Drinking with Creatives: Recent Episodes
Jeremy Berger
Drinking With Creatives is a podcast dedicated to Makers from all walks of life. Advertising, design, photography, food… Creatives are everywhere, and we want a chat, a drink, and to dive deeper into what drives them.
Sandor Katz is an author, teacher, and fermentation revivalist. His book, The Art of Fermentation, is a winner of the James Beard Award and finalist at the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Let's talk transformation...
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Director and cinematographer James P. Gannon chats with DXC about many a thing, from where to get your 35mm film photography developed to shooting with his family on Super 8mm. James' films have included the Vimeo staff pick 'Christmas Light Killer' to 'Deerwoods Death Trap', which premiered at Sundance. Take a listen!
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Vimeo
Howie Noel is back on the show to talk about his latest project, The Dick Tracey Rogues Gallery
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Bea Sniper is a multi-disciplinary makeup and special effects artist. She makes monsters, drinks rum 'n' coke, and constantly remind her Instagram followers that some of her posts aren't REAL hellbeasts/vicious maulings/severed limbs. \
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Festival Formula is Katie and Ian, two professional festival strategists helping filmmakers navigate the complicated and sometimes fraught world of the film festival circuit.
Festival Formula Website
Filippo Cinotti is a cinematographer and colorist, based in Italy. His work has run the gamut from film to advertising, taking him all over the world and back. I have been following him on Instagram for some time, and I'm thrilled to be talking to him today.
Linktree
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Vimeo
Returning to Drinking with Creatives is Liz Muller, who is back with Afterwords, three children's stories told in a way that children should probably not hear. We're going to deep dive into that and, well, everything else. Because... It's Liz Muller...
Afterwords
Pipe Dream Theatre
Happy Halloween! Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Eileen Hollis. Eileen is a funeral director at the Hollis Funeral Home in Syracuse, NY. At the beginning of the pandemic, Eileen started making Tik Tok videos, answering some of people's most relevant questions about, well... death. And she has been very successful at it, garnering over 700,000 followers and 11 million likes. Eileen has been de-stygmatizing the conversations about death in an industry that is seeing change in the wake of social media.
Hollis Funeral Home Website
Tik Tok
Kate Villevoye is a Dutch documentary filmmaker whose work has been seen all over the globe (which has had some interesting side effects, but more on that later.) I caught Kate's film, 12:15, a Vimeo staff pick made entirely with the Zoom platform. We chat the pandemic, bicycles, and wide gamut of other stuff. Enjoy.
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Vimeo
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to chat with Ed and Katie from Punchcard films about their new project, A Trans Story'. Ed and Katie fell in love with this project after meeting the Director and DP, who are with me today! Marcin and Matylda and I delve further into a Trans Story, and the production process behind it. Enjoy!
https://seedandspark.com/fund/a-trans-story#story
https://transstoryfilm.com/
https://matyldakawka.com/
https://www.marcinkapron.com/
This is Part I of a two part episode dealing with a documentary film I personally can't wait to see. The film is called 'A Trans Story', and today I am joined by Ed and Katie of Punch Card Films! They're going to tell us more about the film and the filmmakers behind it. Take a listen.
A Trans Story @ Seed and Spark
A Trans Story Facebook
A Trans Story Instagram
Punch Card Films
Punch Card Films on Instagram
The landscape of filmmaking, especially genre filmmaking, has changed dramatically in the last 10 years. From crowd funding to Patreon, the resources for filmmakers has risen, even as actual opportunities seem to shrink. With me today to discuss is filmmaker and friend Sean Mannion or Four Mile Circus. Enjoy.
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4 Mile Circus
Meme
Celluloid Mirror
Patreon
I am wildly ignorant about what the hell an NFT is. However, I know a guy who knows at least a few things, so I asked Mike Perry to come on. We dive into it after discussing some potential podcast spinoffs, and then we say screw it, and just start asking about ourselves as humans.
Mike Perry Studio
Sean Dunne is a filmmaker and multidimensional artist in Brooklyn. He broke out with 2011's American Juggalo, a documentary taking an intimate look into the oft-misunderstood Juggalo culture and the people who thrive in it. Since then he has gone on to make the features Oxyana and Cam Girlz, as well as other shorts like Sweet Nothing, Black Bike Week, and Florida Man, to name a few. I've been looking forward to talking to Sean for a very long time, so please, enjoy.
https://www.veryape.tv/
http://www.veryape.tv/churchofchill
https://www.patreon.com/churchofchill
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
It's almost bad comedy at this point to talk about how much we miss being amongst people. Even with the vaccine for COVID 19 in sight, the urge to be amongst the crowds is an ever present urge for many. Well, I might have a little medicine for that. Today I am talking to Liz Muller, co-founder of Pipe Dream Theater, and the director of it's musical Podcast, Three Ghosts. We'll get into what the podcast is shortly, but with a combination of great writing, direction, and music, it was a wonderful reprieve that I enjoyed very much, and I hope you will too. Take a listen.
Pipe Dream Theater Website
Three Ghosts on Apple Podcasts...
... and Spotify.
Also: Waterproof Notebooks.
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
Ever had to do your best work under pressure? Everyone does, but what if the place were you had to perform was in the middle of a war zone? Kevin Belli is a director and cinematographer who has traveled through the Middle East, capturing some of the real-life drama of the people there. We're sitting down for a drink and a chat about everything from Green Zones to the dread of a slowly dying ceiling fan. Take a listen.
Kevin Belli on Vimeo
Ladies and gentlemen, we need to talk about Zack Snyder. As you may know, the Snyder Cut of the Justice League drops tomorrow, a film that was originally trashed when creative direction was changed at the studio's behest, amidst a horrible tragedy for Zack Snyder and his family. It was revived, however, but the onslaught of online petitions and fan support, delivering a film no one thought would ever be seen. So, I have invited Hamilton Tamayo back to discuss, have a drink, and engage in our second careers as film critics. Here we go.
Create Consume Repeat
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
The pandemic has, as I am sure you know, affected everyone one and everything. Yet somehow, we adapt. Today I am with Creative Director Robbie Gomez. We're chatting about life in the pandemic, from managing a team that needs to get it's work done, remote or not, to the surprises and things we miss, along the way. Let's jump in.
robgomez.com
This is part 2 of my conversation with creator, artist, and galactic explorer Coby Kennedy. And galactic is indeed where we go, diving into quantum mechanics, and the shifting cycles of culture through time. This one's going to burn brains, folks. Hang tight.
Coby Kennedy Studios
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
Coby Kennedy is an artist and creator, who has travelled the world. When last I saw him, he was heading off to Japan to pursue a career in industrial design. Since then he is back in the states, and killing it as a fine artist! He combines sci fi, social commentary, and really anything else in his immense grab-bag of inspirations. Take a listen…
Coby Kennedy Studios
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Art changes with time and with technology, and so do creatives. The tech world over the past fifteen years has seen tectonic shifts in terms of commerce, socializing, and advertising. Today I talk with Hamilton Tamayo, who has navigated these shifts since his first job. I will warn you, we turn hard into nerd-dom and keep driving on through. While drinking. We drink and drive into nerd-dom. You know what, this is a bad analagy let's just start the show.
Create, Consume, Repeat
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
The title of producer gets thrown around a lot. But what does it mean? Well, Becca Fallborn is the new executive producer for Lime Studios NYC, and we're going to talk about her career and the path there. Along the way we'll touch on work life balance, podcasting, and whiskey. So much whiskey.
Becca on Linkedin
You'rExcused Podcast
I don't know about you, but the past few weeks have been rough. The new year saw the culmination of political division in the United States in the storming of the Capitol, an event not seen in more than 200 years. In the context of this event, and those leading up to it, Drinking with Creatives is going to do a something bit different for our season 2 premiere. There's a lot of confusion about one of our Constitutional amendments and we're going to clarify things a bit by asking a question:
What the Hell is the Freedom of Speech?
Where does it begin? As importantly, where does it end? Is de-platforming a First Amendment issue? If Twitter bans me, can I sue?
So I did the only sensible thing, when needing an education. I got me a teacher.
Music for this episode was produced by Meydän. They can be found at soundcloud.com/meydansound.
Well, Lenny from Nice Shoes and I had such a good time, he decided to bring the entire staff. Today I am speaking with Lenny, Justin, Jason, Paul and Sal from Nice Shoes. We are emulating the fabled whiskey tasting that Nice Shoes had up until the Covid shutdown, and take some time to discuss networking, community, connections and doing some damn good work. Take a listen.
Show Links:
@niceshoesonline
@lennymastrandrea
@sal.malfitano.color
www.niceshoes.com
www.niceshoes.com/lenny-mastrandrea
www.niceshoes.com/sal-malfitano
Whiskey:
Laphroaig
High West Campfire
Ancient Age
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
How hard have you ever looked at color? I mean REALLY looked? Do you know the difference between luminance, saturation, and hue? Well, Lenny does. Lenny Mastrandrea is a colorist and department head at Nice Shoes, one of the top creative studios in New York and North America. Color grading is often something that people outside of the industry rarely get a chance to see, so I thought bringing Lenny on to talk about his articular brand of sorcery would be enlightening. Take a look.
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
Each project you take on has it's own challenges, and it's a chance to bring your skills to a new place. Talking about this with me today is Josh Koury of Brooklyn Underground Films. Their films include Journey to Planet X and Netflix's Voyeur. Both Josh and director Myles Kane have been working for the past two years on the recent HBO doc-series 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark." Take a listen.
Brooklyn Underground Films
HBO’s I’ll Be Gone In the Dark
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
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Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
Tattooing has seen a cultural shift in recent years, going from the piece of art you keep firmly under the neckline to adoring the arms, hands, legs, and even faces of musicians and celebrities. With me today is artist extraordinaire Stacey Martin, who has been navigating this shift with her signature style, filling her appoint book for months at a time. We had a chat about what this change has looked like, the value of hard work, and how art is art, but it's business, too. Take a look.
Stacey's Website
Stacey's Etsy
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
If I were to tell you that your job would bring you to every state in America, Cuba, Africa, aboard pirate ships and inside maximum security prisons, would you find that maybe a bit... intimidating? Well, meet Francesca Pagani. She's a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and journalist who has done all of those things, and more. Take a listen.
Francesca's Website
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Carolina Ravassa
Annaliese McGuire
Prisma
Artists
Kit King
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable? Do descriptions of genitalia, even clinically, make you squirm? Well, this might not be the episode for you. Today I am having a drink with Chris Comfort. He's a model, an actor and, most recently, a photographer focusing on boudoir, fine art photography, and dark art erotica. This is a packed one, as we dive into setting up boundaries and permissions, trust between the artist and their subjects, eroticism as therapy for sexual trauma, and a whole bunch more. Grab yourself a beverage and a seat, it's going to be a hell of a ride.
chriscomfortphotography.com
Instagram: @chriscomfortphotos
patreon.com/chriscomfortphotos
https://www.youtube.com/user/kenyonandchris
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
David Givens is a New York born-and-bred DP. He works a lot in documentary, and you can tell because he's unafraid to ask a few questions himself. But talking about where we came from is good only to a point where we turn and ask where we are going, especially in the wake of the changing conversation about race, it's representation in front of, and behind, the camera.
Dave's Website
Dave's Instagram
Brown Girls Doc Mafia
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
There's the old stereotype about how you can find an actor at every restaurant in New York City, because they're the one handing you the check. However, some actors work slightly different beats. Sunita Deshpande, when she's not on 30 Rock, Broad City, or the recurring role of Seema Nadeem in Netflix's Daredevil, is also a creative director and copywriter, who has worked for some of the top agencies and brands to be found. Check her out...
IG: @luckysunita & @SariforPallavi
LinkedIn: Sunita Day and IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2568011/
Sari for Pallavi Full Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkmudBEANiM
www.SunitaWriter.com & www.SunitaActress.com
Twitter: @SunitaDeshpande
Email: Sunita.Deshpande@gmail.com
seemanadeem #daredevilseason3 #sariforpallavi
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Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
This is part 2 of my conversation with DP Danny Brothers. We get into the weeds on this one as we cover everything from Robert Frank, sous-vide film development, and life as a better ally in the wake of the Black Lives Matter Protests.
For more from Danny, check out his website at dannythedp.com.
My guest this week is Daniel Brothers, a Director of Photography out in, you guessed it, Los Angeles. Dan's career has found him in some remote places in the world, lensing both documentary and fiction works. We're going to have a couple of beers, and dive straight into, well.... beer.
Want to check out more of Danny? Head on over to www.dannythedp.com.
Steve Lance is an author, lecturer, and trainer. He has been in the advertising and marketing industry for decades, including work for Ford Motor Company, Discovery Communications, Travel Channel, and NBC.
For More with Steve:
www.PSInsights.com
also...
The Little Blue Book of Advertising
The Little Blue Book of Marketing
Steve Lance is an author, lecturer, and trainer. He has been in the advertising and marketing industry for decades, including work for Ford Motor Company, Discovery Communications, Travel Channel, and NBC.
For More with Steve:
www.PSInsights.com
also...
The Little Blue Book of Advertising
The Little Blue Book of Marketing
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
Closing Time is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives give advice to those just starting off.
Howie (H.C.) Noel is an illustrator, author, and caricaturist. He has several on-line comics, that have been collected and sold as trade paperbacks. Some of his titles include Mr. Scootles, Float, and Tara Normal.
Links:
Site: https://hcnoel.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hcnoelart/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howienoel/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hcnoel/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hcnoel/
Shots! is where the guests of Drinking with Creatives tell us where they turn for inspiration.
Was saving this for a full episode, hopefully a look-back at the COVID-19 shutdown. Instead, after listening recently, I decided it would be a good thing for some to hear now. Enjoy.
Bartools is our chance to chat about the tools, apps, and whatever else our guest needs to remain creative and productive.
Discussed:
Vimeo
Dropbox
Mailchimp
Paperless Post
Hillary is the founder of Cutter Productions, a full-service production company specializing in broadcast content creation and long-form storytelling. She is also the founder of Cutter Connections, a mentorship program for professional women in the advertising, entertainment, and digital media industries.
I have known Hillary for many years now, and she has always been a source of fresh insight into the production community. Enjoy the show!
LINKS:
Cutter Productions
Cutter Connections
You can Find Hillary Here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillarycutter/
https://www.instagram.com/cutterproductions/