Katie Aselton - Making a Movie for Yourself!

About this episode

Katie Aselton discusses her film Magic Hour and the motivations behind making it.

This week we welcome writer/director/actor Katie Aselton on the show to talk about her latest film Magic Hour which she co-wrote, directed and starred in alongside Daveed Diggs. Katie talks about why she decided to make this film and how she pulled it off. After that we play another round of the GAME, enjoy! Don’t forget to support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast Leave us a Review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking/id1006416952 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Hosts: Liz Manashil, Alrik Bursell

Guest: Katie Aselton

Topics covered

• indie filmmaking
• film production
• interview
• creative process
• writing
• directing

Keywords

• Katie Aselton
• Magic Hour
• indie film
• filmmaking
• Daveed Diggs
• creative process
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Apple Podcasts

Books & works: Magic Hour

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