The Assistant Route: Networking, Mentorship, and Building a Film Career & Community
About this episode
GG Hawkins interviews Vika Stubblebine about building a sustainable film career through assistant work and community.
In this episode, GG Hawkins talks with writer, director, producer, assistant, and Not Your Daddy’s Films co-founder Vika Stubblebine about building a sustainable film career through assistant work, mentorship, community, and creative self-advocacy. Vika traces her path from acting and theater at UCLA to working in TV production at Sony, becoming a writers’ assistant, writing episodes of S.W.A.T., and helping build Not Your Daddy’s Films into a Los Angeles community for women and non-binary filmmakers. In this episode, No Film School's GG Hawkins and guest Vika Stubblebine discuss... How Vika moved from theater, acting, and playwriting into film and television Why assistant jobs can be one of the most valuable ways to learn the entertainment industry What Vika learned working in TV production at Sony How mentorship from bosses and showrunners helped her move toward writing The importance of telling people what you want to do in your career How Vika landed opportunities in writers’ rooms and on S.W.A.T. Why Not Your Daddy’s Films began as a grassroots screening event Building community for women and non-binary filmmakers in Los Angeles The role of accessible events, panels…
People in this episode
Host: GG Hawkins
Guest: Vika Stubblebine
Topics covered
- film career
- networking
- mentorship
- community building
- assistant work
- women filmmakers
- non-binary filmmakers
Keywords
- film career
- mentorship
- assistant jobs
- community
- women filmmakers
- TV production
- writers' assistant
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Not Your Daddy’s Films, Sony
Books & works: S.W.A.T.
Places: Los Angeles, UCLA
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