The Filmmaker’s Podcast #330: ‘I Used To Be Famous’ writer/director Eddie Sternberg
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing 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, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk 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 film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #330: From Shorts to a Netflix debut feature film with ‘I Used To Be Famous’ writer-director Eddie Sternberg
On this episode we chat with writer-director Eddie Sternberg! He chats with Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir about his filmmaking journey to get his debut feature film I Used To Be Famous (2022) made. They discuss:
- networking events
- the thing about making shorts
- balancing building a career and making a living
- developing a feature script
- getting I used to be famous made
- pitching to Netflix
- learnings from making the first feature
- working with a neurodivergent cast
Follow The Filmmakers Podcast on Twitter: @filmmakerspod | @gilesalderson and the official website
