrical Release with Spencer King (The Wilderness, Time Now, Nickels)

    Today we get into how a film can land theatrical distribution without festival circuit buzz; how to leverage existing relationships into building a crew, cast, and distributors on your team; and how a cold email landed a distributor for two of his feature films. TICKETS FOR “THE WILDERNESS”: https://www.fandango.com/the-wilderness-2025-242791/movie-overview KEEP UP WITH SPENCER:  IG: @spencereking / @thewildernessmovie  KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW:  All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow  www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/NoSetPath

    49 min

  4. OCT 16

    62 - Hope After Projects Fall Apart!

    KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: @NoSetPathShow bio.site/NoSetPath

    33 min

  5. OCT 2

    61 - Directing a Wide Theatrical Horror with Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Bone Lake)

    Today we are getting into how to avoid stagnance when waiting for feature films to go, how to find representation that aligns with who you are as an artist and the most surprising things from directing three horror thriller features. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 1:35 - Getting brought on to Bone Lake from an open directing assignment  3:00 - LD Entertainment 4:20 - Shooting in LA vs. Georgia vs. Canada 6:35 - Viral chess board shot  7:30 - Projects Mercedes’ agents sent her when they first signed her vs. now - elevated, surrealist, erotic horrors  9:10 - Upcoming features & how to play the movie stock market during the long process of getting projects off the ground  11:15 - Working on commercials 12:30 - Making previous features Fixation and Spoonful of Sugar with covid impact  15:15 - the unexpected positive outcomes of a storm preventing shooting the final scene of Bone Lake 17:00 - Art department chopping shrubbery down from the hotel as set dec  20:20 - Meeting long-term collaborators at USC (and cutting class to work on projects) 21:45 - Should you go to film school?  25:46 - Signing with a manager & an agent (UTA) 31:45 - How to finance a feature 35:30 - Advice for younger filmmakers + background in producing  37:30 - Working director vs. “selling out” 39:40 - Mercedes’ interest in filmmaking as a kid  42:49 - How living situations impact creativity  43:44 - How to persevere when you want to give up 48:59 - Thoughts on social media  51:55 - TIME CAPSULE KEEP UP WITH MERCEDES: Buy tickets for "Bone Lake": www.bleeckerstreetmedia.com/bone-lake Follow Mercedes on IG: @mercedesbrycemorgan Follow Bone Lake on IG: @bonelakefilm KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow bio.site/NoSetPath www.NoSetPathShow.com

    1h 8m

  6. SEP 18

    60 - Craziest Diva on Set Stories w/ Becca Mann

    KEEP UP WITH BECCA: TikTok: @beccawmann IG: @becca__mann Becca's Books: https://www.becca-mann.com/books KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/nosetpath

    58 min

  7. SEP 5

    59 - Landing an Open Directing Assignment with Evan B. Matthews

    Evan B. Matthews is an LA-based director whose feature directorial debut “Motherland” comes out this month, we’re recording in September 2025, in both theaters and VOD. Evan got his start under Mark Burnett, working on shows including Survivor, The Apprentice, An Inconvenient Truth, and The Hollow, among others; going on to produce the MTV Movie Awards.  Today we get into how Evan went from meeting with an executive to landing his first feature film directing job in just one week, what he focused on during his pitch for this open directing assignment, and how to pivot out of reality-focused projects when pigeonholed and be taken seriously as a narrative director. KEEP UP WITH EVAN: IG: @evanbmatthews KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow bio.site/NoSetPath

    1h 14m

  8. AUG 21

    58 - Breaking into Producing with Mike Orion Downing (Highest 2 Lowest, AIR, Bolt from the Blue)

    Michael Orion Downing is an LA-based, Alaskan-raised producer and Director of Development at A/Vantage Pictures, with credits spanning Netflix, Mandalay, A24, and Apple projects alongside independent films on Tubi. His work includes Ben Affleck’s AIR, Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, and Sundance award-winning Under Darkness, as well as producing Maika Monroe’s directorial debut short at TIFF. Today we dive into how he went from a Paramount lot clerk to producing and developing major films, while constantly creating independent projects and seeking out new filmmaking collaborators. KEEP UP WITH MIKE: IG: @mike_orion KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW: All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow www.NoSetPathShow.com bio.site/nosetpath

    1h 14m
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