This week Giles and Robbie interview Anna Mastro to talk about how she built herself up from assistant to established film and tv director, accumulating in her new film Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, streaming now on Disney+.
Anna talks about her start working as a development assistant and script reader for directors McG and J.J. Abrams, working in music videos and television before getting her debut feature Walter made with Milo Ventimiglia, Neve Campbell and William H. Macy.
We also talk directing tv with Anna’s extensive list of TV credits including Shameless, The Bold Type and UnREAL, as well as what it’s like working with a major studio like Disney, shooting a large scale action film, getting your next gig through a colleague - and why Anna used Gladiator and Snatch as unlikely reference points in her pitching process.
Secret Society of Second-Born Royals | Official Trailer | Disney+
 
Support the Murder Ballads Crowdfunder on Greenlit
SUPPORT US ON PATREON
 
SPREAD THE WORD WITH OUR MERCH
Our Filmmakers Podcast MERCHANDISE is now available. T-Shirts, Hoodies, Mugs, Masks and Water Bottles all now available in some very cool designs.
 
Help us out and Subscribe, listen and review us on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean, or wherever you get your podcasts. Tell your friends, spread the world and choose film. 
 
WATCH OUR FILMS
The Dare UK | Trailer
The Dare Canada and USA 
A Serial Killers Guide to Life | Trailer
Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot DIGITAL https://apple.co/3gxiPX3 DVD https://amzn.to/30dCdUa | Trailer
FOLLOW US
Follow the Podcast @filmmakerspod 
Follow Make Your Film @makeyourfilm20 
Follow Giles @gilesalderson 
Follow Robbie @robbiemckane 
Follow our Regular Hosts @DirDomLenoir @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @philmblog @IanSharp1 
Follow our Movies @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @Food4ThoughtDoc 
LINKS and MORE
Raindance events www.raindance.org
The Filmmakers Podcast recommends Performance Insurance
Music from musicbed.com
Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com
Head to The Filmmakers Podcast for more episodes on film-making
Giles Alderson's website 
Get in touch? Email us thefilmmakerspodcast@gmail.com