This week on “TheWrap-Up,” hosts Thom Geier and Daniel Goldblatt discussed Rachel Maddow’s big new deal at MSNBC, the movie industry’s big show at CinemaCon and the resignation of Time’s Up CEO Tina...

At the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, the impresarios of Cannon Films — best known for movies like Breakin’, Superman IV and Over the Top — showed up in matching tracksuits, with a grand vision. They announced plans for 60...

This week Alrik and Liz sit down with 1091 Senior Sales Manager Sana Soni who talks to us about the task of selling movies to Advertising-Based Video on Demand or AVOD companies and how the changing market has been effecting...

Episode 376This Week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with G.O. Parsons.They talk about Willy's Wonderland (2021), a Horror/Action movie G.O. Parsons wrote and it stars Nicolas Cage.Other topics include how he got started after moving to...

It's been a wild year, and even longer since Max and Felicity jumped on camera and hosted on of their Wine Wednesdays broadcasts. This time with Felicity in Los Angeles and Max in Wisconsin...but sharing wine all the same. Even...

Today on the show we have filmmaker and Filmtrepreneur J. Horton. Jason has been in the film industry for as long as I have and has been making movies ever since. What sets him apart from other filmmakers is that he actually makes...

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Australian filmmaker James Di Martino.They talk about how he went from a marketing background into making shorts and now a feature film. James Di Martino is the writer/director of the Horror...

When I wrote my book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur I hoped it would help filmmakers around the world. I never thought that a filmmaker halfway around the world would read it and change his entire marketing and distribution plan for...

After many requests, I decided to finally tackle the dreaded query letter. I bring back to the show screenwriter, author, and IFH Academy instructor Geoffery Calhoun. Below Query Letter Checklist and a few areas, we discuss in the...

We have on the show returning champion film finance expert Franco Sama. His first episode is one of the most downloaded episodes in the history of the show. Franco and I joke that his last episode turned him into a celebrity at...

In this episode of “Just Click Submit,” we sit down with Jason Kolinsky from Save the Cat: The Challenge. You know the famed screenwriting book? Well, they’re also on the second year of a respected screenwriting...

There is a wealth of information out there for burgeoning screenwriters, but how do you filter through it all? What actually is at your fingertips for you to utilize, not only for educational purposes, but informational resources to...

Just Click Submit - Episode 4In this episode of “Just Click Submit,” we speak with Susan Johnston, who is the founder and director of the New Media Film Festival.  The New Media Film Festival celebrates  "Stories Worth Telling...

IFH 342Today episode is probably one of the most important shows I have released in some time. On the show is filmmaker Naomi McDougall Jones the writer, actress and producer behind the indie film Bite Me, a subversive romantic...

Today on the show we have returning champion Heather Hale.  Heather Hale’s new book Story Selling: How to Develop, Market, and Pitch Your Film & TV Projects helps you get your stories out of your head and onto the worldwide...

Even if your idea may not be immediately "hook-y" like a Happy Death Day or 40 Year-Old Virgin, your idea can still be simplified so the industry understands what the middle of your story is at its core. It's all about marketing,...

In this episode of “Just Click Submit,” the ISA’s Scott Markus speaks with Stephen Zimmer, the creator of Louisville’s Imaginarium Convention, a festival celebrating writers and all things pop culture. The Imaginarium...

Episode 287 This week on the podcast I talk with writer/director/actor Christopher Bradley about his new indie drama, The Trigger, which he shot in Arizona. We talk through his process making this film as well as his career and what...

Today on the show we have screenwriters David Diamond and David Weissman. Their credits include studios movies like Family Man, Evolution, Old Dogs and When in Rome. We discuss their adventures in the screenwriting trade, working...

It's a question we all wonder; how can I get paid for what I do, and how much for what project and when and from whom? Yeah...it's a lot, and sadly it's all completely relative. Thankfully the WGA is there for writers to help...