Talk film sh!t. Then go film sh!t.
Film Sh!t is where working professionals in film and television tell the truth about how they got here—and where the industry is headed next.
Hosted by cinematographer Nate Caywood, the show features conversations with both below-the-line technicians and above-the-line creatives. You’ll hear origin stories, hard lessons, industry forecasts, and practical insight from people who’ve built lives in this business.
The title says it all. We talk film sh!t—craft, careers, technology, storytelling, survival—and then we challenge you to stop waiting and go make something. Because at the end of the day, the only way in, is to film sh!t.
Trevor Morgan: From Child Actor To Midwest Filmmaker
A great film rarely comes from a perfect plan. It comes from a thousand adjustments made by people who refuse to quit. I sit down with writer, director, and actor Trevor Morgan to trace the through-line from his early days as a kid doing commercials around Chicago to working on major projects like The Sixth Sense, and then making the hard pivot into building his own work. We talk about what it feels like to grow up on set, why “normal” can hide the scale of what’s happening around you,...
1 Jun 2026
Sydney Steinberg: Make Your Own Busy
Waiting for Hollywood to “pick you” can rot your brain. So we sit down with our friend Sydney Steinberg writer, actor, comedian, and unapologetic maker and talk about what actually happens when you try to build a real career in TV and film without a linear path or a safety net. Sydney takes us from growing up in San Diego, using comedy to cope with a dark and lonely stretch, to finding freedom at Syracuse and sprinting into Los Angeles with the kind of hustle that gets you a PA job and a show...
25 May 2026
Adrian Todd Zuniga: Stop Asking Permission To Make Films
I love talking to people who prove that a creative career is built, not “found,” and Adrian Todd Zuniga is exactly that kind of artist. He is a novelist, a live show creator (Literary Death Match), and now a filmmaker, and our conversation starts where the real story always starts: childhood, attention, and that first moment where you realize you can make something out of nothing. We talk about how reading trains a director’s mind, why fear and wonder are evidence that art is working, and how...
14 Apr 2026
Emily Pendergast: From Ohio Cornfields To The Groundlings Stage
A single yes can change your life, but so can a no. I’m joined by Emily Pendergast, Groundlings Main Company performer, writer, and actor on Veep and Amazon Prime’s Company Retreat, to talk about the long stretch between wanting a creative career and actually building one. We start in Ohio with cornfields, big family energy, and early comedy education from SNL and the people who could turn a heavy moment into laughter. From there, Emily lays out the unglamorous middle: a psychology degree, a...
7 Apr 2026
Brett Maline Explains How Hard Work Creates Lucky Breaks
A creative life rarely moves in a straight line, and Brett Maline’s story makes that clear real fast. We start in Minden, Nebraska, where he grows up with a rare spinal condition and something even rarer: a community that practices true inclusion and expects him to compete, contribute, and lead. That foundation becomes a quiet superpower later, when the film industry and TV industry test confidence daily through rejection, uncertainty, and constant reinvention. From small town theater,...
1 Apr 2026
Mekenna Melvin Explains How Success Failed To Heal Her
The entertainment industry loves a clean label it can sell. Real artists are messier than that, and that mess is often where the best work comes from. I’m Nate Caywood, a Los Angeles cinematographer, and I sit down with actor, writer, dancer, choreographer, and musician McKenna Melvin for a raw conversation about what it actually costs to build a life in Hollywood. McKenna takes us from Saratoga to New York conservatory training, then into the early Los Angeles grind: self-submits, student f...
24 Mar 2026
From Pre Med To Producer
A career can start with a plan or it can start with a hard left turn. Jerry Ying’s story is the second kind: pre med in New York, zero interest in drama, then one decision to step into a more creative life and everything changes. We talk about the unexpected on ramps that actually build an acting career, from waiting tables in Soho to modeling gigs to booking major commercials when there were few Asian faces on TV, and how success can arrive before you even feel ready to claim the identity of...
17 Mar 2026
"Like having a three-way with yourself" Heather Leroy on making her first feature
Heather LeRoy’s career path doesn’t follow a neat map, and that’s exactly why it’s useful. We sit down as friends and working artists and trace how a kid on a dead-end road in Alabama turns Saturday Night Live obsession into a real creative life: New York acting classes, Emerson film school, Los Angeles stand-up, and eventually a feature film that refuses to play it safe. We get into the messy, practical reality of independent filmmaking and microbudget features. Heather breaks down what hap...
10 Mar 2026
Michael Strassner Turns His Darkest Days into Indie Gold
What does it really take to turn heartbreak into a career breakthrough? We sit down with actor-writer Michael Strassner for a raw, generous conversation about the long road from Baltimore movie kid to leading an indie feature that filled 500 theaters and won the South by Southwest Audience Award. It starts with early laughs—Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, wrong-shoe bits—and the thrill of seeing his own city through John Waters. Then the path narrows: understudy years in college, the Groundlings ...
3 Mar 2026
ARROW'S ECHO KELLUM TALKS HOLLYWOOD, ACTING, AND A CREATIVE LIFE
We trace Echo Kellum’s path from Chicago theater kid to network TV mainstay and Groundlings main company member, unpacking the reps, routines, and recalibrations that made the career possible. We talk tests, pilots, improv breakthroughs, and why making your own work is the new default. Echo opens up about bullying, a life‑shifting hip‑hop summer, and stepping into (and out of) organized religion when a beard became a line in the sand. That tension—between identity and approval—shaped the grit...
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