Indie Film Hustle Podcast

How an Indie Film Made $30K in ONE MONTH on YOUTUBE | Linda Nelson

1.7K views · 6d ago · 1:19:40

Guest: Linda Nelson

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? We also explore the mistakes that can destroy an indie film's earning potential before it ever reaches audiences.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Distribution Today · Streaming Revenue · AVOD vs TVOD · Tubi's Biggest Earners · International Film Rights

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How JOHN SINGLETON Risked EVERYTHING to Make HUSTLE & FLOW | Craig Brewer

1.5K views · 1w ago · 1:10:34

Guest: Craig Brewer

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? What does it really take to go from making a movie with almost no money to directing Eddie Murphy and working with major Hollywood studios?

Topics: Episode Teaser · Discovering Filmmaking · Content Overload · Movie Star Era · First Indie Feature · Sundance Bidding War

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How QUENTIN TARANTINO MENTORED Her: Typing INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS at 18 | Krystin Ver Linden

2.7K views · 2w ago · 53:59

Guest: Krystin Ver Linden

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Writer-director Krystin Ver Linden takes us inside an extraordinary filmmaking journey that began with an obsession with David Lean, Akira Kurosawa, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Sam Peckinpah and eventually led to working directly with Quentin Tarantino.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Meeting Quentin Tarantino · Underground Movie Nights · Working on Inglourious Basterds · Tarantino’s Directing Advice · Write From the Heart

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The BRUTAL Truth About Indie Film Distribution | John Kim

3.4K views · 2w ago · 1:44:11

Guest: John Kim

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? We also dig into dangerous distribution contracts, marketing caps, long-term agreements, filmmaker expectations, the value of recognizable actors, and why filmmakers should think about distribution before production begins.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Distribution Reality · Riches to Rags · The $250K Problem · Build Your Career · TVOD Is Changing

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Con Air’s INSANE & Real-Life Plane Crash: 17 Cameras, ONE Shot | Simon West

754 views · 3w ago · 1:09:08

Guest: Simon West

Writing a script? Get professional screenplay coverage Turn your indie film into income (Rise of the Filmtrepreneur) Con Air director Simon West explains how the Sands Hotel plane crash was shot in one take with 17 cameras, and what happened when a stunt went wrong with five minutes left on the clock. Plus how he turned down a rom-com to land his first studio film, what makes a great action scene, and directing Stallone on The Expendables 2.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Discovering Filmmaking · Breaking Into the BBC · Building Director Experience · Breaking Into Hollywood · Getting Con Air

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The BRUTAL Truth About Directing an Indie Film | Katie Aselton

1.1K views · 3w ago · 54:59

Guest: Katie Aselton

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Filmmaker, actress, and director Katie Aselton takes us inside the realities of independent filmmaking—from the raw, run-and-gun production of The Puffy Chair to directing The Freebie, surviving the brutal conditions of Black Rock, and eventually directing Diane Keaton in Mack & Rita.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Dreaming of Hollywood · Moving to Los Angeles · Making The Puffy Chair · Just Grab a Camera · Surviving Test Screenings

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He Went From BLOCKBUSTER to Writing SAW & Directing Horror Films | Marcus Dunstan

2.7K views · 1mo ago · 1:01:44

Guest: Marcus Dunstan

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Writer-director Marcus Dunstan takes us through an extraordinary filmmaking journey that began behind the counter of a Blockbuster and eventually led to Project Greenlight, Feast, the Saw franchise, The Collector, and Blumhouse's Unhuman.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Discovering Horror · Project Greenlight · Creating Feast · Preparing for Luck · Writing Saw

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Stop Waiting for Hollywood—MAKE YOUR MOVIE! | Thomas Jane

6.2K views · 1mo ago · 1:04:32

Guest: Thomas Jane

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Actor, producer, and filmmaker Thomas Jane takes us inside the realities of building a career in Hollywood and explains what independent filmmakers need to understand before trying to attract established actors to their projects.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Surviving Rejection · First Movie Set · Learning From Directors · John Woo’s Trick · What Actors Want

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The #1 Thing GREAT Directors Do Differently! What 40 Years in Hollywood Taught Me | Kyra Sedgwick

1.5K views · 1mo ago · 59:30

Guest: Kyra Sedgwick

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Award-winning actor, producer, and director Kyra Sedgwick takes us inside more than four decades of experience in front of and behind the camera.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Becoming an Actor · Making Phenomenon · Becoming a Director · What Makes a Great Director? · Learning From Great Directors

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Danny Boyle Taught Him How to Direct a Movie in ONE HOUR | Kevin Macdonald

4.1K views · 1mo ago · 55:49

Guest: Kevin Macdonald

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald takes us inside a career that moved from documentaries to major narrative features almost by accident.

Topics: Episode Teaser · First Narrative Feature · Documentary vs. Narrative · Finding Documentary Stories · Controlling vs. Capturing Reality · Creating Spontaneity

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I WORKED With Martin Scorsese—Here’s What He Taught Me About FILMMAKING | Margaret Bodde

1.5K views · 1mo ago · 1:11:10

Guest: Margaret Bodde

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Margaret Bodde takes us behind the scenes of a filmmaking career that began with archival work at the Library of Congress, moved through independent film exhibition and the early days of Miramax, and eventually led to more than three decades working alongside Martin Scorsese.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Meeting Martin Scorsese · Inside Scorsese’s Set · Saving Film History · The Digital Problem · Why Restoration Pays

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Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker: Stop Going to Film School—MAKE A MOVIE | RJ Cutler

2.4K views · 1mo ago · 58:17

Guests: RJ Cutler, Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Oscar-nominated filmmaker RJ Cutler joins the show for a masterclass in documentary filmmaking, directing, storytelling, and building trust with your subjects. From producing The War Room alongside legendary cinéma vérité filmmakers D.A.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Becoming a Filmmaker · Making The War Room · Finding the Real Story · Earning Their Trust · Connecting With Subjects

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Why Most Indie Producers FAIL! Clerks Producer Gets BRUTALLY Honest! | Scott Mosier

9.1K views · 1mo ago · 1:32:52

Guest: Scott Mosier

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Legendary producer, filmmaker, writer, and director Scott Mosier takes us inside the remarkable story behind Kevin Smith's Clerks and the early days of the 1990s independent film revolution.

Topics: Episode Teaser · Meeting Kevin Smith · Making Clerks · Financing the Movie · The Indie Blueprint · Clerks Almost Failed

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Are Film Festivals Worth It? | Slamdance Co-Founder Dan Mirvish

908 views · 1mo ago · 51:02

Guest: Slamdance Co-Founder Dan Mirvish

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros?

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Inside the Soulful Sundance Hit Nine Days with Edson Oda

630 views · 1mo ago · 47:10

Guest: Edson Oda

Want PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY COVERAGE to Make Your Script Stronger? Start here: learn story structure from John Truby Want to Learn How to MAKE MONEY With Your Indie Film? I had the pleasure of watching acclaimed director, Edson Oda's knockout feature directorial debut, Nine Days. And I absolutely loved it. With the COVID shock, the world has experienced and still going through, this film centers the conversation of existentialism and depicts it quite distinctly.