{"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 871: The Screenwriting Advice Hollywood Writers Actually Use with Andrew Bloomenthal","slug":"ifh-871-the-screenwriting-advice-hollywood-writers-actually-use-with-andrew-bloomenthal","published_at":"2026-09-08T11:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913/ifh-871-the-screenwriting-advice-hollywood-writers-actually-use-with-andrew-bloomenthal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast-46913","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ifh-871-the-screenwriting-advice-hollywood-writers-actually-use-with-andrew-bloomenthal--74807823","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74807823/ifh_871_andrew_bloomenthal_mixdown.mp3","summary":"Entertainment writer, screenwriter, and independent filmmaker Andrew Bloomenthal joins the show to discuss what years of interviewing working screenwriters and directors taught him about storytelling, preparation, and the filmmaking business. Andrew explains how his background in financial journalism unexpectedly opened the door to entertainment writing, eventually giving him opportunities to interview filmmakers including Oliver Stone and Michael Moore and contribute to publications such as Creative Screenwriting and Script Magazine. He also shares why every assignment should be treated as a calling card, how detailed research produces better conversations with filmmakers, and why writers need to develop an economy of words regardless of what they're writing. The conversation also gets into deadlines, developing your own screenplays, transitioning from writing to production, and Andrew's experience preparing to shoot a musical short film. He discusses casting actors, recording musical tracks before production, scouting locations, planning shots, and the excitement that comes when something that existed only on the page begins becoming a real film. For aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers, Andrew's experience reinforces a practical lesson: preparation matters, but eventually you have to move beyond thinking about making a film and actually start producing it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support .","meta_description":"Entertainment writer, screenwriter, and independent filmmaker Andrew Bloomenthal joins the show to discuss what years of interviewing working screenwriter…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2983,"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-871-the-screenwriting-advice-hollywood-writers-actually-use-with-andrew-bloomenthal/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-871-the-screenwriting-advice-hollywood-writers-actually-use-with-andrew-bloomenthal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}