Do up-and-coming filmmakers of today really need to study the masters of yesterday? Also, we begin our "Women in Film" series.
About five years ago I wrote a blog post posing the question, "Should young filmmakers of today study the masters?" It generated a lot of great debate and conversation. That question has always sat with me, particularly now in an age where YouTube celebrities gain millions of views with little to no formal filmmaking education (let alone film history). So, what value, if any, is there to know the work of master filmmakers like Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Ford, Ophuls or Chaplain? This week we hear from six filmmakers and one master photographer on the topic.
Women in Film
Today we also formally begin our "Women in Film" series as we hear an excerpt from a 4-person panel I conducted on the topic. Is that fact that I even have to make a special "series" a problem in itself?
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Who You Heard
Featured in today's episode:

David Shulman, Executive Director of the Seattle Film Institute
Kevin Shahinian of Pacific Pictures
Stefanie Malone, Executive Director of NFFTY
Nancy Chang, Executive Directory of Reel Grrrls
Ryan Davis, co-founder of Smarthouse Creative
Scilla Andreen, CEO of IndieFlix
Joe Buissink, celebrity photographer
Nathan Corona of Dustbrand Films
Adam Forgione, Pennylane Productions
Zach Lipovsky, ShotLister
Sam Mestman, CEO of http://wemakemovies.orgWe Make Movies

Music in this Episode
Music from today's episode was curated from the Free Music Archive and Song Freedom. Click here to see the Song Freedom mixtape for this episode (All rights reserved). In order of appearance:

Brandenburg Concerto by Johann S. Bach
"Ho Hey" and "Stubborn Love" by the Lumineers

Free Music Archive Songs used:

"Please Listen Carefully" by Jahzzar.  CC-BY-SA.
"CGI Snake", "The Life and Death of a Certain K Zabriskie Patriarch",  and "Oxygen Garden," by Chris Zabriskie. CC-BY.
"Man with a Golden Soul" by Cullah.  CC-BY-SA.
 "Out of the Skies, Under the Earth" and "Wonder Cycle" by Chris Zabriskie. CC-BY.