{"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":"2026-09-22T12:17:46.103344+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913"},"episode":{"title":"IFH 866: The Brutal Truth About Making Horror Movies with Harrison Smith","slug":"ifh-866-the-brutal-truth-about-making-horror-movies-with-harrison-smith","published_at":"2026-08-04T11:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913/ifh-866-the-brutal-truth-about-making-horror-movies-with-harrison-smith","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ifh-866-the-brutal-truth-about-making-horror-movies-with-harrison-smith--73214028","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73214028/ifh_866_harrison_smith_mixdown.mp3","summary":"Success in filmmaking rarely comes from waiting for permission. In this episode, horror filmmaker Harrison Smith shares the lessons he learned from building a career through writing, producing, and directing independent films like The Fields, Six Degrees of Hell, Camp Dread, and Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard. From working at Universal Studios to producing feature films on modest budgets, Harrison explains why experience on real film sets teaches lessons no classroom can replicate and why every filmmaker eventually has to stop studying movies and start making them. The conversation covers independent film production, screenwriting, directing, financing, working with actors, horror filmmaking, investor relationships, film criticism, remakes, networking, and developing stories that stand apart from Hollywood formulas. Harrison also discusses why strong scripts remain the foundation of every successful film, why writers should focus on telling original stories instead of chasing trends, and how honesty, persistence, and reputation become the most valuable assets any filmmaker can build throughout their career. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support .","meta_description":"Success in filmmaking rarely comes from waiting for permission. In this episode, horror filmmaker Harrison Smith shares the lessons he learned from buildi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4723,"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-866-the-brutal-truth-about-making-horror-movies-with-harrison-smith/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-866-the-brutal-truth-about-making-horror-movies-with-harrison-smith.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}