Oct 2

How SNL Editors Turn 36 Hours of Footage Into a Finished Sketch

Saturday Night Live’s prerecorded sketches can go from first footage to national broadcast in roughly 36 hours. Host GG Hawkins talks with SNL editors Christopher Salerno and Mak Makower about the post-production workflow behind that turnaround, including their work on the Emmy-n ... Show More

39m 51s

Sep 29

Actor-Turned-Director Lee Kirk on Directing Actors and the Making of 'Nimrods'

Writer-director Lee Kirk joins No Film School’s GG Hawkins to break down the making of Nimrods, his Green Day-inspired coming-of-age road movie. Kirk traces his path from studying acting at DePaul University to learning screenwriting and eventually directing, and explains how his ... Show More

50m 29s

Sep 27

Fantastic Fest Triumphs With 'Fantastic Pitches'

Ryan Koo and Jourdan Aldredge report from Fantastic Fest 2026 in Austin, Texas, where they explore how the festival is expanding beyond exhibiting genre films to helping filmmakers actually get movies made. They break down the first completed feature from Fantastic Pitches, Nicho ... Show More

54m 48s

May 2024

How to film in virtual production, underwater and crash a plane with NO WAY UP director Claudio Fäh and DOP Andrew Rodger

Today, host Giles Alderson welcomes two amazing guests to the show to talk all about their latest feature film No Way Up (2024): director Claudio Fäh and co-host and cinematographer Andrew Rodgers. They chat about: doing a plane crash working in a water tank shooting in virtu ... Show More

1h 16m

May 2022

Film Week

Lights, camera, action! The team dives into the world of film directing & editing. One team member currently works as an intimacy coordinator on film sets to make sure sex and nudity scenes remain fictional. Could you walk away from a multimillion-dollar job? A “Fast & Furious” f ... Show More

1h 10m

Mar 2025

Companion: Crafting a smart genre blend with Writer-Director Drew Hancock & Editors Brett W. Bachman & Josh Ethier

Today, we welcome the brilliant creative team behind the highly entertaining and thought-provoking feature film Companion (2025): writer-director Drew Hancock and editors Brett W. Bachman & Josh Ethier. They sat down with our hosts, Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir, for a fantastic co ... Show More

1h 36m

Sep 2024

Making indie feature 'Sing Sing' with non actors - Director Greg Kwedar, Producer Monique Walton and Writer Clint Bentley

This week we are joined by the team behind the superb prison drama Sing Sing! Dom Lenoir sits and chats with Producer Monique Walton and Writer Clint Bentley and also Director Greg Kwedar about how they made their movie starring Coleman Domingo, the difficulties of making an ind ... Show More

1h 13m

Jul 2019

How to Make A Sci-Fi Time Travel Movie in TWO Days with director and writer Grant Pichla and Giles Alderson

Grant Pichla joins Giles Alderson to chat how he made his feature film Making Time in TWO DAYS!! Giles and Grant had a good natter on film-making and the joys and sacrifices we make to make films. We talk about Grant's background, how he got into filmmaking and his first feature ... Show More

1h 31m

Oct 2021

Practical Magic with David Lowery & Elijah Wood

Topics covered include: the importance of letting your movie breath, hate-cutting The Green Knight, the fall of Troy, Grail mythology, a mom’s helpful nudge, old-fashioned movie magic, the epic oner from Eternal Sunshine, concentric circles of production and ... Show More

50m 52s

Jun 2023

How to go from Indie film to studio blockbuster with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts director Steven Caple Jr. and actors Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback

On part 2 of our Transformers: Rise of the Beasts special with chat going from indie films to huge studio movies with director Steven Caple jr. Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir are also joined by Judas and the Black Messiah actor Dominique Fishback and In the Heights star Anthony Ra ... Show More

53m 57s

Jan 2024

Small Crew Big Movies

In this Filmmaking Stuff Podcast episode, you'll learn the essentials of producing a movie with the leanest team possible. Tom Malloy takes you through filming a simple scene like a family dinner, demonstrating how you can achieve cinematic quality regardless of your budget. You' ... Show More

4m 38s

Apr 2021

How to Direct, Produce, Write, Star and Distribute your Indie Film with guest Guy Pidgen - 'Older'

This weeks episode is with the brilliant director, writer, producer and actor Guy Pidgen who’s film Older is out now! He talks to Giles Alderson and Robbie McKane about how he made his first film at 16, how he started in the business and how he got his break. He discusses who his ... Show More

1h 19m

Apr 2019

How to Build a Giant Cast on an Indie Budget w Michael K Feinstein & Nikki Soohoo- Just Shoot It 159

Writer/director Michael K Feinstein and actor Nikki Soohoo sit down to talk about what it takes to make an indie feature with a giant cast of recognizable, and up-and-coming actors. Find out what made Michael's film, The Browsing Effect so appealing to an army of ... Show More

1h 27m

Practical Advice for Practical Effects W...