Making Media Now

A Conversation with Director Josh Seftel

Filmmakers Collaborative member Josh Seftel is a 2017 Emmy nominee and was a Peabody Awards Finalist for creating the landmark series “The Secret Life of Muslims,” a poignant and insightful documentary series that   examined Islamophobia and what it meant to be a Muslim in America. 

Josh also directed the breakthrough Emmy-winning series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the feature film War, Inc. starring John Cusack, Marisa Tomei and Ben Kingsley, and is a contributor to Ira Glass’ This American Life and CBS Sunday Morning, which has been featuring his hugely popular series of virtual conversations with his 83-year-old mother.

 

Special thanks to Sound Engineer AJ Kierstead.

Meet Filmmaker Meghan Shea

Meghan Shea is an award winning documentary and branded content film director and producer. She began her career in film at Washington Media Associates as a researcher for “Peter Jennings: Reporting on Guantamnamo,” the first long-form television investigation into the Bush Administration’s detention and interrogation policies. Together with her partner, in business and in marriage, Mike Rogers, Meghan heads up Persistent Productions which has offices in Massachusetts and Singapore.

A Conversation with Filmmaker Tim O'Donnell

In this episode, I talk with documentary filmmaker Tim O’Donnell. Tim, and his producing partner John Mercer, are the driving forces behind Pixela Pictura and Pixela Pictura films, their branded content and documentary film companies.

 

As Emmy-nominated and award winning creatives, their films have been seen on ESPN, ABC, PBS, at the Sundance Film Festival and events around the world. Their film "Life Without Basketball" was recognized for its contributions to global sport by Human Rights Watch and a short film adapted from the same body of work was distributed with CNN films and Uninterrupted.

 

Their feature documentary film "Not a War Story" opened at #1 on iTunes documentaries in 2018 and premiered at the Academy of Motion Pictures.

 

Tim’s latest documentary film is called "The House We Lived In", a highly personal account of his father’s journey of recovery and re-emergence after sustaining a serious brain injury in 2011. 

 

FilmmakersCollaborative is proud to call Tim and Pixela Pictures FC members and we encourage media makers of all stripes to visit us at filmmakerscollab.org to discover the full range of programs and services we offer. 

Introducing Making Media Now

Welcome to the debut episode of Making Media Now, the Filmmakers Collaborative podcast. In this episode your host, Michael Azevedo, speaks with Filmmakers Collaborative executive director Laura Azevedo (yes, Michael's sister!) about FC's services, mission and programs. Special thanks to Sound Engineer AJ Kierstead.