by Colin McCormack | Feb 20, 2024 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
ESTHER POVITSKY has forged an extremely prolific career in comedy, with standup success (her Adam Sandler-produced Comedy Central special Hot for My Name premiered in 2020), multiple podcasts (My Pleasure and Trash Tuesday among them), her own TV series... 
by Colin McCormack | Jul 23, 2021 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
Actors/filmmakers/spouses ZOE LISTER-JONES and DARYL WEIN did what a lot of people said they would do during the early lockdown days of the COVID pandemic: they got productive. Collaborators for over a decade (including the features Breaking Upwards, Lola Versus,... 
by Colin McCormack | Apr 27, 2021 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
Director MAUREEN BHAROOCHA spent three years as a segment director for Jimmy Kimmel Live, which – along with her shorts and sketches – might indicate a penchant for the comedy genre. But Bharoocha has avoided being pigeonholed, directing dramatic shorts,... 
by Colin McCormack | Feb 26, 2020 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
It’s no secret that it takes patience and determination to get an independent movie made, but actor-turned-filmmaker ANDREW HECKLER could teach us all a thing or two about staying the course. The idea for what would become his film directorial debut first came... 
by Colin McCormack | Dec 7, 2018 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
BRIDEY ELLIOTT comes from what is usually referred to as a “showbiz family,” with branches of her family tree working in the entertainment industry dating back to the 1940s. There was radio hosting and early TV acting for her late grandfather Bob Elliott...