{"podcast":{"title":"Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast","slug":"indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913","podcast_index_feed_id":46913,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2664729/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.indiefilmhustle.com/podcasts","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/77e8c6f99031abc6d8569d8f0a950398.jpg","author":"IFH Industries, Inc.","episode_count":1000,"summary":"The Indie Film Hustle Podcast is your #1 source for how to hack the film business and indie film world! The show is here to help as many indie filmmakers as I could. We wanted to bring the best guests, industry leaders, creative legends, and film business friends to you, the IFH Tribe. Some of the past guests include 3X Oscar® Winning Writer/Director Oliver Stone, Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black), Alex Proyas (The Crow, I, Robot), James V. Hart (writer Dracula, Hook), John August (Big Fish, Aladdin), Jim Uhls (writer of Fight Club), Oscar® Winner Russell Carpenter (DP of Avatar, Titanic) Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces, The Grey), and David F. Sandberg (Shazam!) to name a few. We hope this podcast can help you along your journey as an artist, filmtrepreneur, filmmaker, screenwriter, and as a human being. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T02:20:37.317646+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913"},"episode":{"title":"IFH 861: How a Hollywood Creature Creator Made His First Feature Film with Hiroshi Katagiri","slug":"ifh-861-how-a-hollywood-creature-creator-made-his-first-feature-film-with-hiroshi-katagiri","published_at":"2026-06-30T11:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913/ifh-861-how-a-hollywood-creature-creator-made-his-first-feature-film-with-hiroshi-katagiri","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ifh-861-how-a-hollywood-creature-creator-made-his-first-feature-film-with-hiroshi-katagiri--72616287","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72616287/ifh_861_hiroshi_katagiri_mixdown.mp3","summary":"What does it take to spend more than two decades creating creatures, monsters, and makeup effects for Hollywood before finally stepping behind the camera to direct your own feature film? In this episode, legendary special effects artist Hiroshi Katagiri shares his remarkable journey from moving to Los Angeles as a teenager from Japan to working on films like Pacific Rim, Cabin in the Woods, Green Lantern, The Time Machine, and countless other productions. Along the way, Hiroshi reveals how practical effects shaped his understanding of storytelling, why independent filmmakers should focus on what they can control, and how years of experience creating creatures prepared him for directing his first feature-length horror film. The conversation dives deep into low-budget filmmaking, visual storytelling, practical effects, storyboarding, horror filmmaking, crowdfunding, and the realities of building a career in Hollywood. Hiroshi explains why aspiring filmmakers should stop waiting for permission and start creating immediately, how he produced award-winning short films with almost no budget, and why his passion project Gehenna became an eight-year journey of writing, planning, and persistence. For filmmakers, horror fans, and creative entrepreneurs, this episode is a masterclass in turning expertise into opportunity and passion into action. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support .","meta_description":"What does it take to spend more than two decades creating creatures, monsters, and makeup effects for Hollywood before finally stepping behind the camera…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2043,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913/episodes/ifh-861-how-a-hollywood-creature-creator-made-his-first-feature-film-with-hiroshi-katagiri/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913/ifh-861-how-a-hollywood-creature-creator-made-his-first-feature-film-with-hiroshi-katagiri.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}