Business of Film
Business of Film explores the evolving world of storytelling. Hosted by Jesse Ikeman, it’s a candid look at how producers, writers, directors, and creators navigate the collision of creativity, technology, and business. Each episode delivers real conversations, sharp insights, and tactical takeaways for working professionals in film, TV, and the creator economy.
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Jun 23, 2015
Jun 23, 2015
36 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #72. On this episode we take an in-depth look at the Tess Gerritsen lawsuit. I’m solo-podding it today. I read this article in the Hollywood Reporter and I got, well, very frustrated. So, I had to take the time to talk in great detail about the most recent ...
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Jun 16, 2015
Jun 16, 2015
31 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #71. Today we’re talking all about story in THE STORY ROOM. Special guests are our very own Jeff Glickman, Alexis Grieve and Ira Wells. On this episode we will: – deconstruct the myths of story structure, – what makes a good pitch, – why one-pagers matter, – just ...
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Jun 9, 2015
Jun 9, 2015
22 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #70. This episode Marc Swenker takes us on location in Laos to the set of his latest feature and talks about what it takes to bring a show on the road to a country with no infrastructure. Marc recently had a film premier at the 2015 Cannes International ...
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Jun 2, 2015
Jun 2, 2015
45 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #69. This episode Justin McConnell jumps into what it takes to produce your first monetizeable feature film and taking the leap to go to Cannes for the first time. We cover a ton of ground on this episode. Justin has a lot of distribution knowledge to share and ...
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May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
44 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #68. Michael May joins us to talk about Fun Size Horror. About Fun Size Horror a new website with original productions and user submitted content is going live wednesday the 27th! On this episde we talk about Gravitas Ventures, digital distribution and much more. We get into some ...
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May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015
40 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #67. This week we are joined by Robert Milazzo from Creative Live Film Channel. This marks the start of our collaboration with Creative Live and we’re exciting to have Robert on the show to share his passion for film and film education. Robert started in the trenches as ...
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May 12, 2015
May 12, 2015
29 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #66. This is a very special podcast for us here at Business of Film. This week we are on location in South Africa with Producer Greig Buckle and talk all about working in this magical country. Greig Buckle recently worked on Mad Max and Chronical and is one ...
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May 5, 2015
May 5, 2015
41 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #65. This week we do a platform walk-through of Variety Insight & Variety Vscore. Both of these platforms are incredibly powerful. They differ from IMDB primarily in the fact that they are curated by a staff at Vareity. Also, they provide a much broader base of industry information. ...
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015
50 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #64. This episode features one of the best showrunners in the business, Naren Shankar (CSI, The Expanse). Naren started his career on Star Trek: TNG where he worked for 52 episodes. Since then, he worked on the Outer Limits, 182 episodes of CSI, Alost Human, and more recently ...
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Apr 21, 2015
Apr 21, 2015
46 min
Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #63. Ross Katz takes us on an inspring journey from working his first job on Reservoir Dogs to directing Adult Beginners. Ross Katz started his career as a grip on Reservoir Dogs. He went on to working as a runner for Sydney Pollack. From there, he worked with ...
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