Nerdly » The Filmmaker’s Podcast #370: ‘Genie’ director Sam Boyd

18th Dec2023

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #370: ‘Genie’ director Sam Boyd

by Phil Wheat

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #370: Making a feature film with Working Title. ‘Genie’ director Sam Boyd on going from TV Series to Feature film

This week we are joined by directors Sam Boyd who’s joins us to discuss making Working Title’s ‘Genie’ starring Melissa McCarthy and Paapa Essiedu. Sam sits down with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir to talk going from short film to indie feature then from writing and directing his hit TV series ‘Love Life’ to Working Title feature film with ‘Genie’.

Sam also discusses pitching to the films writer and Love Actually creator Richard Curtis.

Why keeping working as a director and making films fuels confidence.

Why this business is luck and hard work and maintaining relationships.

Casting & financing – and the chicken and the egg situation.

And why he nearly gave up before he made his TV series and why he tried ‘one more time’.

Genie is out now on Sky Cinema and Peacock.