Worst Day Ever: Recent Episodes
Thomas Taugher
On this episode, Steadicam operator Quaid Cde Baca shares his worst day ever:
While operating Steadicam on his first short film, Quaid quickly realizes that his Steadicam equipment isn't large enough to carry the camera package,
which leads to a some "shakycam" shots that the crew was not happy about...
Quaid Cde Baca
IG: @quaidcdebaca
WEB: http://quaidcdebaca.com/
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On this episode, director TJ Reagan shares his worst day ever:
While directing a documentary about DB Cooper, TJ recalls a series of disasters that happened during one of the shoot days...
TJ Reagan
IG: @tjreagan
WEB: https://www.slowgrind.media/media
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On this episode, producer Sho Shrock shares his worst day ever:
While producing a music video, Sho oddly enough finds himself in a mechanical bear costume running down the halls of a covid hospital..
Sho Schrock
IG: @shoschrock
WEB: https://www.shoschrock.com/
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On this episode, producer Nicole Jordan Webber shares her worst day ever:
While producing a music video for a high profile female pop artist in Hawaii, her crew is hit with a tsunami warning and tropical storms, leading to flash floods and having to to an evacuate to higher ground...
Nicole Jordan Webber
IG: @njordanwebber
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On this episode, sound mixer Kyle Jacobsen shares his worst day ever:
While working on an indie horror feature, Kyle shares a story of when a flash flood almost lead to him and the entire crew almost being electrocuted to death...
Kyle Jacobsen
IG: @kylejacobsensound
WEB: https://kylejacobsensound.com/equipment
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On this episode, cinematographer Nicholas Acosta shares his worst day ever:
While shooting an indie feature, Nicholas shares the story of when he and his crew had to shoot a fight sequence in the middle of a torrential rainstorm.
Nicholas Acosta
IG: @unrenderedmedia
WEB: https://www.youtube.com/user/unrenderedmedia
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On this episode, Director Brodin Plett shares his worst day ever:
While directing a commercial for a gaming laptop company, the entire shoot begins to implode and fall apart...
Brodin Plett
IG: @brodinplett
WEB: https://brodinplett.com/
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On this episode, 1st AD Phil Greenbaum shares his worst day ever:
While working on an indie horror western feature film, Phil shares a story from a day that involved working with live horses & a stagecoach that went very wrong...
Phil GreenBaum
IG: @fillupgreenbomb
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On this episode, director & producer Matt Zolly shares his worst day ever:
While producing a low budget EDM Music Video, a rouge vehicle creeps onto set and rear ends the vintage picture car...
Matt Zolly
IG: @zollywood_usa
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On this episode, actor Vinny Balbo shares his worst day ever:
While acting in a commercial for IHOP, him and his friends find out they are getting paid $50... in gift cards to IHOP...
Vinny Balbo
IG: @vinnybalbo
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On this episode, director Dylan McGale shares his worst day ever:
While 1st ADing a music video for, Dylan is agressively confronted by a drugged out zombie like production designer...
Dylan Mcgale
IG: @dylanmcgale
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On this episode, director Dale "Rage" Resteghini shares his worst day ever:
While directing a music video for industrial metal band "Fear Factory", Dale decides to break into a locked government building to use as the location...
Dale Resteghini
IG: @reelrage
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On this episode, director Max Lanman shares his worst day ever:
While directing a commercial for a large tech company, Max is confronted with a LA slumlord who threatens to extort him & the production for shooting
in one of his apartment buildings without his permission...
Max Lanman
IG: @maxlanman
WEB: https://maxlanman.com/
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On this episode, filmmaker Kevin Wolf shares his worst day ever:
While shooting drone aerial footage in Africa for a documentary, Kevin ends up pushing his drone
a little to far...
Kevin Wolf
IG: @kev.wolf
WEB: https://linktr.ee/kevinwolf
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On this episode, cinematographer Tom Taugher shares his worst day ever:
While working on a low budget music video, Tom is confronted with a raging
director who tries to throw the camera...
Tom Taugher
IG: @tom.taugher
WEB: www.worstdayever.com
On this episode, cinematographer Pascal Combes shares his worst day ever:
While on coming up as a cinematographer, Pascal found himself in a nightmare situation when his
equipment got seized at the Mexican border before a shoot...
On this episode, music video producer Danny Pollack shares his worst day ever:
While on set producing a music video, Danny recalls a day where everything seemed to go wrong...
On this episode, focus puller / 1st AC Austin Millinder shares his worst day ever:
Shooting in the desert seems to be all to familiar when living in Los Angeles. In this story, Austin
recounts a scorching hot day in Palm Springs while on set of a sh*t show music video...
On this episode, actor Zack Colston shares his worst day ever:
When starting out as an actor in Los Angeles, Zack got an agent to represent him. He later would later find out she is a scam artist, and sent him out on the most bizarre commercial shoot.
On this episode, director Troy Edwards shares his worst day ever:
When starting out in film, Troy was helping out on a student film. It was on this set that two horrible things happened back to back...
On this episode, gaffer Sven Van Ostrand shares his worst day ever:
After working a 16hr overnight shoot, Sven was tasked with driving a 40ft / 10,000lb fully loaded grip truck down a steep mountainous road, without brakes...
On this episode, cinematographer Joanna Nguyen shares her worst day ever:
While shooting a short film on top of a snowy mountain, Joanna realizes she forgot the lens mount back in the parking lot...
On this episode, photographer Sam Wooz shares his worst day ever:
While working on a commercial shoot Sam experiences a bit of bad luck -- 72hrs where everything went wrong...
On this episode, sound designer Michael Keane shares his worst day ever:
When sound designing one of his first short films, Michael starts to feel in over his head, leading to a sleepless 2 weeks of working around the clock...
On this episode, filmmaker Matt Komo shares his worst day ever:
When shooting a commercial for Movement Watches, Matt recalls a hectic 24hrs where he had to do two projects simultaneously...
On this episode, filmmaker Travis Colbert shares his worst day ever:
When scouting for an upcoming shoot in the Hollywood Hills, Travis somehow finds himself on a Psychedelic experience...
On this episode, Director Jon Hoeg shares his worst day ever:
When starting out in the film business, Jon was working as a PA on American Gangster (2007). It was on this set that Jon made a simple mistake, leading to an angry confrontation with Director Ridley Scott...
On this episode, Director David Gutel shares his worst day ever:
While 1st ADing a commercial shoot, David finds himself caught in middle of a tyrant director and an overly ambitious disaster of a shoot...
On this episode, Actress Sheree Abate shares her worst day ever:
While managing a desert film location as a site rep, Sheree experiences a desert shoot where everything went wrong...
On this episode, Director Jamal Mclerkin shares his worst day ever:
Right before filming a fitness event, Jamal realizes he forgot his camera at home, just as the event is beginning...
On this episode, Cinematographer Joey Nicotra shares his worst day ever:
While filming a world record long distance sniper rifleman, Joey somehow finds himself in the crosshairs, nearly getting shot...
On this episode, Director Jakob Owens shares his worst day ever:
While shooting a rap video for Huey (Pop Lock and Drop It) things started to get sketchy...
On this episode, camera operator Jon Wang shares his worst day ever:
While shooting a car commercial, the process trailer gets separated from the rest of the crew... which leads to a very interesting day
On this episode, DP Cooper Ulrich shares his worst day ever:
While shooting a commercial, an inexperienced director does something incredibly dangerous that results in an injury
On this episode, Producer Ian Feiner shares his worst day ever:
While producing an indie feature film, Ian retells a series of insane stories around trying to wrangle an out of control, high maintenance actor
On this episode, Cinematographer William Rouse shares his worst day ever:
After wrapping a multi day project and grabbing a few drinks to celebrate, something horrible happened...
On the first episode of Worst Day Ever, Thomas Taugher shares a story of a how he ruined an entire music video shoot by making 1 mistake.