The Lounge with Aminah Hughes

The Lounge welcomes US Screenwriter and Script Reader, David Wappel. David worked in post-production in Atlanta before pivoting to writing and moving to Los Angeles. His work appears on HBOMax and Amazon Prime. He has become a sought-after reader for various management and production companies and individual screenwriters. He talks with Aminah about his journey into storytelling and answers questions submitted by emerging writers, about the craft of screenwriting. The Lounge is a video podcast by musician, screenwriter, director and photographer, Aminah Hughes. In this interview series, Aminah talks to people in the music, film and other creative industries about the essence of their craft and what drives them to do what they do. Click SUBSCRIBE for more great episodes.Learn more about Aminah at www.aminah.com.au

Join Aminah and a host of international screenwriters for a special online Christmas party event. The group discuss their favourite Christmas movies, shamble their way through a Christmas movie trivia gameshow and talk about upcoming writing projects in 2021.With Steven DeBose, Nathan Spiteri, Peter R. Feuchtwanger, Rich Orstad, Jennifer Dunn, Danielle Nicki, Sam Tahhan, Collin Lieberg, Jimmy Clabots, Chip Riggs, Janese Taylor, Tim Westland, Karen Franz, and producer Travis Currie.

The Lounge is a video podcast by musician, screenwriter, director and photographer, Aminah Hughes. In this interview series, Aminah talks to people in the music, film and other creative industries about the essence of their craft and what drives them to do what they do. This first trailer contains some excerpts from the first 5 episodes of Season 1.

In Episode 5 of The Lounge, Aminah welcomes feminist songstress, Natalie D-Napoleon.Natalie is an Australian/American songwriter, musician and award-winning poet. In 2019 she recorded her fourth solo album, with one microphone, in a one-hundred-year-old chapel nestled in the hills behind Santa Barbara. Here, she talks with Aminah about the songwriting and recording process and the power of telling women’s stories.The Lounge is a video podcast by musician, screenwriter, director and photographer, Aminah Hughes. In this interview series, Aminah talks to people in the music, film and other creative industries about the essence of their craft and what drives them to do what they do. Click SUBSCRIBE for more great episodes.Learn more about Aminah at www.aminah.com.au

Gianmarco Soresi is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer living in New York. A Moth StorySLAM winner, he has performed Off-Broadway and been featured in Vanity Fair, Esquire and The Huffington Post. His acting credits include the movie Hustlers with Jennifer Lopez, and the upcoming Billy Crystal/Tiffany Haddish film Here Today.Join Aminah and Gianmarco as they chat about life in the US amid virus and election chaos, his new special on Amazon Prime and that infamous pepper incident.The Lounge is a video podcast by musician, screenwriter, director and photographer, Aminah Hughes. In this interview series, Aminah talks to people in the music, film and other creative industries about the essence of their craft and what drives them to do what they do. Click SUBSCRIBE for more great episodes.Learn more about Aminah at www.aminah.com.au

The Lounge welcomes two extraordinary Australian Screen Producers.Kylie Du Fresne (THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE SAPPHIRES, CLEVERMAN, I AM WOMAN) is a multi-award-winning film and television producer and a partner at Goalpost Pictures.Tania Chambers (ITCH, KILL ME THREE TIMES, A FEW LESS MEN) is an Executive Producer at Feisty Dame Productions. She is a recipient of the Order of Australia for her service to the Arts and to Film and Television. The Lounge is a video podcast by musician, screenwriter, director and photographer, Aminah Hughes. In this interview series, Aminah talks to people in the music, film and other creative industries about the essence of their craft and what drives them to do what they do. Click SUBSCRIBE for more great episodes.Learn more about Aminah at www.aminah.com.au

Australian blues musician Michael Charles has spent 30 years extensively touring the US and Canada, recorded 37 albums and in 2015 was inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame.The Lounge is a video podcast by musician, screenwriter, director and photographer, Aminah Hughes. In this interview series, Aminah talks to people in the music, film and other creative industries about the essence of their craft and what inspires them to do what they do. Click SUBSCRIBE for more great episodes.Learn more about Aminah at www.aminah.com.au

Chart-topping, multi-award winning, Australian-born, UK-based, singer/songwriter, Zoee, is one of the most exciting Alt. Country/Americana artists to hit the UK country music scene. The Lounge is a video podcast by musician, screenwriter, director and photographer, Aminah Hughes. In this interview series, Aminah talks to people in the music, film and other creative industries about the essence of their craft and what inspires them to do what they do. Click SUBSCRIBE for more great episodes.Learn more about Aminah at www.aminah.com.au