Month: June 2022

Ep8: Serve the Big Picture with Visual Artist Nathalie Tierce

Ep8: Serve the Big Picture with Visual Artist Nathalie Tierce

In this episode, I interviewed visual artist Nathalie Tierce about her work as a scenic designer for film/TV, colors and emotions, as well as balancing motherhood and her career as an artist.

The common thread is “Serve the Big Picture”-in work, and in life.

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In her career as an artist, Nathalie Tierce has worked on projects as diverse as productions for
Shell Silverstein, Andrew Llyod Webber, The Rolling Stones, period dramas for the BBC,
feature films such as Martin Scorcese’s Shutter Island, Tim Burton’s Alice, and painting murals for Disney.

In her work as a visual storyteller, she uses cartoon and symbolic imagery to convey
psychological struggles in her paintings and drawings. Her two books, Fairy Tale Remnants
and Pulling Weeds from a Cactus Garden – Life is full of pricks, are surreal fairy tales for
grown-ups, compiled of her mixed media work, accompanied by her short prose.
The acclaimed counter-culture cartoonist and artist R.Crumb wrote about Tierce;
“ a genuine visionary artist with a direct line to (her) subconscious”.

Dave Cooper, artist, animator, and cartoonist said, “Tierce’s paintings are wonderful. Bizarre
and genuine and unsettling. Some reminded me of the great George Grosz.
The Comics Review U.K. Included her book, Pulling Weeds from a Cactus Garden in “Best of
2021” and said, “The marriage of image and text…can simultaneously tickle like a feather, cut like a scalpel and hit like a steam-hammer.”

Born and raised in New York City, Nathalie received her formal training at Pratt
Institute in New York and L’ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, then spent ten years in Europe refining her craft as a painter.

Tierce has a solo show opening on August 20 at Gallery 825 in Los Angeles. Her artwork
appears in publications such as Mineshaft and Spread Love. In April the fringe culture magazine Carpanzine did an interview about her work.

She maintains a studio in Glendale, CA, where she lives with her sculptor husband, Chris Towle, and son Joshua.

Website: www.nathalietierce.com
Links to books on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Pulling-Weeds-Cactus-Garden-Fairytales/dp/1737832607
https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tale-Remnants-Surreal-Tales/dp/1734187409/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_e
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Ep7: How to Make A Living Creatively with Jim Jermanok

Ep7: How to Make A Living Creatively with Jim Jermanok

In this episode, I have the pleasure to invite Jim Jermanok to talk about networking in the entertainment industry and some of the biggest mistakes artists make.

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Jim Jermanok is an award-winning writer, director, producer author, and speaker based in NY. He is currently directing and producing a feature documentary about the life and art of Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau featuring interviews by Chris Rock, Diane Ladd, Jon Voight, Woody Allen and Ellen Burstyn.  Mr. Jermanok wrote and produced the highly acclaimed romantic comedy, “Passionada,” which was released by Columbia Tri Star in over 150 countries. His  film “Em”won the Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Criterion International Inspiration Award. It was released by Vanguard Cinema and SnagFilms.  Jim Jermanok recently wrote and directed “Homophonia,” a political comedy film on gay marriage which has appeared at over 50 film festivals while winning several of them.  Also active in TV and New Media, Jim Jermanok’s  new web series “LIFEADVICE.TV” has drawn tremendous praise since going live globally in November, 2015. Mr. Jermanok is a former ICM Agent who represented Arthur Miller, Shirley MacLaine, John Chancellor, Ben Kingsley, Dudley Moore, Helen Hayes, Alan Arkin and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, among others. Jim also speaks and has conducted over 300 workshops worldwide on the subject of his 2017  book, BEYOND THE CRAFT: What You Need to Know to Make A Living Creatively!– http://amzn.to/2hmx6YQ , Making Your Projects Happen: Successful Film/TV Producing and Financing as well as The Art and Business of Screenwriting.  https://jimjermanok.com/

 

Ep6: Beyond the Camera: A Conversation with VFX producer Zach Hamelton

Ep6: Beyond the Camera: A Conversation with VFX producer Zach Hamelton

In this episode, award-winning VFX producer Zach Hamelton shares his journey of making a career in the film/tv industry, a cupcake business venture in his early years, and helpful tips for early-career artists.

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Zachary Alexander Hamelton is an award-winning American post-production professional and former podcaster. Originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, Zach knew he wanted to work in film at a very young age. However, it wasn’t until he was much older after attempting a career in the emergency medical field and co-owning a cupcake shop that he decided to take his chance in the industry. Zach attended the Digital Animation and Visual Effects School out of Orlando, Florida, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in VFX Production.

His first big break was working with MPC Vancouver as a compositor on “The Strain” (2017), “Justice League” (2017), “Fifty Shades Freed” (2018), and several other projects. As his time with MPC was coming to a close, he became enamored with the production side of the industry. Through some furthering education and immense drive, Zach landed his first gig in production with Falcon’s Creative Group. While working in themed entertainment, he thrived as a production coordinator and later took on additional responsibilities as the casting director and unit production manager for live-action. During his time with Falcon’s Creative Group, Zach was able to work with clients such as Marvel Entertainment, National Geographic, PBS, and many more. However, his favorite assignment was as the unit production manager and lead post-production coordinator for “Halo: Outpost Discovery” (2019), a traveling meta-interactive experience.

Though he enjoyed his time in themed entertainment, Zach always longed to return to the film industry, and in 2019 Crafty Apes VFX offered him that golden opportunity. Since joining the company, Zach has worked on over sixteen film or television projects. He is known for his attention to detail and his thoughtfulness when it comes to clients. Some of his standout credits include “Hustlers” (2019), “Mulan” (2020), “Star Trek: Picard” (2020), and “The Little Things” (2021).

In his time away from the studio, Zach enjoys helping up-and-coming filmmakers with their production, visual effects, and casting needs through his company, Throw the Knife Productions.

You can find Zach here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatzachhamelton/

 

Ep5: How to Really Let Go

Ep5: How to Really Let Go

In this episode, I talk about how to REALLY let go, which means you let go without holding onto any residual energy or thoughts.

Here’s a three-question framework to guide you through this process:

  1. What do I want?
  2. What serves me?
  3.  What am I afraid of?

Most likely it’s not the things or people that you cannot let go of, it’s the FEAR.

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