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. Pl...
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The No Film School Podcast
The No Film School Podcast is the audio channel of nofilmschool.com, the leading worldwide community of filmmakers, video producers, and independent creatives. No Film School is where filmma...
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20 of 934 episodesWhy 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 Pulitz...
How Dir. Georgia Oakley Captured Austen's Yearning on Celluloid in 'Sense and Sensibility'
How do you bring Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility to life for a modern audience while preserving its emotional depth? Director Georgia Oa...
How SNL Editors Turn 36 Hours of Footage Into a Finished Sketch
Saturday Night Live’s prerecorded sketches can go from first footage to national broadcast in roughly 36 hours. Host GG Hawkins talks with S...
Actor-Turned-Director Lee Kirk on Directing Actors and the Making of 'Nimrods'
Writer-director Lee Kirk joins No Film School’s GG Hawkins to break down the making of Nimrods, his Green Day-inspired coming-of-age road mo...
Fantastic Fest Triumphs With 'Fantastic Pitches'
Ryan Koo and Jourdan Aldredge report from Fantastic Fest 2026 in Austin, Texas, where they explore how the festival is expanding beyond exhi...
Fantastic Fest Premiere 'Into the Sky' Proves an 'Indie Blockbuster' is Possible
Recorded at Fantastic Fest 2026 in Austin, No Film School founder Ryan Koo talks with Into the Sky writer-directors Drew Mylrea and Evan Bux...
How 'Voicemails for Isabelle' Director Leah McKendrick Defeated Development Hell and Got Her Movie Made
Writer-director-actor Leah McKendrick joins GG Hawkins to break down the long road to getting Voicemails for Isabelle made after years in de...
She Shot Her First Feature in Just 11 Nights — Making 'Lockjaw'
Writer-director Sabrina Greco joins No Film School to discuss the making of her feature debut, Lockjaw, a dark comedy centered on a woman wh...
The Art of the Reshoot: How the 'It Ends' Team Saved Their Indie Horror Feature
Writer-director Alex Ullom and producers Carrie Carusone and Evan Barber break down the unconventional path behind It Ends, their micro-budg...
How a Wine-Infused Cold Email & Pool Parties Got 'Pools' Noticed
Writer-director Sam Hayes and actor-filmmaker Michael Vlamis break down the making and unconventional release of Pools, a coming-of-age film...
Inside 25 Years of Tribeca: What Independent Filmmakers Need to Know
Tribeca Festival Director and SVP of Programming Cara Cusumano joins No Film School’s GG Hawkins to reflect on 25 years of Tribeca and expla...
Fiscal Sponsorship Explained
Fiscal sponsorship can give independent filmmakers access to tax-deductible donations, in-kind contributions, corporate partnerships, and ot...
The Editing Process Behind Dialogue-Driven Drama The Revisionist
Editor Jon Fine joins GG Hawkins to discuss shaping The Revisionist, a dialogue-driven drama directed by Alex Vlack and starring Alison Brie...
From Script to $100k Equity Financing: Navigating The Greenlight List (Partner Episode)
Most filmmakers wait until after production to identify their audience and develop a distribution strategy. In this partner episode, GG Hawk...
The Filmmakers at Wonder Dynamics Building AI for Filmmakers
Wonder Dynamics co-founders Tye Sheridan and Nikola Todorovic join GG Hawkins to explain how their filmmaking backgrounds shaped the develop...
How This Comedy Was Edited Before Production Wrapped
Editor, director, and producer Whit Conway explains how the Hulu comedy Never Change! was assembled on an unusually compressed post-producti...
The Long Game of Producing: Joy Gorman's Career Lessons
Producer and Joy Coalition founder Joy Gorman Wettels joins GG Hawkins to discuss the long, uncertain path of building a producing career, f...
Inside the Craft of Action With Emmy-Nominated Stunt Coordinator Victor Paguia
Emmy-nominated stunt coordinator and performer Victor Paguia joins No Film School’s GG Hawkins to explain how action sequences are designed...
The Art of Asking for Money for Indie Films feat. Madhouse Films
Madhouse Films co-founders Katherine Romans and Charlie Traisman join GG Hawkins to explain how they built an independent production company...