MMP 61: 12 Westerns in 12 Months with Travis Mills
Making one or two movies per year is huge effort. In 2020, the year of COVID, indie filmmaker, Travis Mills, shot 12 westerns in 12 months, and in the following year he released those 12 films in 12 months. If you’ve been following this podcast for some time, you’ll...
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MMP 60: The Youngest Director on Netflix with Rob Smat
He was at one time on of the youngest directors with a feature film on Netflix. Writer and director Rob Smat is with me to talk about his film The Last Whistle and a soon to be released documentary. Rob made his feature film The Last Whistle when he was just 23 years...
MMP 59: Make Me Want to Turn the Page with Richard Walter part 2
Legendary screenwriting professor, Richard Walter, is with us again in part two of my conversation with him. Richard was professor of the UCLA Screenwriting program, which is the most successful screenwriting program in the world. It’s harder to get into this program...
MMP 58: Don’t Be Boring | A Conversation with UCLA Screenwriting Professor Richard Walter
My guest today is the legendary screenwriting instructor at the UCLA Screenwriting Program, Richard Walter. I’ve been reading books on screenwriting since my days in film school. I have more than any screenwriter could possibly read. When an aspiring screenwriter asks...
MMP 57: Faith Film Micro-budget Powerhouse with Jason Campbell
Jason Campbell is with us today to talk about microbudget Christian filmmaking. His company is scheduled to release 20 films this year alone and will launch their own streaming platform. I have become very interested in the world of micro-budget filmmaking. The...
MMP 56: Story Well Told with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior
Literature professor, Dr. Karen Swallow Prior joins me to talk about novels, story, and Christian film. I have a weak spot for books and articles written by Christians that address the value of good fiction and the role good storytelling can have in the Christian...
MMP 55: Attack of the Tenacious Filmmaker with Nathanael Sims
Thirteen years in the making, and I don’t mean 11 years shopping the script around and 2 years of production. This no-budget film was 13 years in production. Writer and director Nathaniel Sims is with us to talk about his apocalyptic movie The Book of Wendy. The Book...
MMP 54: A Filmmaker in Nollywood with Obi Emelonye
Nigerian filmmaker Obi Emelonye shares his experience working in the phenomenon of Nollywood since the early 2000s. Sometimes we need to shake up our perceptions of things we believe are immovable – things like the mechanisms of our Western film industry. Sometimes we...
MMP 53: Evangelical Nollywood with Dr. Elizabeth Olayiwola
The Nigerian film industry is the second most prolific film industry in the world, and their faith-based films, that they label as evangelical themed films, are not fringe like ours, they’re mainstream. Today, my guest is Nollywood scholar Dr. Elizabeth Olayiwola, in...
MMP 52: Nollywood as a Filmmaking Model with Jamie Meltzer
What is this country that has this titan film industry? If you haven’t guessed, I’ll give you another clue. It’s a country in Africa. It’s industry goes by the moniker of Nollywood. It’s the country of Nigeria. I am fascinated by the Nigerian film industry. While...
MMP 51: Building Community at Content 2022 Film Fest with Tim Shields
The Content 2022 Film Festival and Media Summit will be held at Capernaum Studios in Poolville TX next week – starting on Feb 28th and wrapping on March 3rd. Our guest today is a man who has had his hands in the world of Christian filmmaking for more than 20 years,...
MMP 50: Building the Family of Faith Filmmakers with Paul Long of Kappa Studios
If you’ve been involved in the faith-based community you will be familiar with Kappa Studios in Burbank CA. Kappa began as a post-production house, and under the leadership of Paul and Brad Silverman, Kappa has become the post production hub for Christian filmmakers...
MMP 49: The Power of Story & the Problem of Evil with Scott Christensen
Pastor/theologian Scott Christensen talks about story from a very unusual vantage -- that of the problem of evil and the sovereignty of God. He wrote a massive book called What About Evil? which wrestles with some weighty subjects. So what does this have to do with...