Filmmaker Mixer

Director Jon Erwin joins Filmmaker Mixer to discuss Young Washington, the historical drama that explores George Washington's early years before becoming America's first president.Jon shares insights into directing period films, building large-scale battle sequences, researching historical figures, and crafting character-driven stories. Filmmakers will learn about leadership, visual storytelling, and creating emotionally engaging historical cinema.

Writer and director Tommy Jackson joins the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast to discuss making Land of Wolves, an intense survival thriller that combines brutal action with emotional storytelling. Tommy shares how he developed the film's unique world, directed its action sequences, and built suspense throughout production.Filmmakers will learn about independent action filmmaking, directing fight scenes, visual storytelling, overcoming production challenges, and building a distinctive voice in today's independent film landscape.

In this episode of Filmmaker Mixer, we explore a documentary project following Alyssa Carson as she travels across the United States during NASA’s Artemis II mission. The film parallels a 10-day lunar flyby with a ground-level road trip, capturing stories of scientists, engineers, and space enthusiasts along the way.We break down how the filmmakers structured a real-time narrative across geography and mission timing, blending documentary storytelling with live historical events. This episode is especially valuable for filmmakers interested in experimental structure, observational documentary techniques, and science-focused storytelling.

Solidarity director Dustin Brown and producer Kaiulani Bush join the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast to discuss the decade-long journey creating a deeply personal debut feature about two immigrants whose lives are connected across language, culture, and circumstance. From short film beginnings to self-financing a trailer that caught the attention of Darren Aronofsky and Protozoa Pictures, this is a masterclass in persistence and independent filmmaking.Dustin and Kaiulani break down how lived experience, community history,and visual storytelling shaped the film’s emotional core.Filmmakers will learn how to sustain long-term projects, build momentum through grassroots filmmaking, and craft authentic social realism on screen.

Director and writer Ruthy Pribar and actress Ronit Yudkevitz join the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast to discuss their latest film, What Is to Come, which premiers at the Tribeca Film Festival. Following the success of her acclaimed debut feature Asia, Ruthy shares how a chance encounter with a woman carrying an extraordinary story inspired her newest film. We explore the responsibility of adapting real-life trauma, finding hope inside devastating circumstances, directing emotionally complex performances, and how her perspective as a filmmaker has evolved since winning the Nora Ephron Prize at Tribeca. Ruthy also reflects on the themes of survival, gratitude, and reinvention that continue to shape her work.