Just Shoot It: A Podcast about Filmmaking, Screenwriting and Directing
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Just Shoot It: A Podcast about Filmmaking, Screenwriting and Directing
Just Shoot It is a podcast about directing hosted by directors. Each week we interview filmmakers on writing, cinematography, development and acting to learn how to build a successful career as a filmmaker in the Hollywood industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
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Scheduling Your Life w/Matt & Oren - Just Shoot It 534
Oren's July went from being overbooked and bidding wars for his time, to nothing at all coming to fruition. And now he has free time on his hands... t...
Fix It in Prep w/Matt & Oren- Just Shoot It 533
With the year in swing and clients shooting, Matt and Oren talk about challenges they’re experiencing on set and some interesting solutions to some co...
Booking Work w/Director Robert Boocheck - Just Shoot It 532
Robert Boocheck talks about the three ways commercial directors land jobs. But first Oren and Matt chat about California's Billionaire tax, its impact...
Agency Month w/Fallon Anderson of Tailfin - Just Shoot It 531
Fallon Anderson, Creative Director at Tailfin agency https://tailfin.com/ talks about making a Super Bowl commercial and her method for elevating crea...
From Crewing to Directing w/Carolina Caroline's Adam Carter Rehmeier - Just Shoot It 530
Adam Carter Rehmeier talks about his latest film, "Carolina Caroline" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33365126/ , his journey as a dedicated crew member...
Manifesting a "Fantasy Life" w/Matthew Shear - Just Shoot It 529
Matthew Shear IG: @matthew_shear takes us on the journey to cast Amanda Peet, Alessandro Nivola, and Judd Hirsch in his directorial debut. In the mids...
Agency Month w/Greg Kort of Doner - Just Shoot It 528
Greg Kort from Doner Advertising, Detroit https://www.doner.com/talks about the job of an agency producer and how it differs from a line producer, or...
Agency Month w/Joe Saroufim from Kimmelot - Just Shoot It 527
As a Creative Director at Kimmelot Labs, Joe Saroufim has worked with Janusz Kaminski and Matt Oren chat with him about the role of a Creative Directo...
Agency Month w/J.K. Lyons from Conscious Minds - Just Shoot It 526
Matt and Oren chat with Creative Director JK Lyons about how you can stand out as a director. And they dive deep into what is in your reel, book, or p...
How to Act in an Audition w/Matt & Oren - Just Shoot It 525
Matt and Oren talk about what they love to see from actors. How many takes should you do? What if you drop a line in an audition? And what’s the best...
Where Do I Fit In w/Matt & Oren - Just Shoot It 524
Where do you fit in, as a director? That’s what Matt and Oren are talking about on this episode of Just Shoot It!
What does that mean? Think of...
The Meteoric Rise of Chandler Levack - Just Shoot It 523
Chandler Levack https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5576953 made 3 feature films. One with a $250,000 budget, and the last with a $30 million budget for Netfl...
Bringing "Palestine 36" to Life w/ Annemarie Jacir - Just Shoot It 522
Annemarie Jacir has an amazing career that span directing for Hulu’s “Ramy” with comic Ramy Youssef, as well as jurying for Telluride, Cannes, and Sun...
BriTANick Bake a 'Pizza Movie' - Just Shoot It 521
You know them as BriTANick https://www.britanick.com/ and their latest feature, “Pizza Movie” debuts on Hulu on April 3! Now Brian McElhaney and Nick...
Listener Strikes Gold w/‘The Travel Companion’ from Travis Wood & Alex Mallis - Just Shoot It 520
Travis Wood & Alex Mallis are living the director’s dream! Their feature film "The Travel Companion" https://thetravelcompanionfilm.com/ premiered at...
Writing to your Budget w/Aaron Pagniano - Just Shoot It 519
Aaron Pagniano https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3142582/ talks about their new micro-budget feature film "It Needs Eyes" and they share secrets to overcomi...
Ending Relationships w/ Carlyn Hudson - Just Shoot It 518
As directors, we live a very atypical work life. And Carlyn joins Oren and Matt to clear the air about some frustrations they all share about producer...
How to be a Person w/Matt & Oren - Just Shoot It 517
Matt and Oren spend some time figuring out how to be a normal human being in a world where there’s so much that isn’t normal anymore. We’re way past t...
Is AI a Tool? w/Sarah May Bates and Susan Song - Just Shoot It 516
Sarah May Bates https://www.sarahmaybates.com/ is an AI director, and she’s been getting lots of work! And Matt and Oren dive deep into how she makes...
A Dreadful Directing Job w/Natasha Kermani - Just Shoot It 515
Natasha Kermani talks about casting Sophie Turner in her latest film “The Dreadful” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30842022/ and it’s amazing how she co...
Directing Kevin James in "Solo Mio" w/Chuck Kinnane
Chuck Kinnane joins directly from Little Compton, Rhode Island. And he comes out straight on sharing the credit and pay from their latest feature, “So...
Producer-Director Relationships w/Mr. Jonathan Burns - Just Shoot It 513
Producer Jonathan Burns https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanaburns talks about his methods for selecting the vibe that he presents to brands and agenc...
Sundance, Securing Money, and Scheduling w/Matt & Oren - Just Shoot It 512
How important is Sundance to your career as a commercial director? Matt and Oren talk about their experiences in Park City before the festival wraps u...
AI Filmmaking w/Sergio Cilli & Kristyna Archer - Just Shoot It 511
When Sergio Cilli https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1826186/ made his first AI film, it really didn’t get noticed. And neither did many others he made. Sure...
Sounds of a Coffee Meeting w/Sound Designer Eric Crepeau - Just Shoot It 510
Eric Crepeau https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4145859 joins Matt and Oren after a gap of over 400 episodes to talk about sound design! What makes a good so...
Postmortems and Fresh Starts w/Matt & Oren - Just Shoot It 509
Matt and Oren are pulling together their year-end recap posts for social media. And they realize, “wow, there's a lot to reflect upon!”
LA is de...
2025 Year-End Director Panel - Just Shoot It 508
The 2025 year-end Director's Panel is here! Each year, Matt and Oren have a little cocktail party with some of the past year's guests. It's a chance t...
Visual Storytelling w/‘Alien: Earth’ DP Bella Gonzales - Just Shoot It 507
Bella Gonzales https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7543234/ brings a ton of insight about being a cinematographer on series like Pen 15, Fargo, Alien: Earth,...
Bringing 'Chad Powers' to the Field w/Tony Yacenda - Just Shoot It 506
Tony Yacenda https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2829241/ , the director from "Chad Powers", "Dave", "American Vandal", and a ton of commercials, joins Oren a...
How Commercial Director NEDA Gets Unique Shots - Just Shoot It 505
Commercial director NEDA joins Matt and Oren in their first-ever interview from Eastern Europe! NEDA talks about how she gets unique shots, even when...
Filming Action! w/'Family Plan 2' Director Simon Cellan Jones - Just Shoot It 504
Simon Cellan Jones https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148116 shares the story of his rise from the mailroom at BBC to become a director on "The Diplomat", "...
Designing Gritty Drama w/‘Black Rabbit’ Director Ben Semanoff - Just Shoot It 503
Ben Semanoff https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1032608/ shares how he made the break from camera operator to director. Lots of people want to do the same an...
Return of the Rom Com w/‘31 Candles’ Filmmaker Jonah Feingold - Just Shoot It 502
Jonah Feingold https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3783212/ talks about connecting with your parasocial audience to create the films you want to make. And he...
Crafting Hit Science Fiction Shows w/'All of You' Writer-Director Will Bridges - Just Shoot It 501
Will Bridges https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2782297/ shares his method for making every meeting an opportunity. And he explains what he did that let him...
FIVE-HUNDREDish Filmmaking Tips & Tricks w/Matt & Oren - Just Shoot It 500
Matt and Oren celebrate 500 episodes! That's basically one episode per week without dropping a beat, not even on Thanksgivings, since 2015.
And...
The Horrors of Seth Worley’s "Sketch" - Just Shoot It 499
Seth Worley https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2124394/ made money selling tools for filmmakers. And Matt and Oren get him to talk about ways filmmakers can...
Crafting Violent Endings w/John-Michael Powell - Just Shoot It 498
How do you define your voice as a director? John-Michael Powell https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3119508/ talks about his new film "Violent Ends" https://w...
How to Pitch with Style w/Maya Margolina - Just Shoot It 497
Maya ‘Mayachka’ Margolina https://mayachka.com/ talks about her work with luxury brands like Coach, Rihanna's Fenty, Mercedes Benz, and MCM and how sh...
The Film Fixer w/Janek Ambros - Just Shoot It 496
Janek Ambros https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4471783/ doesn't use social media for self-promotion. And he tells up and coming filmmakers, you have to be a...
The Chilling Truth behind 'Bone Lake' w/Mercedes Bryce Morgan - Just Shoot It 495
Mercedes Bryce Morgan https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5521959/ talks about building the career that got her "Bone Lake" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26783...