Making YOUR Own Path In The Film Industry with Moonlight Actor Edson Jean

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The Wishing Well

Jose & Sunday Ordoñez

27 episodes

3 days ago

Time. Money. Space. These are limited resources given to and often wasted by creators. Artists are particularly defensive when it comes to cleaning up our act. We tend to be free-spirited and scatterbrained, and it might actually be affecting our work. Sometimes it’s this freedom that enslaves us to our worst selves. It’s just that we don’t notice. Let’s design a lifestyle that allows us to focus our energy into the things that matter. This podcast documents our journey into creative freedom.

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Making YOUR Own Path In The Film Industry with Moonlight Actor Edson Jean

The Wishing Well

51 minutes 8 seconds

5 years ago

Making YOUR Own Path In The Film Industry with Moonlight Actor Edson Jean

Edson Jean, an emerging Haitian-American actor, writer & director joins for a conversation about making your own path in the film industry. He is well known for directing Grown, Complex's first web-series, and in acting in movies like Moonlight and War Dogs and TV shows such as HBO's Ballers and Bloodline. Here's everything we talked about:

0:50 - Introductions
2:55 - How an actor got into the film game
4:44 - How Edson got connected to Hollywood and Barry Jenkins
10:47 - Why it’s important for filmmakers to stay local
18:12 - Is Hollywood going to disappear?
20:37 - How to balance business and art
25:27 - How the Joneses may be destroying your film dream
28:41 - The inspiration behind Edson’s first film, Ludi
31:45 - Shooting a feature film in 10 days
34:41 - Edson’s distribution plan
35:36 - The downsides of Film Festival circuits
40:29 - Filmmaking is not for the faint of heart
43:12 - Be a craftsman, not a lottery winner
45:32 - Is Sean Baker the prime example of the indie filmmaker?
48:22 - Don’t be at the mercy of others

Edson's Reel: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6211068/

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