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Latest Episodes

BoF #86 – Forrest Films with Ali Afshar and Scott Kennedy
April 16, 2019

Welcome back to the Business of Film podcast, episode #86. The two founders of the company are Forrest Lucas (owner of Lucas Oil, the naming rights to the Indianapolis Colts football stadium, the auto-sports cable network MAVTV and Lucas Oil Speedway) ...

MovieCoin with Christopher Woodrow
January 16, 2019

Welcome back to the Business of Film podcast, episode #8. Christopher Woodrow, the Chairman and CEO of MovieCoin just us for an in-depth conversation on the next generation of film financing. MovieCoin is a next-generation financial technology company ...

BoF #84 – A $12 Billion Year? – with NATO’s Patrick Corcoran
December 24, 2018

Welcome back to the Business of Film podcast, episode #84. Patrick Corcoran is the Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of the National Association of Theatre Owners. This has been an amazing year for film. The industry is approaching,

BoF #83 – Matthew Helderman and BondIt Media Capital
July 03, 2018

Welcome back to the Business of Film podcast, episode #83. Matthew Helderman is the founder and CEO of both Buffalo 8 and BondIt Media Capital. With a background rooted in media production, finance and digital technology he leads the team of both busin...

BoF #82 – Bob Bassett, Dean of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
June 26, 2018

Welcome back to the Business of Film podcast, episode #82. Bob Bassett is the Dean of Dodge College of Fine Arts at Chapman University. The Hollywood Reporter ranked Chapman’s film program #6 in the country. Lots of great stuff here.

Time Trap with Ben Foster and Mark Dennis
April 24, 2018

Welcome back to the Business of Film podcast, episode #81. On this episode we talk with co-directors Ben Foster and Mark Dennis and do a case study of their mind-bending sci-fi film Time Trap. The film is about a group of archaeology students trapped i...

BoF #80 – 19 Questions Every Films Student Should Know
March 14, 2017

Welcome back to Business of Film podcast, episode #80. Today I sit down with a film student in the Creative Industries program at Ryerson University who is specializing in the Business of Film. The interview was filmed and this episode is the unedited ...

BoF #79 – The Creative Industries with James Nadler
February 14, 2017

Welcome back to Business of Film podcast, episode #79. On this episode we welcome James Nadler, a writer/producer and currently the Chair of Creative Industries at Ryerson University. Here’s a quick video from interview: Also,

BoF #78 – All Our Wrong Todays with Elan Mastai
February 07, 2017

Welcome back to Business of Film podcast, episode #78. Screenwriter and now novelist, Elan Mastai, is our guest. On this episode we talk about Elan’s first novel, All Our Wrong Todays, and how Paramount Pictures ended up optioned the film rights with E...

BoF #77 – Indie Filmmaking with Sean Cisterna
January 17, 2017

Welcome back to Business of Film, episode #77. We welcome Sean Cisterna, independent director and producer to the show. On this episode we learn what it takes to get started in the business and the s