Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie Filmmaking
Hosted by Alrik · Liz Manashil & Alrik Bursell
4.8from 238 ratings
- 771
- Episodes
- 265
- Transcribed
- 238
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 17M
- YouTube views
About Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie Filmmaking
Liz Manashil and Alrik Bursell discuss independent filmmaking, everything from writing, producing and directing to working as crew. But this is not just a podcast about "making it," it's also about struggling with rejection, self-doubt and everything else that comes with pursuing a career in film. Follow along as we forge our own way through the industry and talk to guests who are also making it happen. Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast
- Publisher
- Liz Manashil & Alrik Bursell
- Category
- arts · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Jun 2015
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
265 of 771 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Joel Veach - Finding Success with Feature #1 and Willing #2 into Existence!
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Joe Bob Briggs - BONUS Throwback Interview!
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lloyd Kaufman - Episode 600 with Lloyd Fucking Kaufman!
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Joel Veach - Finding Success with Feature #1 and Willing #2 into Existence!
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think it's a really solid effort. Everyone worked hard on it. I look at it. I've seen it now in a theater. We've been to several festivals and I've seen it with audiences and I just, I, I love seeing some of those moments where it you know that pay off whereas a filmmaker it's like you write these scenes and you're like oh man if this lands this is really going to get the audience and so i've had a lot of taking a lot of joy and being in the back of the theater watching an audience kind of react in certain areas so i I don't know. I really do love it. I can't really say that I'd change a whole lot. […]
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- Joel Veach
- Joe Bob Briggs
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Bomani J Story
- Sal Bardo
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- YouTube views
- 16,751,226
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 218 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 20 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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Alrik host the show. Published by Liz Manashil & Alrik Bursell.
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