Writer, Actor, and Producer Mandy Kaplan on What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Mandy Kaplan joins us to discuss her multifaceted career and the beloved film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, a poignant portrayal of family dynamics and small-town life.
With over 25 years of experience in film, television, and commercial production, Andy has cultivated an enduring passion for storytelling in all its forms. His enthusiasm for the craft began in his youth when he and his friends started making their own movies in grade school. After studying film at the University of Colorado Boulder, Andy wrote, directed, and produced several short films while also producing indie features like Netherbeast Incorporated and Ambush at Dark Canyon.
Andy has been on the production team for award-winning documentaries such as The Imposter and The Joe Show, as well as TV shows like Investigation Discovery’s Deadly Dentists and Nat Geo’s Inside the Hunt for the Boston Bombers. Over a decade ago, he started podcasting with Pete and immediately embraced the medium. Now, as a partner at TruStory FM, Andy looks forward to more storytelling through their wide variety of shows.
Throughout his career, Andy has passed on his knowledge by teaching young minds the crafts of screenwriting, producing, editing, and podcasting.
Outside of work, Andy is a family man who enjoys a good martini, a cold beer, a nice cup o’ joe. And always, of course, a great movie.
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Mandy Kaplan joins us to discuss her multifaceted career and the beloved film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, a poignant portrayal of family dynamics and small-town life.
We kick off our Ghost Stories series with a haunting story of greed and wartime loss – and Kenji Mizoguchi didn’t need any effects to tell it either! It’s his 1953 film Ugetsu.
Join Andy and Dr. Leon Hunt as they delve into the stylish world of Italian Giallo films, exploring iconic movies like Deep Red (Profundo Rosso) and their lasting impact on cinema.
Chartable is going dark, leaving podcasters scrambling for new analytics solutions – but is the open-source OP3 the rebellious underdog we need? Join Pete and Andy as they grapple with the shifting sands of podcast tracking and explore the future of independent podcasting in a Spotify-dominated world.
For this month’s member bonus episode, we continue our Roger Corman series with one of the two westerns he produced in 1966 with Monte Hellman directing. Starring Warren Oates, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, and Will Hutchins, it’s The Shooting.
We wrap up our brief return to our Disease Films series with George Pan Cosmatos’ turn to tackle the 70s disaster film. We’ve got a disease on a train. We’ve got the pursuit of a drug mule. And we’ve got Lee Strasberg carrying lots of expositional weight. It’s The Cassandra Crossing.
We kick off our return to our disease films series with a trip up to Canada to the small town of Pontypool, Ontario. That’s right, it’s the shock jock War of the Worlds-esque zombie story, Bruce McDonald’s 2008 film ‘Pontypool.’
This week on the Podcast Podcast: the rise of long-form episodes, Google’s AI-powered podcast generator, and Apple’s surprising move to open up its podcast platform.
We sit down with hair and makeup designer Frances Hounsom to talk about her career, including her recent work on Peacock’s The Tattooist of Auschwitz, as well as one of her favorite films, Damien Chazelle’s 2014 film Whiplash.
We conclude our One-and-Done series with a banger – the fascinating story of a confidence man, made by a confident filmmaker that frustratingly never got to make another film. It’s Wendell B. Harris Jr.’s 1989 film “Chameleon Street.”