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Dec 2021
1h 38m

What Every Agency Producer Looks For in ...

FILMMAKERS MATT ENLOW & OREN KAPLAN
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Alexandra Henry joins us to talk about her feature doc, ‘Street Heroines’ and also gives us insights from her day-job as an agency producer — what do agencies and producers look for when finding the right director for a job? 


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Oren: The show Dave

Matt: a short film called The Pitch, and stanley tucci looking for italy

Alex: the musician eddie chacon


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