Stay ConnectedOne-on-one chats with commercial directors, advertising agency creatives, actors, editors, producers, crew and more. Filmmaker Jordan Brady has directed of over 1300 spots , 4 feature films, 3 full-length documentaries and one Netflix special. The show is edited by Jake Brady.
Jordan is Founder of Commercial Directing Film School and owner of True Gentleman Industries, aka True Gent, a commercial production company in Los Angeles. Respect The Process, since 2013.
Copywriter/Creative Director Cameron Day has a new book that I truly enjoyed, "Chew With Your Mind Open." It's an entertaining look at his journy through advertising, complete with a foreword by the legendary Lee Clow. Cameron shares the kind of guidance that has kept him "grounded, driven, and gainfully employed as both a freelancer and a full-timer for longer than I cares to admit." Buy it here.
EVENTS & COURSES Saturday, October 22nd at 11:30am Pacific I'll be on the Filmmakers Academy platform doing a masterclass on Spec Spots! Everything you need or ever wanted to know. Click this link. My next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is January 7th, 2023 in Los Angeles. Save $100 once you've completed either Masterclass or Commercial Directing Shadow online courses. Voodoo Lounge is open 24/7. Are you longing for a community for us Commercial Directors? Join me in the Voodoo Lounge. It's free for filmmakers to ask questions, post cuts, share successes, comment and even gripe. Just stay positive and we'll help one another. I'll be doing a monthly AMA there over zoom. Again, it's free. Online Commercial Directing Masterclass as well as my Commercial Directing Shadow course have received 100% 5 star reviews. Plus you and me do a free filmmaker consultation call with either course. Win a chance to shadow me on a real shoot! DM for details. How To Pitch Ad Agencies and Director's Treatments Unmasked are now bundled together with a free filmmaker consultation call, just like my other courses. Serious about making spots? The Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth. Amazon Prime!! Jeannette Godoy's hilarious romcom "Diamond In The Rough" streams on the Amazon Prime! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's "Mean Girls" meets "Happy Gilmore" and crowds love it. Here's the trailer. Thanks, Jordan This episode is 65 minutes. My cult classic mockumentary, "Dill Scallion" is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you.Filmmaker Charles Papert and I met 20 years ago, but sitting down for this podcast, we picked up like it'd been a week. Charles and I chat about DP'ing "Key & Peele", Muppets, features, commercials, Instant Films and more. Be sure to check out this accomplished cinematographer's invention, the ZeeGee rig that takes handheld camerawork to the next level.
Next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is January 7th, 2023 in Los Angeles. Save $100 if you've completed either my Masterclass or Commercial Directing Shadow online courses. Online Commercial Directing Masterclass as well as my Commercial Directing Shadow course have received 100% 5 star reviews. Plus you and me do a free filmmaker consultation call with either course. Win a chance to shadow me on a real shoot! DM for details. How To Pitch Ad Agencies and Director's Treatments Unmasked are now bundled together with a free filmmaker consultation call, just like my other courses. Check out the new Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth. It's everything and more. Amazon Prime!! Jeannette Godoy's hilarious romcom "Diamond In The Rough" streams on the Amazon Prime! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's "Mean Girls" meets "Happy Gilmore" and crowds love it. Here's the trailer. Thanks, Jordan This episode is 96 minutes. My cult classic mockumentary, "Dill Scallion" is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you.Agency Producer Anne Kurtzman has enjoyed an illustrious career producing top ads at some of the best advertising agencies in the business. From 72 & Sunny, Cliff Freeman & Parnters to Saatchi & Saatchi, Anne is the best! We met at David & Goliath, where she was Head of Production, but we never got to be on set until 20 years later! I know you'll love our chat. Check out her site www.annekurtzman.com.
Next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is January 7th, 2023 in Los Angeles. Save $100 if you've completed either my Masterclass or Commercial Directing Shadow online courses. Online Commercial Directing Masterclass as well as my Commercial Directing Shadow course have received 100% 5 star reviews. Plus you and me do a free filmmaker consultation call with either course. Win a chance to shadow me on a real shoot! DM for details. How To Pitch Ad Agencies and Director's Treatments Unmasked are now bundled together with a free filmmaker consultation call, just like my other courses. Check out the new Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth. It's everything and more. Amazon Prime!! Jeannette Godoy's hilarious romcom "Diamond In The Rough" streams on the Amazon Prime! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's "Mean Girls" meets "Happy Gilmore" and crowds love it. Here's the trailer. Thanks, Jordan This episode is 30 minutes. My cult classic mockumentary, "Dill Scallion" is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you.Actual allows productions quickly issue payment cards & track costs within one collaborative platform. From Bidding through Wrap, Actual provides your team with the tools to competitively bid jobs and track expenses. Ok, I copied and pasted that from Doug Smith's Actual site so i wouldn't mess it up. But trust me, Actual can streamline a lot of what we don''t like to do.
Next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is January 7th, 2023 in Los Angeles. Save $100 if you've completed either my Masterclass or Commercial Directing Shadow online courses. The only way to shadow me this November is to have completed Commercial Directing Shadow online. Online Commercial Directing Masterclass as well as my Commercial Directing Shadow course have received 100% 5 star reviews. Plus you and me do a free filmmaker consultation call with either course. Win a chance to shadow me on a real shoot! DM for details. How To Pitch Ad Agencies and Director's Treatments Unmasked are now bundled together with a free filmmaker consultation call, just like my other courses. Check out the new Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth. It's everything and more. Amazon Prime!! Jeannette Godoy's hilarious romcom "Diamond In The Rough" streams on the Amazon Prime! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's "Mean Girls" meets "Happy Gilmore" and crowds love it. Here's the trailer. Thanks, Jordan This episode is 50 minutes. My cult classic mockumentary, "Dill Scallion" is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you.Equals Managment Founder Scott Pugnetti has decades of experiences repping Directors and Cinematohgrpahers globally and now offers his expertise and career management to U.S. commercial helmers. We chat about his relationships, how productions in other cultures operate and more. Enjoy and check out Scott's Equals site here. One key takeaway is Scott favors "talent over structure" when it comes to matchmaking Directors with opportunities. Listen and learn what that means.
Next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is January 7th, 2023 in Los Angeles. Save $100 if you've completed either my Masterclass or Commercial Directing Shadow online courses. Online Commercial Directing Masterclass as well as my Commercial Directing Shadow course have received 100% 5 star reviews. Plus you and me do a free filmmaker consultation call with either course. Win a chance to shadow me on a real shoot! DM for details. How To Pitch Ad Agencies and Director's Treatments Unmasked are now bundled together with a free filmmaker consultation call, just like my other courses. Check out the new Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth. It's everything and more. Amazon Prime!! Jeannette Godoy's hilarious romcom "Diamond In The Rough" streams on the Amazon Prime! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's "Mean Girls" meets "Happy Gilmore" and crowds love it. Here's the trailer. Thanks, Jordan This episode is 35 minutes. My cult classic mockumentary, "Dill Scallion" is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you.Filmmaker Tony Franklin is a Los Angeles based national multi award winning director who's caught the attention of brands like Etsy, BMW, IBM, WIRED, Purina, Pizza Hut, Gatorade, Prudential and many more. Tony is a favorite guest on the pod and we talk about everything you need to know about commercial directing. Check out his spots here.
Shout out to Void Studios in downtown LA for the recording space.
Amazon Prime!! Jeannette Godoy's hilarilous romcom "Diamond In The Rough" streams on the Amazon Prime! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's "Mean Girls" meets "Happy Gilmore" and crowds love it. Here's the trailer. Next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is January 7th, 2023 in Los Angeles. Save $100 if you've completed either of my Masterclass or Shadow online courses. Online Commercial Directing Masterclass as well as my Commercial Directing Shadow course have received 100% 5 star reviews. Plus you and me do a free filmmaker consultation call with either course. Win a chance to shadow me on a real shoot! DM for details. Hoo wTo Pitch Ad Agencies and Director's Treatments Unmasked are now bundled together with a free filmmaker consultation call, just like my other courses. Check out the new Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth. It's everything and more. Thanks, Jordan This episode is 95 minutes. My cult classic mockumentary, "Dill Scallion" is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you.I'm off to a big comedy commercial shoot and then a private bootcamp! So this episode is eleven captivating minutes of just me talking about using Zoom to communicate and align my prep with the ad agency. I also recoomend some archived interviews with great guests over the last 9 years. Oh, and I lightly pimp my courses.
Amazon Prime!! Jeannette Godoy's hilarilous romcom "Diamond In The Rough" streams on the Amazon Prime! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's "Mean Girls" meets "Happy Gilmore" and crowds love it. Here's the trailer. Next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is January 7th, 2023 in Los Angeles. Save $100 if you've completed either of my Masterclass or Shadow online courses. Online Commercial Directing Masterclass as well as my Commercial Directing Shadow course have received 100% 5 star reviews. Plus you and me do a free filmmaker consultation call with either course. Win a chance to shadow me on a real shoot! DM for details. Hoo wTo Pitch Ad Agencies and Director's Treatments Unmasked are now bundled together with a free filmmaker consultation call, just like my other courses. Check out the new Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth. It's everything and more. Thanks, Jordan This episode is 11 minutes. My cult classic mockumentary, "Dill Scallion" is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you.Director of Photography Natalie Kingston is continually inspired by the collaborative process of creating a distinct visual language for each film she shoots. Her work is always informed by the story and rooted in emotion.
Kingston's latest work can be seen in Black Bird, the upcoming Apple TV+ crime drama, starring Taron Egerton, Paul Houser, Ray Liotta and Greg Kinnear.
Recently Kingston also shot Shapeless, director Samantha Aldana's surreal drama that follows a struggling singer in New Orleans who must overcome her terrifying eating disorder and addiction before it turns her into a monster. The film premiered at Tribeca 2021. Earlier that year, short film Dorothea's Blues which Kingston lensed for director Channing Godfrey-Peoples, premiered at SXSW.
Amazon Prime!! Jeannette Godoy's hilarilous romcom "Diamond In The Rough" streams on the Amazon Prime! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's "Mean Girls" meets "Happy Gilmore" and crowds love it. Here's the trailer. Next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is January 7th, 2023 in Los Angeles. Save $100 if you've completed either of my Masterclass or Shadow online courses. Online Commercial Directing Masterclass as well as my Commercial Directing Shadow course have received 100% 5 star reviews. Plus you and me do a free filmmaker consultation call with either course. Win a chance to shadow me on a real shoot! DM for details. Hoo wTo Pitch Ad Agencies and Director's Treatments Unmasked are now bundled together with a free filmmaker consultation call, just like my other courses. Check out the new Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth. It's everything and more. Thanks, Jordan This episode is 60 minutes. My cult classic mockumentary, "Dill Scallion" is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you.
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