Creativity in Motion by Penumbra Entertainment

Chef Anthony Mandriota began his culinary training at the home of his grandparents in Astoria, Queens, New York. His Grandmother Josephine’s simple message was: start with the best ingredients, do not crowd your pan, and eat with your eyes first. Those principles have guided him for his entire career.

His heritage is Italian, and he loves cooking and eating Italian cuisine. At the age of eight, Anthony tasted Classical Fre...

George Walker IV is a second-generation photojournalist who has worked around the world for the past three decades covering some of the biggest events. Based in Nashville, he has photographed the Tennessee Titans since their move to Tennessee in the late 90s. He’s also  covered local, regional and national stories for The Tennessean, USA Today and many other news organizations. In February, he spent two weeks in China covering the ...

On episode 23 of the podcast, find out what made Jeron Bray leave his career as an MMA fighter and turn his attention to fight choreography. In this conversation Jeron shares how he got started choreographing fight scenes and what he likes about training actors.

He also talks about the team of stunt performers he’s assembled and how they work together with directors to create the action scenes necessary for music videos and films.

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Bret Wolcott started High Five Entertainment at a Spaghetti Factory in Los Angeles in the early 80's with two other USC film school buddies. In the forty years since, he has produced shows for all the major networks and is currently producing live television for the Circle Network.

In this episode of Creativity In Motion, Bret shares where his opportunities came from and gives examples from his own experience about ho...

Twenty years after taking an “Intro to Woodworking” class, Brad Rodriguez’s hobby has become a full-time career, leading him away from corporate America and into the upper echelons of YouTube content creation. His YouTube channel, “Fix This Build That” has over 1 million subscribers and he is well known online as a master DIY-er and woodworker.

Chris and Mark sit down with Brad to discuss how his engineer’s mind was able to make roo...

Episode 20 of Creativity in Motion finds Chris and Mark talking about collaboration. What makes a good collaboration? What makes a good collaborative partner? They discuss successful collaborations and how a good collaboration can be fulfilling even if the results fall short of expectations.

They talk at length about what makes them good collaborative partners for each other, how to know when you’re really collaborating with someone...

In this episode, Chris and Mark visit with Nashville-based film and stage actor James David West, who’s currently filming The Legend Of Lake Hollow.

In this conversation, David talks about some of the intricacies of his work as an actor, detailing his approach to the audition process, why he prefers to collaborate on set and how difficult it can be to create more fully formed characters when all he has to work with is a vague descri...

In episode 17, Chris and Mark talk with social media marketing expert Courtney Alexander about the constantly shifting social media industry. Courtney has managed social media campaigns for The Grand Ole Opry, Ole Red by Blake Shelton and the Southeastern Conference athletic program.

Discussion topics include the new paradigm of digital marketing; old-school advertising and marketing philosophies; how COVID has changed people’s onli...

Lee Percy and Eric Schunk are friends who live in Atlanta. Besides being longtime architects, each with a wide variety of experience in the field. they also share a passion for illustration and drawing. Every couple of weeks, they get together and venture out into Atlanta in search of something to draw.

In this episode, Chris and Mark talk with Lee and Eric about how switching gears and going out into  public spaces to practice thei...

Dr. Leo Twiggs was born and raised in St. Stephen, South Carolina. He navigated his way through some of the most tumultuous years in US history, including the civil rights movement, to become the first African-American student to receive a Doctorate of Arts from the University of Georgia.

He created the Fine Art Department at South Carolina State University, where he taught for 25 years. Along the way, he became an accomplished bati...

In 1987, Jeff Storer and Ed Hunt opened Manbites Dog Theater in Durham, NC. They wanted to use the theater to bring awareness to the Durham community about the different forms of theater and prove that live theater can be a powerful tool in opening people’s minds, eyes and hearts. They hoped they would survive for a couple of years. Thirty-four years later, they are still going strong.

In this episode of Creativity In Motion, Jeff S...

In this episode, photographer Steve Whitsitt shares highlights from his 30-year career as a professional photographer. He takes us through his early days when he realized he wanted to pursue photography, how he decided to go to photography school and the significant events and opportunities that led to his diverse bodies of work. Key topics include Steve’s discovery of what motivates him creatively, his time working with the King o...

In this episode, we have an in-depth conversation with Hayley Malone, Brenden Barraza and Savannah Lingle. These photography students are at the beginning of their professional careers and are "in the trenches," learning how to be creative on demand, 24/7. Among other things, we talk about what inspires them daily, their early misconceptions about what it takes to make great work and their feelings about social media. It&...