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BPS 486: Wes Craven's Secret to Writing Great Movies with Glenn Benest
Scream (1996) · Aug 27, 2026
BPS 486: Wes Craven's Secret to Writing Great Movies with Glenn Benest
Deadly Blessing (1981) · Aug 27, 2026
BPS 483: The Filmmaker Who Turned Failure Into a Feature Film with Mark Phillips
The Walking Fool · Aug 6, 2026
BPS 481: The Brutal Truth About Getting Your First Film Made with Greg Francis
Poker Night (2014) · Jul 23, 2026
BPS 427: From Pills to Pictures: Cynthia Hill’s Unlikely Path to Documentary Filmmaking
Private Violence (2014) · Jul 10, 2025
BPS 418: Drugs, Sex and Higher Love with Slamdance Winner Hasan Oswald
Higher Love (2001) · May 8, 2025
BPS 417: How I Got My Film Directing Off The Ground with Sean Mullin
Amira & Sam (2014) · May 1, 2025
BPS 417: How I Got My Film Directing Off The Ground with Sean Mullin
Semper Fi (2019) · May 1, 2025
BPS 417: How I Got My Film Directing Off The Ground with Sean Mullin
Kings of Beer (2019) · May 1, 2025
BPS 417: How I Got My Film Directing Off The Ground with Sean Mullin
It Ain't Over (2023) · May 1, 2025
BPS 408: The Patronized Self-Distribution (PSD) Model with Zach Lona and Anthony Gibson
He Who Lives in Hidden Lakes (2021) · Feb 27, 2025
BPS 389: From Short Films to Narcos with Josef Kubota Wladyka
Dirty Hands (2014) · Oct 17, 2024
BPS 377: I Almost Died Making My Indie Film with Josh David Jordan
This World Won't Break (2020) · Jul 25, 2024
BPS 374: The Making Of Small Engine Repair with John Pollono
Stronger (2017) · Jul 4, 2024
BPS 371: Selling Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark with Cody Meirick
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) · Jun 13, 2024
BPS 360: Making and Selling a Niche Indie Film with Rob Smat
The Last Whistle (2019) · Mar 28, 2024
BPS 351: Confessions of a Hollywood Studio Test Screener with Terrence Martin
Get Away If You Can (2022) · Jan 25, 2024
BPS 342: Misadventures in Raising Money & Getting Your Film Made with Alex Lehmann
Blue Jay (2016) · Nov 24, 2023
BPS 342: Misadventures in Raising Money & Getting Your Film Made with Alex Lehmann
Paddleton (2019) · Nov 24, 2023
BPS 342: Misadventures in Raising Money & Getting Your Film Made with Alex Lehmann
Meet Cute (2022) · Nov 24, 2023
BPS 342: Misadventures in Raising Money & Getting Your Film Made with Alex Lehmann
Acidman (2023) · Nov 24, 2023
BPS 334: Directing ACTION in the World of John Wick for Television with Albert Hughes
Menace II Society (1993) · Sep 29, 2023
BPS 334: Directing ACTION in the World of John Wick for Television with Albert Hughes
Dead Presidents (1995) · Sep 29, 2023
BPS 307: How I Wrote Birdman with Oscar® Winner Alexander Dinelaris
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) · Jun 14, 2023
BPS 304: Zero Draft Thiry - Inside Writing for Hollywood with Scott Myers
K-9: P.I. (2002) · Jun 2, 2023
BPS 300: How I Wrote Erin Brockovich with Susannah Grant
Erin Brockovich (2000) · May 19, 2023
BPS 295: Tales from a Million-Dollar Debut Feature Film with Giles Alderson
The Dare (2019) · May 3, 2023
BPS 281: How to Turn Your Movie Script into a Money-Maker with Mark Toia
Monsters of Man (2020) · Mar 3, 2023
BPS 275: RAW Confessions of a Hollywood Blockbuster Screenwriter with Ted Griffin
Matchstick Men (2003) · Feb 10, 2023
BPS 270: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films with Austin Trunick
BPS 261: How To Shoot In An Impossible Location With Peter Bishai
Rapid Eye Movement (2019) · Dec 23, 2022
BPS 260: FATMAN – Writing An Insane Christmas Classic With The Nelms Brothers
Fatman (2020) · Dec 21, 2022
BPS 258: How To Shoot A Feature Film In Two Days With Grant Pichla
Making Time (2022) · Dec 14, 2022
BPS 243: Blair Witch Project: Creating an Indie Film Phenomenon with Eduardo Sanchez
The Blair Witch Project (1999) · Oct 21, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: Horror Screenwriting - The Nature of Fear with Devin Watson
The Cursed (2010) · Oct 20, 2022
BPS 226: From Wedding Videos to Writing For Netflix & Paramount+ with Rel Schulman and Henry Joost
Project Power (2020) · Aug 24, 2022
BPS 226: From Wedding Videos to Writing For Netflix & Paramount+ with Rel Schulman and Henry Joost
Secret Headquarters (2022) · Aug 24, 2022
BPS 221: Writing the End of the World with Zoe Lister-Jones
Band Aid (2017) · Aug 5, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: Making It in Hollyweird as a Screenwriter with Doug Richardson
Die Hard 2 (1990) · Aug 4, 2022
BPS 215: Marcel the Shell: From Viral YouTube Short to Hit A24 Film with Dean Fleischer-Camp
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022) · Jul 15, 2022
BPS 213: The Brutal Truth About Producing Indie Projects With Daniel Sollinger
Clean (2022) · Jul 8, 2022
BPS 186: Getting Your 1st Film Off the Ground with Brian Petsos
Big Gold Brick (2022) · Apr 6, 2022
BPS 182: Inside Pixar's Brain Trust Turning Red with Julia Cho
Turning Red (2022) · Mar 16, 2022
BPS 177: Pretty Woman and Producing Hollywood Hits with Gary W. Goldstein
Pretty Woman (1990) · Feb 25, 2022
BPS 171: Becoming a Successful Writer/Director with Brad Silberling
City of Angels (1998) · Feb 4, 2022
BPS 171: Becoming a Successful Writer/Director with Brad Silberling
Land of the Lost (2009) · Feb 4, 2022
BPS 171: Becoming a Successful Writer/Director with Brad Silberling
Moonlight Mile (2002) · Feb 4, 2022
BPS 166: Inside X-Men, Deadpool, Logan & The 355 with Oscar® Nominee Simon Kinberg
The 355 (2022) · Jan 19, 2022
BPS 163: Bloodsport & Rambo: Writing 80's Action Cinema with Sheldon Lettich
Rambo (2008) · Jan 7, 2022
BPS 163: Bloodsport & Rambo: Writing 80's Action Cinema with Sheldon Lettich
Bloodsport (1988) · Jan 7, 2022
BPS 161: Inside the Making of Quentin Tarantino 1st Unreleased Feature
My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) · Dec 31, 2021
BSP 159: From The Purge to This is the Night with James DeMonaco
The Purge (2013) · Dec 24, 2021
BSP 159: From The Purge to This is the Night with James DeMonaco
This Is the Night (2021) · Dec 24, 2021
BPS 158: How I Wrote Spider-Man: No Way Home with Erik Sommers
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) · Dec 22, 2021
BPS 151: Inside Writing Ghostbusters: Afterlife with Gil Kenan
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) · Nov 26, 2021
BPS 145: How I Write and Direct My Films with Edgar Wright
Last Night in Soho (2021) · Nov 3, 2021
BSP 131: Directing Last Starfighter & Writing Escape from New York with Nick Castle
Escape from New York (1981) · Jul 28, 2021
BSP 131: Directing Last Starfighter & Writing Escape from New York with Nick Castle
The Last Starfighter (1984) · Jul 28, 2021
BPS 129: Inside Creating Top Gun & Writing in Hollywood with Jack Epps Jr.
Top Gun (1986) · Jul 14, 2021
BSP 128: Blood, Bullets, Screenwriting and Octane with Joe Carnahan
Octane (2003) · Jul 7, 2021
BPS 090: Creating a Billion Dollar Horror Franchise with Screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick
Final Destination (2000) · Oct 21, 2020
CROSSOVER: Inside the Mind of Screenwriter Alex Dinelaris (Birdman)
Birdman (2015) · Sep 12, 2020
BPS 081: Screenwriting for Schwarzenegger & Stallone with Miles Chapman
Escape Plan (2013) · Aug 19, 2020
BPS 030: RAW TRUTH Revealed: Showrunning, Writing & Producing For HBO & SONY with Daniel Knauf
Carnivale (2017) · Dec 5, 2018
BPS 006: How a Screenwriter Becomes a First Time Director with Kelly Fremon Craig
Edge of Seventeen (2016) · Apr 4, 2018
BPS 005: The Million Dollar Screenplay with August Rush Screenwriter Paul Castro
August Rush (2007) · Mar 27, 2018
BPS 003: Making It in Hollyweird as a Screenwriter with Doug Richardson
Die Hard 2 (1990) · Mar 27, 2018