With the rise of AI, will Hollywood begin to neuter your voice? While AI isn’t creating anything original, the immediate convenience of this tool is already impacting our industry. Artificial intelligence is being applied to creative arts, so filmmakers need to understand how it can affect their careers.
In today’s episode, No Film School’s Jason Hellerman ... Show More
Today
The AI Doc Breakdown — Filmmaking in the Age of Uncertainty
In this episode, No Film School host GG Hawkins speaks with director Charlie Tyrell and editors Davis Coombe and Daysha Broadway about The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. The conversation explores how the team shaped an essay-driven documentary around AI, parenting, au ... Show More
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Yesterday
Pete Ohs' 2026 Distribution Experiment #1: 'OBEX'
GG Hawkins speaks with filmmaker Pete Ohs for the first installment in a quarterly 2026 series tracking how he releases four films over the course of the year. Using OBEX as the case study, Ohs breaks down the film’s microbudget production, Sundance 2025 premiere, U.S. acquisitio ... Show More
34m 41s
Apr 2023
AI is the future! AI is a fraud. Let's debate.
AI has captured the imagination of Silicon Valley seemingly overnight. And in all this excitement, it's hard to tell what's really going on. What is this technology, how does Silicon Valley plan to change our world with it, and what exactly has a bunch of smart people very worrie ... Show More
51m 30s
May 2023
How worried—or excited—should we be about AI?
AI is amazing… or terrifying, depending on who you ask. This is a technology that elicits strong, almost existential reactions. So in the final episode of our special series about AI, we dig into the giant ambitions and enormous concerns people have about the very same tech. Feat ... Show More
53m 53s
Oct 2025
The Story: Everyone in Hollywood Already Uses AI
This week, we explore Hollywood’s open secret — that everyone is using AI, they just aren’t talking about it. Karah sits down with Lila Shapiro, a features writer for New York Magazine, about what Hollywood, itself, thinks of AI. She shares what she’s learned from her extensive i ... Show More
25m 38s
Feb 2025
Write On: Comedy Writing with Brent Forrester
<p dir="ltr">"My recommendation to anybody who is writing animation is to take advantage of the things you can do in animation that you can't do in live action, which is to spend an infinite amount of money, right? If you and I are going to write a scene and you say, 'Oh, let's s ... Show More
41m 50s