Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast with Alex Ferrari

Well, we made it. #400! I couldn't have imagined that when I started this little podcast back in 2015 that we would ever get here. I say "we" because I couldn't have done it with the IFH Tribe's love and support over the years. I am humbled, grateful, and honored to have the privilege to serve you all. Thank you for everything guys.

As promised I wanted to make this episode special and today's guest will do j...

This is your weekly dose of filmmaking motivation. Be well, stay safe and of course, keep on hustling!

- Never stop chasing that dream that is burning in your belly.
- Your limitation—it's only your imagination.
- Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.
- Sometimes later becomes never.
- Great things never come from comfort zones.
- Success doesn't just find you.

Share this with a filmmaker that needs to hear...

Today on the show we have award-winning filmmaker, actress, author, speaker, women in film activist and force of nature Naomi McDougall Jones. Many of the IFH Tribe might remember Naomi from her first appearance on the show talking about her distribution adventures with her film Bite Me. You can listen to that episode here: Making Money Self Distributing Your Indie Film with Naomi McDougall Jones

Bite Me, is a subversive romantic co...

This is your weekly dose of filmmaking motivation. Be well, stay safe and of course, keep on hustling!

- Never stop chasing that dream that is burning in your belly.
- Your limitation—it's only your imagination.
- Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.
- Sometimes later becomes never.
- Great things never come from comfort zones.
- Success doesn't just find you.

Share this with a filmmaker that needs to hear...

This is your weekly dose of filmmaking motivation. Be well, stay safe and of course, keep on hustling!

- Never stop chasing that dream that is burning in your belly.
- Your limitation—it's only your imagination.
- Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.
- Sometimes later becomes never.
- Great things never come from comfort zones.
- Success doesn't just find you.

Share this with a filmmaker that needs to hear...

Welcome to the Filmmaking Motivation Podcast with Alex Ferrari is a podcast dedicated to helping you get off your butt and make it happen for yourself. We all need a push on our filmmaking journey from time to time and this show does just that. Filmmaker and host Alex Ferrari (who also hosts The Indie Film Hustle, Filmtrepreneur, and Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcasts) drops weekly episodes that are part inspirational, part motivat...

Today on the show we have low-budget visual effects master Kevin Good. Kevin is a freelance cinematographer, VFX artist, and director. He has worked on diverse projects from creating television pilots for Fox Television Studios to shooting interactive feature-length films for the U.S. Army.

His work has been featured in the Independent TV Festival in Los Angeles, the New York Television Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the Edinbu...

It was brought to my attention that there are predatory film aggregators and distributors out there selling promises that they don't intend to keep.

Yes, I know shocking.

Specifically, I came across a few film aggregators, and use the term "aggregator" extremely loosely, that were promising filmmakers that if they use their service they could guarantee their film would be placed on Netflix, Hulu, Tubi, etc.

"THIS IS 10...

I'm so excited to bring this episode to the IFH Tribe I can barely contain myself. Today on the show we have ex-distributor turned filmmaker Jeff Deverett. Jeff reached out to me after reading my book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur: How to Turn Your Indie Film into a Moneymaking Business. He wanted to tell me that the book hit the nail on the head and that my film distribution chapter was right on.

I came to find out that he was an ...

DVD is dead! Not so fast. Today's guest is filmmaker Jeff Santo who has been making major money selling DVDs of his indie films for years.

Jeff has been an indie filmmaker for over 20 years. After been ripped off by a predatory film distributor on his first film he came back with a vengeance with his second film This Old Cub. He turned that film into a big success selling over 40,000 DVDs on my own website, marketing my film dir...

I've been preaching from the top of the Filmtrepreneur mountain for a while now that filmmakers need to build multiple revenue streams from their projects besides just the traditional renting and sales of the film. In my book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur, I discuss the revenue stream of online courses and classes.

You can either sell courses on your own site and drive traffic to them or you can place your courses on existing marke...

Today on the show we have filmmaker and author Jon Fitzgerald. Jon has twenty-five years of experience in the independent film, internet, and film festival communities, a rare leader with a unique combination of skills.  As a filmmaker, he has produced a number of award-winning documentaries; and as a consultant, he has guided many independent film projects through the maze of festivals and hybrid distribution models.

As a co-founde...

Today on the show returning 2-time champion, writer and filmmaker Joshua Caldwell. Joshua has been on the show twice before and both his episodes went viral.

Well, he's back to talk about his new film INFAMOUS starring Bella Thorne, Jake Manley, Amber Riley, and former guest on the show Todd Jenkins.



Arielle, a young woman who lives in a small Florida town, is stuck. Arielle has always wanted more: fame, popularity, and admiratio...

Today on the show we have host, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and president of Aputure Ted Sim. Ted is the host of the Indy Mogul Podcast and Youtube Channel. He took over the reins of the legendary Indy Mogul Youtube channel last year and has really created some amazing content.

Ted Sim is a Los Angeles filmmaker, originally from Baltimore, MD. Though he has been living in California since 2009, he has traveled to over 45 different coun...

A good friend and returning champion Stephen Follows wrote an amazing article discussing the future of Hollywood distribution. I asked him to jump back on the show to discuss. Here's a bit of the article.

Change in the film industry is often an extremely gradual process. The views of those involved tend to be entrenched and hard to shift. Therefore, how the film industry will operate one year can reasonably be expected to be ver...

I'm very excited to bring this episode to the IFH Tribe. Today on the show we have filmmaker, Filmtrepreneur, and self-distribution expert Steven Lewis Simpson. Steven has been able to generate hundreds of thousands in revenue for his film Neither Wolf Nor Dog without ever releasing it online. He made all his money self-distributing theatrically. Not only in the US but worldwide.

In conversation we discuss how we, as filmmakers,...

Every day I wake up and feel like I'm living in the "Upside Down" from Stranger Things. We are living in a once in a generation event and the world will never be the same. The film industry, like so many others, is taking it on the chin, and COVID-19 is the fist that is doing the punching.

Our entire industry can't wait for a vaccine and effect treatment to re-open. The economic toll is too great for the millions of ...