Learn how Jesse's film "Nobody Walks in LA" came to be with this panel interview with Jesse and his producers, Jeremy Elliot and Sarah Satow. Originally recorded November 1, 2016. Moderated by Dennis Baker, Business Program Director for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. For more information on Jesse's guest go to the show website at http://www.jesseshapiro.com/podcast/

Carole Kirschner is on the podcast! She started out as a young stand up comic in LA, but found her calling working on the other side of the desk. She began as an assistant and quickly worked her way up to become a senior executive at CBS, and then to a job with Steven Spielberg as Vice-President at Amblin Entertainment. She is now one of the most sought after entertainment career coaches in the industry.

Gregori Viens and Henry Phillips of "Punching The Clown" and "Punching Henry" recall their turbulent journey into filmmaking. After finding success on the indy scene winning the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, Gregori and Henry found themselves seeking and failing to secure a distributer for wide release. They took a chance at a small independent theater in New York, which led to their film being one of the first films bought by Netflix then a new mover in the online media market.

Matt Schuler started as a manager assistant and worked his way to managing some of the biggest names in comedy, but he quit that job to follow his passion of being a producer. Matt has produced comedy specials for Michael Che, Erik Griffin, Steve Byrne, Godfrey, Brian Posehn, Bert Kreischer, and countless others. He is currently working on a documentary entitled "Psychonautics: A Comic's Exploration of Psychedelics."

Before Nick Castle directed classic films like ‘The Last Starfighter’ or ‘The Boy Who Could Fly’ or ‘Tap’, he had already won an Oscar while still a student at USC. Surprisingly, it was Nick’s desire to direct that ironically led him to claim the iconic role of Michael Myers, as Nick was the first man to wear the mask in the original ‘Halloween.’ In this podcast, Nick recounts his start in Hollywood and what it’s like to put back on his Michael Myers mask for ‘Halloween 2018.’

This is a great episode to learn how to promote and build yourself as a brand. Josh has a very varied background in entertainment. He was a reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, the Director of digital media and marketing for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (i.e. the organization responsible for the Oscars among other things). Recently, he has found major success working as a marketing consultant, writing for Medium, and for compiling the well-regarded newsletter "For The Interested."

Jesse sits down with Sarah Colonna, NY Times Bestselling author and lead on the new hit Netflix series 'Insatiable'. They reminisce about their days at 'Chelsea Lately' and dive deep into Sarah's thirteen year journey from moving to LA to becoming a full time comedian. For more information on Jesse's guest go to the show website at http://www.jesseshapiro.com/podcast/

Jeff Grace is an award winning director who's most recent film 'Folk Hero & Funny Guy' premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. When Jeff took the film to the Maui Film Festival, he met Jesse and they became fast friends.

Payman Benz a much sought after Hollywood television director known from 'Who is America', 'Key and Peele', and 'Teachers' on TV Land sits down with Jesse Shapiro to discuss the journey from Iranian refugee to becoming an acclaimed television comedy director.

Adam Shapiro the star of 'Nobody Walks in LA' and the Broadway musical 'Waitress' talks to Jesse about his process for getting the right roles and the lessons he has learned on his journey to being a professional actor.