Adventures In Producing

Wendy Mitchell
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Film journalist Wendy Mitchell talks to amazing independent film and TV producers about their careers and lessons learned.

  1. 26/08/2025

    Adventures in Producing: Christine Vachon

    Christine Vachon runs New York-based Killer Films alongside Pamela Koffler, and she has worked on many dozens of legendary independent films including Todd Haynes' films including Poison, Safe, Far From Heaven, Carol and May December; Happiness by Todd Solondz; Kids by Larry Clark; Swoon by Tom Kalin; I Shot Andy Warhol by Mary Harron; Boys Don’t Cry by Kimberley Peirce, Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell; First Reformed by Paul Schrader; Zola by Janicza Bravo, Past Lives by Celine Song; A Different Man by Aaron Schimberg and for 2025 The Materialists by Celine Song and Late Fame by Kent Jones. Adventures in Producing is an interview series hosted by journalist/festival programmer Wendy Mitchell delving into the work of very talented independent film and TV producers. In this episode, Christine talks about how she broke into producing in New York in the early '90s, the importance of her creative partner Pamela Koffler in her life and career; what she thinks of the term 'Hollywood' and more.

    42 min

  2. 14/07/2025

    Adventures in Producing: Faye Ward

    Adventures in Producing is a series with film journalist Wendy Mitchell interviewing top film and TV producers. In this episode, she talks to Faye Ward, the London-based founder of Fable Pictures. Faye's producing credits include Wild Rose, Rocks, Stan & Ollie, Suffragette and TV's Mr Loverman; she also previously worked with Alison Owen at Ruby Films on projects like The Other Boleyn Girl, Jane Eyre and Brick Lane. Faye also worked on Netflix's smash hit series The Crown.

    46 min

  3. 14/08/2024

    Adventures in Producing: Sarah Brocklehurst

    Adventures in Producing is a series with film journalist Wendy Mitchell interviewing top film and TV producers. In this episode, she talks to Sarah Brocklehurst, the London-based founder of Brock Media. Sarah's producing credits include Black Pond directed by Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe; Animals directed by Sophie Hyde, adapted from the book by Emma Jane Unsworth and starring Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat; and the 2024 release The Outrun, directed by Nora Fingscheidt adapted from Amy Liptrot's bestselling book and starring Saoirse Ronan.

    47 min

  4. 01/04/2024

    Adventures in Producing: Jeanie Finlay

    Adventures in Producing is a series with film journalist Wendy Mitchell interviewing top film and TV producers. In this episode, she talks to Jeanie Finlay, who is a documentary director AND producer and the owner of Glimmer Films. Jeanie's credits include Your Fat Friend (about Aubrey Gordon); Game of Thrones: The Last Watch; Seahorse; Sound It Out; The Great Hip-Hop Hoax; Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, Goth Cruise and more.

    1h 6m

  5. 15/05/2023

    Adventures in Producing: Emily Morgan of Quiddity Films

    Adventures in Producing is a series interviewing great independent film and TV producers across the globe, hosted by film journalist Wendy Mitchell (filmwendy.com). This episode’s guest is UK producer Emily Morgan of Quiddity Films. Her credits include I Am Not A Witch directed by Rungano Nyoni; Claire Oakley’s Make Up; Supernova by Harry Macqueen, starring Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth; The Settlers by Felipe Gálvez, which premieres at Cannes Un Certain Regard 2023; and the upcoming adaptation of Deborah Levy's Swimming Home, directed by Justin Anderson. This series is also available as video interviews on YouTube.

    32 min

  6. 11/04/2023

    Adventures in Producing: Cait Pansegrouw, Urucu and Realness Institute

    Adventures in Producing is a series with film journalist Wendy Mitchell interviewing top film and TV producers. In this episode, she talks to South African producer Cait Pansegrouw of Urucu and Realness Institute. Her amazing films include The Wound by John Trengove and This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese - which was Lesotho's first Oscar submission. Also available as a video interview on YouTube.

    40 min

  7. 11/09/2022

    Adventures In Producing: Maria Ekerhovd

    Adventures in Producing is a podcast series with film journalist Wendy Mitchell interviewing top film and TV producers. In this episode, she talks to Norwegian producer Maria Ekerhovd, of Mer Film. She is the winner of the Eurimages Co-Production Award at the European Film Awards 2021 and has produced films including Gunnar Vikene's War Sailor (launching at Toronto 2022), Eskil Vogt's The Innocents, Iram Haq's What Will People Say, Ole Giæver's Out of Nature, and many more. This series of interviews is also available as YouTube videos.

    51 min
  8. Adventures in Producing: Natasha Dack

    02/05/2022

    Adventures in Producing: Natasha Dack

    Adventures in Producing is a series interviewing great independent film and TV producers across the globe, hosted by film journalist Wendy Mitchell (filmwendy.com). This episode’s guest is UK producer Natasha Dack, an award-winning film and television producer who is the co-founder (with Nikki Parrott) of Tigerlily Productions). Her many credits include Black Power Salute directed by Geoff Small, She a Chinese directed by Xiaolu Guo, Remainder directed by Omer Fast, Working With Weinstein directed by Alice Perman, Dying to Divorce directed by Chloe Fairweather, Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche, directed by Celeste Bell and Paul Sng. Series also available on YouTube.

    41 min
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Film journalist Wendy Mitchell talks to amazing independent film and TV producers about their careers and lessons learned.

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  • Creator
    Wendy Mitchell
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Wendy Mitchell
  • Show Website
    Adventures In Producing