The Crimson Engine: A Creative Filmmaking Podcast
A podcast exploring the art, craft, and philosophy of filmmaking, with emphasis on independent writer/directors bringing their stories to life.
Episodes

Oct 6, 2025
Oct 6, 2025
18 min
For almost 2 decades, camera manufacturers have been trying to imitate a 35 mm film camera, and have largely succeeded. What are the next frontiers for cinema camera technology? Today we explore what is needed to take cameras into the 21st century.
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Oct 6, 2025
Oct 6, 2025
18 min
Filmmaking can be incredible, but it can also be unforgiving. When you pour your heart and soul into a project and it goes nowhere, you can question if it's all worthwhile. Today, we're talking about how to recalibrate after burnout and how to get excited about filmmaking again.

Sep 17, 2025
Sep 17, 2025
22 min
It's usually not what happens to us on set, but how we react to it that determines our success and the success of our project.
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Aug 25, 2025
Aug 25, 2025
27 min
Even though the producer is responsible for logistical and financial parts of the film, the greatest contribution is something entirely different: The ability to make the hypothetical a reality.

Jul 17, 2025
Jul 17, 2025
25 min
It is a lot more work to excel at filmmaking that it is to do well.
But the top performers, get a far larger piece of the pie.
Often 5x the work results in 100x the result. In this episode, we talk about what it takes to be really good at your job and how to deal with the people that hold you back.

Jun 6, 2025
Jun 6, 2025
26 min
Doing the things that others won't is the only way to get success that others aren't.
In this episode we talk about finding the difficulty that you enjoy and taking smart risks to separate yourself from the pack.
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May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025
21 min
This is what I look for as a film director when I'm casting. In order to embody a character people admire, you yourself need to have done something worth admiring.
So many actors are just actors, and all they've ever done is act.
Get out and live a life worth living, then you'll have something to bring to the material.
Great actors like Gene Hackman, Charles Bronson, Jimmy Stewart and Harrison Ford all have incredible experiences before embodying heroes on screen.

May 2, 2025
May 2, 2025
29 min
Satré said ‘Hell is other people’, but that doesn't mean you can't get the most out of those you work with with some smart communication and the right choices.
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Apr 11, 2025
Apr 11, 2025
22 min
It's not creativity that separates us from artificial intelligence – it's our ability to believe in ideas and develop them until they become a reality
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Apr 2, 2025
Apr 2, 2025
22 min
This week we discuss how small changes that add up to big differences and how the little things we do every day, while not easily apparent, are one of the only things that can transform our lives and careers.
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