Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast

Mike and Kevin make a big announcement today on Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast....

Filmmaker Marissa Vonn sits down with us on this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. Marissa is currently living in Los Angeles, but she is an Iowa native and quite frequently return...

Lea Donovan joins us today to discuss obtaining rights to material and clearing intellectual properties (IP) for creative projects, using archive footage, sponsorships, and using products in your film...

Mary Rohne from Mason City, Iowa joins us on Cinematic Heartland today. We talk about her journey as an actor from children’s theater to early films where she played a Dorito Ghost to her latest role ...

Iowa filmmaker, Michael James Minard joins Cinematic Heartland to update us on his latest feature film project, The Dead Man Walking. We got to see some preview clips and all we can say is simply amaz...

Omaha, Nebraska native Tom Knoblauch sits down with us on this edition of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast to discuss his newly released feature film Moving Parts which is available on Amazon...

On today’s episode, we welcome Sharonville, Ohio based, Emmy Award winning filmmaker, Scott Wegener. Scott explains his process of getting films made all around the world on a zero budget. From the Cz...

This is the 100th episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. Mike and Kevin reflect on the past conversations that they've had with filmmakers and what advice they can offer from everything...

On this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast, Actor Katie Otten joins us from Omaha, NE to talk about what got her involved in filmmaking, the filmmaking scene in the Omaha area, her w...

Michael Huntington and Brittany Benedict seem to be everywhere these days, releasing one great project after another, and today they join us on Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. We cover a lo...

Sioux Falls, SD based filmmaker, special effects expert, makeup artist, Cassandra Nixon, who is a horror film aficionado and loves her zombies, joins us today on Cinematic Heartland to discuss those a...

It’s hard to pin one, two, or even three titles on Leo Sears because his experience spans so many facets of the entertainment industry. From teaching high school theater and English to running a dinne...

Today I welcome Jeff Winkelman to the show. Jeff is one of the founders and coordinators for the annual Fright Film Competition based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Even though it is based in Ohio, this is a un...

**SPOILER ALERT - WATCH THE FILM BEFORE LISTENING TO THE PODCAST**Watch the short film, Tea Party, at: https://youtu.be/5AeJeYXW_D0Tea Party was the 2nd film that I wrote and directed and the 2nd film...

So many of us cause undue physical and mental stress trying to achieve something that is unattainable... perfection. We have to learn to allow ourselves to be imperfect....

Hannah Wright, a filmmaker who hails from Des Moines, Iowa, joins us today. Hannah started off writing short stories and then went on to poetry but really didn’t have an early love for movies like mos...

Filmmaker Jason Fragale joins the show to discuss a variety of topics including his projects, query letters, what goes on in the room when you meet with producers, how to deal with failure, and a lot ...

Announcing a change to the Cinematic Heartland Podcast....

On this episode, I welcome Northwestern Indiana / Chicagoland region filmmaker, Alex Srednoselac to the show. Alex released his first feature film, Cashing Out, at the beginning of 2020 and it has gon...

Alex Ferrari visited the show on episode 14 and offered such great advice to independent filmmakers on taking control of your career that I wanted to kick off 2021 with a replay of this episode. This ...

Dylan Jaeger returns to Cinematic Heartland to discuss a very important topic that affects not only people in the creative industry but many people across all walks of life... mental health struggles....

Actor Carly Neel joins Cinematic Heartland to discuss her experiences on and off set and gives us her insights into the acting profession. Carly starred in the I Like Ike Films productions Oliver Shor...

Kevin welcomes very special guest, Alex Ferrari, to Cinematic Heartland today. He has three podcasts to his name… Indie Film Hustle, The Filmtrepreneur, and Bullet Proof Screenwriting. He is the autho...

Dylan Jaeger has appeared in many films including "Morris," "The Z Triangle," "The Z Mind," "Happy Birthday" and the newly released "Miles: A Spider-Man Fan Film." Kevin had the pleasure of working wi...