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How to make a Anthony Hopkins starring historical indie feature with producer Meg Thomson & Director Matt Brown

How to make a Anthony Hopkins starring historical indie feature with producer Meg Thomson & Director Matt Brown

Update: 2024-06-10
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On today's show, host Giles Alderson welcomes not one but two amazing guests: producer Meg Thomson and director Matt Brown. They're here to talk all about their latest indie feature film Freud's Last Session, starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, and many other great actors. Giles sat down with Meg and Matt to chat about...


  • getting Anthony Hopkins on board

  • pitch decks

  • the producer-director-relationship

  • directing legends

  • shooting in a different location every day

  • the challenges of making an indie drama


FREUD'S LAST SESSION is out NOW! TRAILER

Freud invites iconic author C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God. And his unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis' unconventional relationship with his best friend's mother.


LINKS

Check out Samuel's latest short film Tomorrow, I'll Be Thirty on YouTube:

Plot: A woman, struggling to accept her age is met with conflicting feelings of where she is in life and who she is as a person. Starring Courtenay Webster & Gabriella Tavini.

Written & Directed By Samuel H. Evans

Music by Gareth Foy


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COURSES

Want to learn how to finish your film? Take our POST PRODUCTION COURSE

https://cuttingroom.info/post-production-demystified/

 

PATREON

Big thank you to:

Serena Gardner

Mark Hammett

Lee Hutchings

Marli J Monroe

Karen Newman

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CREDITS

The Filmmakers Podcast is produced and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson

Edited by @tobiasvees

Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative 

Theme Music by John J. Harvey

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How to make a Anthony Hopkins starring historical indie feature with producer Meg Thomson & Director Matt Brown

How to make a Anthony Hopkins starring historical indie feature with producer Meg Thomson & Director Matt Brown

Giles Alderson