Rise of the Filmtrepreneur: The Entrepreneurial Filmmaking Podcast with Alex Ferrari

Rise of the Filmtrepreneur: The Entrepreneurial Filmmaking Podcast with Alex Ferrari


Latest Episodes

CROSSOVER: The Brutal & Honest Reality of Self-Distributing a Film Today with Jeff MacIntyre
November 19, 2020

Today on the show we have 17 time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jeff MacIntyre. Jeff is the director of the new film The Great Cookie Comeback. Famous Wally Amos introduced us to his famous cookie in 1975. It was love at first bite!

FT 063: CrowdSourcing and Building an Audience for Yourself with RB Botto
November 09, 2020

So today on the show we have to return champion RB Bottofrom Stage32.com. RB has been on the show six times. Between film festival panels, interviews, and  Sundance. He's always a favorite of the IFH Tribe so I thought it was time to bring him back....

FT 062: How to Make a Killer Horror Film in One Location with Michael Williams
October 26, 2020

f you have a micro or no-budget feature film shooting in one location will make life a lot easier. Now, how do you make that one location look great and not boring through your film? Indie Filmmaker Michael Williams did just that with his new horror...

CROSSOVER: Why Most Independent Films Never Make Any Money
October 09, 2020

I've been thinking about doing this podcast for a long time. In the tradition of Why Filmmakers are Always So Damn Broke & What They Can Do to Change It this episode is going to be a cold bucket of water over your head if you are not ready for it. In...

FT 061: How to Make SERIOUS Money as a Filmmaker
September 28, 2020

I always get asked, "How to make money as a filmmaker or can you make money as a filmmaker?" The short answer is yes, of course, you can but will it be easy, HELL NO! What's a filmmaker to do? I've been able to develop an over 20-year career...

CROSSOVER: The Million-Dollar Self Distribution Experiment (Monsters of Man) with Mark Toia
September 18, 2020

When I wrote my book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur I hoped it would help filmmakers around the world. I never thought that a filmmaker halfway around the world would read it and change his entire marketing and distribution plan for his million-dollar+...

FT 060: Does Your Indie Film Have an Audience?
September 14, 2020

Does Your Indie Film Have an Audience? I'm never surprised anymore when I speak to filmmakers or Filmtrepreneurs and ask them one simple but powerful question, Does your film have an audience? I usually just get a blank stare. This is...

SNEAK PEEK - Christopher Nolan: The Directors Series Podcast
September 13, 2020

Welcome to the SNEAK PEAK of THE DIRECTORS SERIES PODCAST, a show dedicated to appreciating and deconstructing the work of contemporary and classic film directors. In the show, we breakdown the careers of film directors like Christopher Nolan, Stanley...

FT 059: Squeezing the Most Revenue Out of Your Indie Film with Patrick Solomon
August 31, 2020

CROSSOVER EVENT Today on the show we have filmmaker and Filmtrepreneur Patrick Solomon. Patrick is the mastermind behind the celebrated film Finding Joe. Finding Joe is an exploration of famed Mythologist Joseph Campbell's studies and their...

FT 058: Top 10 Social Media Rules for Filmtrepreneurs
August 17, 2020

With social media taking over the world it is more necessary than ever to use it to get the word out on yourself, your film project, or your production company. Most indie filmmakers have no idea of how to build an audience or how to...

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