The Filmmakers Podcast

The Filmmakers Podcast

A podcast about how to make film and TV by filmmakers who actually make them. Interviewing guests from the film-making world from Indie film to Hollywood and everything in between. Hosts Giles Alderson (The Dare), Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar (Wolves of War), Tori & Matthew Butler-Hart (Two Down), Phil Hawkins (Prancer: A Christmas Tale), Stephen Follows (Film Data Analyst), Christian James (Fanged Up), Andy Rodger (Three Day Millionaire) and many others explore the world behind-the-scenes of making films and TV, talking to the actors, writers, directors and producers who make them!

Latest Episode

Making an Micro Budget, Award Wining indie film 'Signs of Life' with minimal crew: Director & writer Joseph Millson (06.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • BENNY SAFDIE (Uncut Gems): Directing Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson in THE SMASHING MACHINE plus filmmaking tips. 01.10.2025
  • Nicky Bentham & Suhayla El-Bushra on Their Powerful New Film 'Brides' Producing & Screenwriting on Challenging Narratives of Indie Filmmaking. 26.09.2025
  • Making a feature film for under 250k in 7 days with 'TAPE's Bizhan Tong and Stephen Belber 17.09.2025
  • Willem Dafoe & Nadia Latif talk 'The Man in My Basement' 10.09.2025
  • How to write and direct comedy features with ‘Poor Things’ Writer Tony McNamara & ‘Austin Powers’ Director Jay Roach: 'The Roses' 02.09.2025
  • Sir Ben Kingsley & Chris Colombus: From Sexy Beast to Harry Potter to The Thursday Murder Club! 26.08.2025
  • Ari Aster: Hereditary, Midsommar & Beau is Afraid writer-director on making A24's Eddington 19.08.2025
  • Creativity, Burnout & Mental Health in Filmmaking with Matt Follows, Dom Lenoir & Conor Boru 15.08.2025
  • Making an indie film for under 100k! Director and writer Tony Burke and Actor & Exec Craig Russell talk making PROTEIN 05.08.2025
  • LIVE from The Funny Life Film Festival - Join Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir as they are chat How to Make a Feature with Hillary Shakespeare, Mitchell Tolliday, Holger Borggrefe, Mel Harris and Stephen Cookson 31.07.2025
  • Fantastic 4 Director Matt Shakman and Actor Ralph Ineson chat with Conor Boru and Francis Annan 23.07.2025
  • Toby Kebbell, Bjorn Franklin and Jonny Marchetta talk 'Salvable' and how they made their incredible debut movie with Toby and Shia LaBeouf starring. 16.07.2025
  • Neil Marshall & Liz Farahadi on short film-making, short film festival submissions, SohoLIFF and making their short film 'Keep Young and Beautiful' 09.07.2025
  • Destry Allyn Spielberg on Making Your Debut indie film 'Please Don't Feed the Children' as a director 03.07.2025
  • Jerry Bruckheimer & Joseph Kosinski join Stephen Followers to talk F1, Brad Pitt, AI, Action, Race Cars and making movies!! 26.06.2025
  • 'We Live in Time', 'Boy A' & 'Brooklyn' writer & director John Crowley on casting, storytelling and creative vision. 17.06.2025
  • Director Aylin Tezel talks making her debut feature film Falling into Place 10.06.2025
  • Jai Courtney and Sean Byrne talk making indie feature Dangerous Animals, acting, directing and sharks! 03.06.2025
  • Business of Film: Cannes, Festivals, Indie Films, AI and Trumps' Tariffs and the QUIZ. Join Giles Alderson, Enfys Dickinson, Dom Lenoir and Stephen Follows for this SPECIAL Ep 27.05.2025
  • Waypoint Entertainment's Ken Kao on Producing Hollywood Movies with Ryan Gosling from The Favourite to The Nice Guys 21.05.2025

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