Live From the WGA Picket Line and Why It Matters to You

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He Listened to the Podcast. Then He Made a Feature Film.

What happens when a longtime podcast listener takes the leap into feature filmmaking? No Film School listener turned filmmaker Douglas A. Plomitallo joins GG Hawkins to share how he went from making 86 horror shorts to directing, self-financing, and securing distribution for his ...  Show more

Why Admitting You "Don't Know" Can Land You the Job (Like It Did on 'Whalefall')

How do you adapt a novel that takes place almost entirely inside the stomach of a sperm whale? For writer-director Brian Duffield and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus, the answer started with admitting they didn't know how to pull it off. In this episode, No Film School ...  Show more

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