Meet the Hosts

Andy Nelson

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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Andy has hosted as well as been a panelist on a number of episodes.
This page features episodes on which he has been a host.
See episodes where Andy has been a panelist right here.

Natalie Erika James' 2020 film Relic is our September 2021 member bonus episode, another film in our Horror Debuts series

Relic • Member Bonus

Members voted Natalie Erika James’s Relic as a Horror Debuts bonus pick. Pete and Andy dig into this quiet, dread-filled haunted house film about three generations of one family.

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The Lure, 2015, directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska, the 5th of 6 in our Horror Debuts series

The Lure

Two carnivorous mermaid sisters wash ashore in an alternate 1980s Poland in The Lure. Pete and Andy continue Horror Debuts with Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s genre-bending musical horror debut.

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The Babadook • The Next Reel • 2014 directed by Jennifer Kent, 4th of 6 in our Horror Debuts series

The Babadook

So many people love Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, but does its grief metaphor go too far? Pete and Andy dig into its craft, its divisive reception, and its unlikely second life as an LGBTQ+ icon.

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The Next Reel • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night • 2014, directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, 2nd in the Horror Debuts series

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

A lonesome vampire stalks a fictional Iranian ghost town on a skateboard in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Pete and Andy continue Horror Debuts with Ana Lily Amirpour’s black-and-white debut.

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