From Passion to Paycheck
"From Passion to Paycheck" highlights creative professionals who make a living off of the crafts they love.
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Craig Siebels, Producing Director / Executive Producer: CROSS; THE GREATEST; BURN NOTICE; GOOD SAM (opens the original)
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Executive producer Craig Siebels launched his television career on the hit series BURN NOTICE, where he began as art director and production designer before fully transitioning into what he is most known for today, as producing director on TV series that have blown up on a global scale. His decades of work include shows like Fox’s Marvel series THE GIFTED; CBS's BLOOD & TREASURE and his latest work directing and executive producing Amazon Prime Video’s massive crime thriller CROSS. Along the way
Joe Passarelli, Cinematographer - ANOMALISA; SCORPION; ULTRA CITY SMITHS; FRANKENHOLE (opens the original)
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Joe Passarelli, DP, has been working as a cinematographer in Hollywood for over two decades on projects including the Oscar-Nominated stop-motion Charlie Kaufman written film ANOMALISA and the upcoming action film SCORPION starring Aaron Eckhart; TV series such as ULTRA CITY SMITHS and FRANKENHOLE; and music videos for artists including THE WEEKND —- his work has brought him all over the United States and to cities abroad where he learned to definitely navigate language, cultural, and Covid obst
Jason Gurvitz Part 2: Producing Indie Film in Columbia - the ins and outs from a Multi-Hyphenate (opens the original)
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Tri-lingual multi-hyphenate Director, Writer, Producer and Actor, Jason Gurvitz spoke with us previously - but in this episode we get way more in-depth about his extensive work producing independent films in Columbia with his two partners via their production label wild House. With a slate of four upcoming Columbian co-productions, and years of previous work both in the U.S. and Columbia — not to mention other international regions we will not cover today — Jason’s perspective straddles both cou
Alec Engerson, Writers Assistant: BAYWATCH (REBOOT) (opens the original)
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Alec Engerson spent four years as a development executive for Emmy-winning director and executive producer, Anthony Hemingway, where he helped develop and produce shows like GENIUS: ARETHA and LA LAW before talking his way into the writers' room — first as Showrunner's Assistant to Matt Nix on TRUE LIES (CBS), then as writer's assistant on the new BAYWATCH reboot. Along the way, he has adapted two novels for Voyage Entertainment, has a horror procedural in development with Korean Studio BOUND En
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