Honest conversations about how great work gets made, and the cost of doing it right.

with Shane Hurlbut, ASC

The cinematographer behind Terminator Salvation and Act of Valor on what changed as cameras got democratised, and what changes again with AI.

with Carolina Groppa

A decade inside the industry convinced her the career ladder is gone, so she explains what actually replaced it for anyone trying to produce.

with Lisamarie Shires

A commercial executive producer who has sat on both sides of the table on why genuinely talented filmmakers keep losing the job.

with Leon Silverman

The Chair of the MovieLabs Industry Forum walks through the 2030 Vision quietly rewriting how films and shows get made.

with Reese Hopper

Five years and 465 blog posts into building in public, a freelance producer explains the business case for transparency.

with Joel Pilger

He built an Emmy-winning studio, scaled it into the millions and sold it, and says talent is almost never what kills the ones that fail.

with Ross Girard

From music-video PA to overseeing physical production on Emmy-nominated Netflix documentaries, and what the job really involves.

with PJ Accetturo

The first AI commercial to reach broadcast, from a director whose AI work has passed 275 million views.

with Noam Kroll

A twenty million dollar budget and ten thousand hours of craft buy very different things, and he has worked both ways.

with Simon Tam

Twenty years at Microsoft, Yahoo and Splunk, then a startup: what actually transfers from big tech to building something small.