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Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer31| Becca Shack - Composer|Songwriter|Singer (Video)This is the one with Becca Shack!
Becca is an award winning composer, producer, songwriter and singer who is now based in Los Angeles. She specializes in creating music for film, television and media like video games, podcasts and commercials and she also composes concert music.
She’s worked on shows like Dance Moms, The Young & The Restless and Bones and the recently released film on Apple TV+, iMordecai, which stars among other well known folks, Carol Kane (my fav). I’m so excited to talk to Becca about the psychological thriller Anne, With Love, that...2023-07-1956 minBreaking Big with Erin NeumeyerBonus: ALETHEA ROOT & JULES BRUFFBreaking Big is an Entertainment Show & Podcast.
Today we have a special bonus episode with two very talented guests - Alethea Root and Jules Bruff, who’se new movie “THE GOOD SIDE OF BAD” Premieres tonight, June 22, 2023 at the Dances With Wolves Film Festival! Alethea Directed, Co-Wrpte and Produced and Jules stared in the film as well as co-wrote and produced. It’s their second feature together, the first, PART TIME FABULOUS which was a festival favorite, is streaming on Amazon!
Their Film THE GOOD SIDE OF BAD premiers tonight at...2023-06-2212 minBreaking Big with Erin NeumeyerColleen Haley - Steadicam OperatorThis is the one with Colleen Haley!
Colleen was born In Arkansas - then she moved all over the world but went back to Arkansas to begin her journey in the film industry, ultimately moving to Los Angeles. She started at the bottom as a production assistant and worked her way up to Steadicam Operator and will soon be a ARRI Trinity 1 Operator - which is an amazing alternative to steadicam which we will talk about later.. She’s worked on TV shows, music videos, over 40 films from shorts to features like Mud (with Mathew McConahaughey) and Luck...2023-06-0256 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer28| Samantha K. Henderson - Writer|Director|Producer|Audio Engineer|Podcast Host (VIDEO)This is the one with Samantha K Henderson!
Samantha K Henderson is an award-winning film and TV producer working in Sacramento and Los Angeles. She is the Co-Director of SacFilmChallenge, a music and film festival, and she founded the Sacramento Film Project, which is a film group that focuses on networking and developing filmmakers. Samantha serves on the Board of Directors at Access Sacramento (public access TV and radio) and is certified as a TV and Radio Producer.
Her newest film,“Smashed”, premiered at Raleigh Studios Hollywood in November 2021 as part of Women in Media's CAMER...2023-05-0439 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer28| Samantha K. Henderson - Writer|Director|Producer|Audio Engineer|Podcast HostThis is the one with Samantha K Henderson!
Samantha K Henderson is an award-winning film and TV producer working in Sacramento and Los Angeles. She is the Co-Director of SacFilmChallenge, a music and film festival, and she founded the Sacramento Film Project, which is a film group that focuses on networking and developing filmmakers. Samantha serves on the Board of Directors at Access Sacramento (public access TV and radio) and is certified as a TV and Radio Producer.
Her newest film,“Smashed”, premiered at Raleigh Studios Hollywood in November 2021 as part of Women in Media's CAMER...2023-05-0439 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer29| Jency Allison Weeks - Actress|Author|Podcast Host (AUDIO)This is the one with Jency Allison Weeks!
Jency is originally from Frisco, Texas - which is just north of Dallas and now she lives in New York City, so you’ll hear her southern charm coming through when she’s acted on shows like “Dallas” and “Nashville”. She’s also the host of a terrific podcast called “Lights, Camera, Rolling….MOM!” where she interviews moms working in the entertainment industry. She herself is a mother, so she knows first hand the crazy challenges of the BIZ.
In 2022 Jency published her first children’s book: The Adventures of Sophie...2023-05-0440 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer29| Jency Allison Weeks - Actress|Author|Podcast Host (VIDEO)This is the one with Jency Allison Weeks!
Jency is originally from Frisco, Texas - which is just north of Dallas and now she lives in New York City, so you’ll hear her southern charm coming through when she’s acted on shows like “Dallas” and “Nashville”. She’s also the host of a terrific podcast called “Lights, Camera, Rolling….MOM!” where she interviews moms working in the entertainment industry. She herself is a mother, so she knows first hand the crazy challenges of the BIZ.
In 2022 Jency published her first children’s book: The Adventures of Sophie...2023-05-0340 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer21| Ashly Covington - Hand Model Photographer (Video)This is the one with Ashly Covington, she is a hand-model, photographer and VO artist. You can literally walk through any store and you will see Ashly’s hands on everything from the product packaging for Reynold’s Wrap, book covers for the Eat This! Not That! series. She’s poured bottles of Miller Lite, picked up a slice of Pizza Hut pizza, squeezed and opened yummy Jell-O. You’ve seen her perfectly manicured hands in magazines, like Cosmo, Woman’s World, InStyle, and O Magazine and on TV holding Pepsi, McDonalds and Campbells Soup!
Her hands have filled i...2023-03-1242 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer21|Ashly Covington-Hand Model / PhotographerThis is the one with Ashly Covington, she is a hand-model, photographer and VO artist. You can literally walk through any store and you will see Ashly’s hands on everything from the product packaging for Reynold’s Wrap, book covers for the Eat This! Not That! series. She’s poured bottles of Miller Lite, picked up a slice of Pizza Hut pizza, squeezed and opened yummy Jell-O. You’ve seen her perfectly manicured hands in magazines, like Cosmo, Woman’s World, InStyle, and O Magazine and on TV holding Pepsi, McDonalds and Campbells Soup!
Her hands have filled i...2023-03-1036 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer18| Jessica Redish - Director | Writer | Choreographer (VIDEO)This is the one with Jessica Redish
Jessica is an award-winning director, writer & choreographer currently in USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA Program. She’s worked with The Smashing Pumpkins' choreographing for their International Tour. Her short films “The Last Croissant” and “AIRWAY” (both Hilarious!) have won Best Director and Best Comedy awards.
She is almost compulsively working so it’s no surprise that she’s in post on another comedy called “CAT” that we’ll definitely talk about and she just finished the Oscar Qualifying short “Exit, Pursued by a Bear,” a short movie musical which she wrot...2022-11-0239 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer18| Jessica Redish - Director | Writer | Choreographer (AUDIO)This is the one with Jessica Redish
Jessica is an award-winning director, writer & choreographer currently in USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA Program. She’s worked with The Smashing Pumpkins' choreographing for their International Tour. Her short films “The Last Croissant” and “AIRWAY” (both Hilarious!) have won Best Director and Best Comedy awards.
She is almost compulsively working so it’s no surprise that she’s in post on another comedy called “CAT” that we’ll definitely talk about and she just finished the Oscar Qualifying short “Exit, Pursued by a Bear,” a short movie musical which she wrot...2022-11-0231 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer15| Cristina Nava - Director|Writer (Audio Only)"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App! While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if...2022-10-1448 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer15| Cristina Nava - Director|Writer (Video)"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App! While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if...2022-10-1457 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer14|Leanna Primiani - ComposerThis is the one with Leanna Primiani
Leanna Primiani is an award-winning composer and a California native with a Doctorate in music composition from USC. Nicely done, Dr. Primiani! Well, the Doctor also wrote the score for the remake of cult classic “The Bad Seed”, directed by and starring Rob Lowe and she just wrapped The Bad Seed Returns, written by and starring Mckenna Grace for Lifetime/A&E which is airing now so definitely go check that out! She has worked on tons of interesting projects like Ivory Wave (an experimental Horror film) that screened at this y...2022-09-1447 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer13| Indy Saini - Filmmaker"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App! While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if...2022-08-0654 min
Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer12| Tara Tovarek - Producer"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App! While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if...2022-06-2856 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer11|Krista Amigone - Writer|Director|Actress|Dancer|Mom"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App! While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if...2022-06-0244 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer10|Jennifer Smith ~ Music Supervisor"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App! While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if...2022-05-1955 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer9| Mary Simmons ~ Social Media Marketing|Actress|Vocal Coach"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App! While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if...2022-02-2447 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer8| Caryn Ruby ~ Script Supervisor|Writer|Actress"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App! While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if...2022-01-1343 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer7| Eva Sippel - Documentary Filmmaker|Writer|Actress"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
This week we get to know Eva (Ava) Sippel. She is a writer, director, producer, documentary filmmaker and she has her own production company. Eva is originally from Germany but is now firmly rooted in...2021-11-1359 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer6| MiMi Rose Hall - COVID Compliance OfficerWe are thrilled to have MiMi Rose Hall on our show today! She has a wealth of information about working in production, gives tips on your crew resume, real life Covid Compliance Officer stories from the set during Covid times and if your trying to both be treated more equally on set and treat others with respect she's got some tips on how to address it when someone calls you 'girl' or 'boy'. Heads up, if you're doing it, there are lots of other easy to remember nicknames that won't offend!
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MiMi mentioned a f...2021-11-0543 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer5| Lindsey Loon - ComedienneWarning* This episode does have a tiny bit of swearing.
We are so excited to welcome this week's guest, Lindsey Loon, a very funny comedienne with many talents including photography, singing, acting, writing, voiceover and speaking Japanese! I met Lindsey when she was running the well-loved Connect Film Festival and lately she’s been producing and performing in fundraising events to support Biden & Harris which became a comedy and music show series called Loons and Tunes. She is definitely putting her Yale degree to good use and she has her Masters from the University of Melbourne in Int...2021-10-3144 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer4| Bella Cosper - Editor|Writer|Vision Impaired ActressThe one where we interview Bella Cosper a small business owner, writer, director and actress who has a vision impairment. She is a writer for the CBS Pipeline and mentee’d at Six Point Harness (Hair Love) for Animation Development. She has produced, directed, & written award-winning short films, scripted audio, TV, & stage productions. An alumni of UCLA’s TV Comedy Writing & Development program, she also studied comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade, iO, & The Pack. You may recognize Bella’s name from our outro credits as she runs her own production company, Egrollmedia.com and we hired her to master our fi...2021-10-211h 01Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer3| Grace Ly - Commercial Actress|Mom of Child ActorsGrace Ly is an actress whose husband and children sometimes work in the entertainment industry. She has been navigating the the challenging path of promoting her children, finding good classes for them and deciding when to turn down jobs based on content.
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GRACE RECCOMENDS
Bo & Denise Kane Acting Coaches at http://www.bokaneonline.com/
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...2021-10-1440 minBreaking Big with Erin Neumeyer2| Bernadette Speakes - Actress|Filmmaker|Theatre Director"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
Bernadette is a native New Yorker, but spent most of her upbringing in Chicago, IL. After graduating from the University of Georgia, with a Bachelors Degree in Theater, Bernadette ventured out to start her c...2021-10-0754 min
Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer1| Denise Loveday Kane - Actress | Coach"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride!
Welcome to Breaking Big - Our guest this week is Denise Loveday Kane!This is a throwback episode from our very first show! Still TONS of great information here - Y...2021-09-3039 min