The Filmmaker’s Podcast #406: ‘Twisters’ with Ashley Jay Sandberg
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 #406: Twisters – Ashley Jay Sandberg on rising up the ranks from Assistant to Exec Producer and getting your studio movie greenlit
On this weeks episode we pretty much go from the mail room to Assisting to Exec Producing one of this summers soon to be biggest hit ‘Twisters’. Well, we don’t but Ashley Jay Sandberg does as she sits and chats to Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir all about the twists and turns to her huge rise to Exec Producer at Kennedy/Marshal and working with Spielberg. Ashley also discusses:
- Problem Solving in prep.
- How to talk to people you look up to.
- How you get in the running for making a studio movie and how to get one made.
- How to make a script or package sell-able.
- Test screening, budgets, strikes and releases.
Twisters is out now.
Follow The Filmmakers Podcast on Twitter: @filmmakerspod | @gilesalderson and the official website
