Mason Engel is a writer and filmmaker from Columbus, Indiana. Mason's short film, Amends, earned 3rd place in the Broadcast Education Association Film Festival and was accepted into the prestigious Hollywood Florida Film Festival. Mason is also very passionate about community involvement and has spoken at Hope Elementary School for Read Across America Day and the community Facebook channel, Celebrate Columbus.
Here are some fun facts about Mason.
​He loves sci-fi, fantasy, and anything by Neil Gaiman
He’s a Hufflepuff (and slowly learning to accept that)
He went to Purdue but bleeds Carolina blue
He was a math major (emphasis on "was")
He LOVES independent bookstores
​Mason’s new short film, THE BOOKSTOUR, a 30 minute documentary and the story of his road trip to 50 indie bookstores in 50 days, is releasing in mid July to raise money for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation. The Foundation is using 100% of the profits to help indie bookstores recover from the pandemic.
https://www.thebookstourfilm.com
https://twitter.com/theamasonengel

Ep 147 - "THE BOOKSTOUR" with Mason Engel, Writer and Filmmaker

Kevin and Matthew McManus are filmmakers and tv writers whose works include The Block Island Sound, American Vandal, Funeral Kings, Cobra Kai, 13 Cameras, and more. They write as a duo and are also brothers.
The Block Island Sound released on Netflix on March 11, which they wrote, directed, and produced.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81354464
https://twitter.com/KMcManusBros
https://twitter.com/mattmcmanusbros

Ep 148 - "Feature Filmmaking 101" with Kevin and Matthew McManus, Filmmakers, THE BLOCK ISLAND SOUND

Vincent Lin is a filmmaker and founder of Valiant Pictures, a production company based in New York City. He recently placed as a top 50 semifinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and he’s a judge for the NYU Purple List. Valiant Pictures is actively developing content from short films to feature films to episodic to commercial advertising.

Ep 149 - "Filmmaking 101" with Vincent Lin, Filmmaker and Founder, Valiant Pictures

For our 150th episode, we compiled the best advice from episodes 126-149 into one "Secrets of Writing" episode, with insights from‬ industry professionals for Star Wars, HBO, Netflix, etc.

Ep 150 - "Secrets of Writing 6" from 24 Professionals for Star Wars, HBO, Netflix, etc.

Travis M. Andrews is an author and staff writer for the Washington Post's style section, where he covers internet, pop culture, and the ways we live now. Previously, he was an associate travel and culture editor for Southern Living and a contributing pop culture reporter for Mashable and The Week. He has also written for Time, Esquire, GQ, and the Atlantic, among others. He lives in Washington, D.C., where he acquiesces to the every wish of his puppy Stevie Nix and misses his native New Orleans.
His new book, BECAUSE HE’S JEFF GOLDBLUM: THE MOVIES, MEMES, AND MEANING OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST ENIGMATIC ACTOR released in May, 2021, and is in stores now!
https://www.amazon.com/Because-Hes-Jeff-Goldblum-Hollywoods/dp/1524746037
https://twitter.com/travismandrews

Ep 151 - "BECAUSE HE'S JEFF GOLDBLUM" with Travis M. Andrews, Author, Staff Writer, Washington Post

Fin Kennedy is an award-winning playwright, teacher, and university tutor whose plays are regularly produced in the UK and abroad. He specializes in writing for youth and marginalized communities and also teaches, blogs, campaigns, fundraises and dramaturgs other writers, with a particular focus on young people’s projects in London’s East End. His plays include Protection, the hip-hop musical Locked In, and How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (Sheffield Crucible, 2007), which won the Arts Council’s John Whiting Award, the first time in forty years that an unproduced script had won the award. In 2013, Fin joined Tamasha Theatre Company as co-Artistic Director. As well as writing plays, Fin also has many years of experience teaching playwriting. Whilst associate artist at Tamasha, he founded Schoolwrights, the UK’s first playwrights-in-schools training scheme. As artistic director, he has launched Tamasha Playwrights, a new agency of playwrights-for-hire, offering diverse role models for young people’s projects in inner-city schools. He writes as an occasional contributor to The Stage and The Guardian. 
Fin recently cofounded a new podcast “Out of the Woods: New Plays from the Balkans” which you can download wherever you find your podcasts.
https://tamasha.org.uk/projects/out-of-the-woods-new-plays-from-the-balkans-podcast
https://twitter.com/finkennedy

Ep 152 - "How Stories Can Change the World" with Fin Kennedy, Playwright, Teacher, University Tutor

Daniel Joshua Rubin is a multimedia writer and founder of Story 27 in Evanston, Illinois, a writing studio that provides consulting and education to storytellers in all media. He has written for television (NBC, the WB); new media (The Motley Fool, National Lampoon); and theater (with plays produced at Steppenwolf in Chicago, off-Broadway in NYC, and on the West End of London). He has taught dramatic writing at Loyola University in Chicago, and at the University of California, San Diego. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama, where he graduated with honors and a BS in Drama Studies from the State University of New York at Purchase.
27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park is in stores now!
https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Principles-Story-Storytelling-Shakespeare/dp/1523507160
https://twitter.com/DanJoshuaRubin

Ep 153 - "27 Essential Principles of Story" with Daniel Joshua Rubin, Writer, Founder, Story 27

Originally releaed as Ep 85.
Lauren S. Hissrich is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Showrunner of the Netflix original series The Witcher, based on the book series Andrzej Sapkowski, which was recently reported as being the most in-demand TV show in the world. Previously, Lauren has written scripts for TV including The West Wing and Justice, as well as written and produced shows such as Parenthood, Do No Harm, Private Practice, Daredevil, The Defenders and The Umbrella Academy.
https://twitter.com/LHissrich

Ep 154 - Writer Selects: "Writing THE WITCHER" with Lauren S. Hissrich, Showrunner, THE WITCHER

Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iconis are screenwriting partners and the co-writers of Five Feet Apart, The Curse of La Llorona, and the new Netflix film, NIGHTBOOKS, a live action feature film based on the book of the same name. The movie version of All This Time is currently in development and Mikki and Tobias have many more projects that are in the works. Mikki and Tobias have been on the show together before, and Mikki had also been on the show with Rachael Lippincott, who worked with Mikki on writing the novels for Five Feet Apart and All This Time.
Mikki and Tobias' new film, NIGHTBOOKS, premiered on September 15th on Netflix.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81002270
https://twitter.com/mikkidaughtry
https://twitter.com/tobiasiaconis

Ep 155 - "Co-Writing Netflix's NIGHTBOOKS" with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis

Howard Kazanjian is a film producer whose career spans 50 years. He has collaborated with Hollywood legends such as Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Sam Peckinpah, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas, and worked on such classics as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi. Howard was also Vice President of Lucasfilm, Ltd., and is a published non-fiction author. He is known for producing some of the most commercially and critically successful films of all time and for coming up with central ideas on those films.
The new memoir about Howard’s life, HOWARD KAZANJIAN: A PRODUCER'S LIFE, written by J.W Rinzler, was just released on September 21st, and is in stores now!
https://www.amazon.com/Howard-Kazanjian-Producers-J-Rinzler/dp/1951836189#:~:text=Howard%20Kazanjian%3A%20A%20Producer's%20Life%20Hardcover%20%E2%80%93%20September%2014%2C%202021

Ep 156 - "A Producer's Life" with Howard Kazanjian, Producer, Raiders of the Lost Ark

The #1 Writing Podcast featuring interviews with Bestselling Authors, Literary Agents, Editors, Comic & TV Writers for Marvel, Star Wars, etc. Presented by Flickering Myth.

Ep 154 - Writer Selects: "Writing THE WITCHER" with Lauren S. Hissrich, Showrunner, THE WITCHER

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