Working Class Hollywood

This week's podcast guests are Jason Eksuzian and Kincaid Walker. Jason is an amazing camera operator and Director of Photography who has worked on The Hills reboot on MTV, Vanderpump Rules on Bravo, and Little People Big World on TLC. Kincaid is an Actor and Writer known for her recurring role on Speechless on ABC and the award winning digital series Hug It Out that she created, wrote, and starred in. Click the link in bio to listen.

This week's podcast guest Jason Eksuzian is the Director of Photography of Vanderpump Rules on Bravo. Here he is shooting a digital project he wrote and directed called D***S which starred actress Kincaid Walker who also is on the podcast this week. Click the link in bio to hear Jason and Kincaid's stories and to hear about the upcoming short film they are working on.
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This week's podcast guest are Director of Photography / Camera Operator Jason Eksuzian () and Actress & Writer Kincaid Walker () Click the link in bio to listen. Here they are working on set of their award winning digital series Hug It Out ().

This week’s guest is Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer who worked on the Oscar winning Ric talks about all the jobs in sound from ADR, Foley, and Sound Supervision. He also explains the difference between Sound Editing and Sound Mixing which I’ve never understood since I started watching the Oscars as a kid. Click the link in bio to listen .

Marvel Television VP of Development & Programming and talk about ‘s upcoming adult animation shows and the future of television. Click the link in bio to listen .

Television has 5 new animated shows coming out on This week’s podcast guest Grant Gish is the VP of Development and Programming at Marvel Television and he helped develop and sell this package of shows and is now overseeing them as they go into production. Click the link in bio to hear Grant talk about these shows and to hear his own superhero origin story .

This week’s podcast guest is editor and content creator . He’s also my brother. Click the link in bio to hear Jon talk about how he got into the business, what it takes to make successful videos for YouTube, and how streaming services like Twitch are the future of entertainment .

Movie Producer is my guest this week on the podcast. Andy is an Executive Vice President at Atlas Entertainment. They’ve produced movies like The Dark Knight and Wonder Woman. Andy tells his story of how he went from film school graduate to film producer, and we talk about how movies get made from beginning to end. This is also the first time I filmed my interview so head to my YouTube Channel (Producer Jerry) if you want to watch. Click the link in bio to listen .

This week’s podcast guest is Alexandra Nickson, the head of music for Dreamworks Television Animation (she blinked in the photo) Her and her team oversee all the music for every animated TV show that DreamWorks makes like Boss Baby, Trollhunters, 3 Below, Kung Fu Panda, Dinotrux and many more. She has so much energy and you can tell by the way she talks how passionate she is about what she does. Click the link in bio to hear her awesome inspiring interview .

A cool little figure this week's podcast guest Zac Moncrief drew. Zac is an incredibly talented artist and animator and has worked on some of the coolest cartoons to come out in the last 20 years like Phineas & Ferb and Family Guy. Click the link in bio to hear Zac's fantastic interview about the animation industry.

This week's podcast guest Zac Moncrief was a producer on Be Cool Scooby Doo on Cartoon Network & Boomerang. This is some rough art he did for the series. Click the link in bio to hear Zac's awesome interview about the animation industry.

Check out this awesome storyboard from an episode of Family Guy that this week's podcast guest Zac Moncrief directed. Click the link in bio to listen to Zac talk all about what a director for animation does and how to break into the industry.

This week's podcast guest Zac Moncrief is an animator for TV. Here is an example of a storyboard he did for an episode of Phineas & Ferb that he directed. Click the link in bio to hear his awesome story.

This week's podcast guest Zac Moncrief is an animator and was a Storyboard Artist for Disney's Lilo & Stitch Movie. This is just one of the frames he drew for the film. Click the link in bio to hear how Zac got into the animation industry and a very in depth description of what animators do at ever level of the business.

This week's podcast guest is a producer, director, and animator for television. Zac Moncrief () has worked on shows like Phineas & Ferb, Family Guy and many more. Click the link in bio to listen to Zac's amazing interview where he talks all about how to break into the animation industry, what the various positions on an animation team do, and the process of getting a cartoon from script to on the air.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

What do The Gifted , Burn Notice, The Comedians, and The Good Guys have in common? Besides being great TV Shows they were all created and ran by this week's podcast guest Click the link in bio to hear Matt's incredible story of how he went from being a forgotten employee of a large corporation to one of the best writers and show runners in television today.
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This week's podcast guest Mona May did all the original costumes for the Disney film Enchanted. She talks about how she pitched her vision for the costumes to Disney to get the job and then the process of designing costumes that had to exist in an animated world as well as live action. Click the link in bio to listen.⠀⠀⠀⠀

This week's podcast guest Mona May was the costume designer for the iconic 1995 film Clueless. Clothing was such a big part of the story and characters in this film and Mona designed it all. Listen to her awesome interview where she talks all about what a costume designer does from script and development to production. Click the link in bio to listen⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

New Episode of the Podcast is out NOW! Brady Connell has worked on Survivor, Amazing Race, and was the Showrunner for Extreme Makeover Home Edition on ABC. He runs The Great Christmas Light Fight also on ABC. HGTV announced recently that they are rebooting Extreme Makeover Home Edition and Brady is going to be the Showrunner. We talk all about the relaunch of the show and how it will be different this time around. Brady is one of the nicest guys in Hollywood and his episode is very inspiring. Give it a listen by clicking the link in the bio.

How does an angsty Orange County teenager go from getting suspended in high school for playing a VHS tape of Dawson’s Creek in class to Vice President of Comedy Central? Click the link in bio to listen to this week’s podcast with to find out!! .

New Podcast episode is out now with Mike Miller. Mike works with The ATS Team who build the massive sets and obstacle courses for American Ninja Warrior, Spartan Games, Big Brother, The Amazing Race and others. Before his current gig, Mike was a Challenge Producer for The Amazing Race and Big Brother. Mike's got a great story, and goes into some good detail about the production and logistics of all the shows he's worked on. Check it out!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reality-tv-challenge-producer-mike-miller/id1440419592?i=1000427608529&mt=2

Check out Rashad Raisani's episode of the podcast here. He's a writer for TV and it's a damn good one!!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/television-writer-rashad-raisani/id1440419592?i=1000427143967&mt=2

Happy New Year! New episode of the Podcast out NOW! Rashad Raisani is a writer for television, specifically dramas. He worked on Burn Notice and White Collar both on USA and has since been developing and working on the staff of shows under overall deals at NBC Universal and Twentieth Century Fox. Rashad tells the story of how he went from being an assistant to a literary manager, to taking over that manager's office as a development executive, to ultimately following his true passion for writing.

New Podcast episode out now! Zack Olin is the Vice President of Creative Development at ABC Studios, the television production arm of Disney. They make shows like Grey's Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Black-Ish, and The Kids Are Alright, which Zack developed for the studio. Zack gives some great behind the scenes info about what it takes to develop a TV Show and get it sold. He also goes into really interesting detail about what development and current executives do at studios and networks. Check it out!!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/abc-studios-development-executive-zack-olin/id1440419592?i=1000426400636&mt=2

"ABC Studios Development Executive: Zack Olin" from Working Class Hollywood by Jeremiah Smith on Apple Podcasts Working Class Hollywood Episode 8

This week's podcast guest Tom Bellissimo blows s**t up for a living...literally. He specializes in explosions and pyrotechnics for the film and television industry. These are just a few of his epic on camera explosions. Click the link in bio to hear him talk about how he he was trained in explosives, and hear his tips about how people can break into special effects today.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

This week's podcast guest is Special Effects Supervisor Tom Bellissimo. His first job in Hollywood was as a PA on the set of Madonna's music video "Burning Up" Listen to the episode and then watch the music video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pufec0Hps00

New Episode of the Podcast is out now and it's a good one. (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/special-effects-supervisor-tom-bellissimo/id1440419592?i=1000425919102&mt=2)Tom "Brooklyn" Bellissimo is a special effects engineer that has worked in film and television for the last 30 years. Some of Tom's biggest credits include The Mask, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, From Dusk Till Dawn, Charlie's Angels, Saw, Mad Men, and so many more. Tom does mechanical effects which are real, in camera effects not visual effects done on green screens or with computers. Tom tells his story of breaking in as a PA in music videos, transitioning into special effects, and building a career and reputation as the guy productions call when they want to blow things up.

During the interview Tom tells several outstanding stories including how he partied with George Clooney and Harvey Keitel on the set of From Dusk Till Dawn, and how he got fired by Quentin Tarantino off of Kill Bill because of an argument over fake snow. Tom also spills a secret from the set of From Dusk Till Dawn that he thinks Quentin Tarantino will kill him for. Click the link in bio to listen.

In 2016 when we were filming at the Improv on Melrose for Vanderpump Rules, Jim Jefferies and several other comics were there and weren't so happy we were filming on their turf. Jim actually came up into our scene and mooned our cast and cameras. I tell that story in this week's podcast to Andrew Wantuck who is a Supervising Producer on the The Jim Jefferies Show. Andrew was curious how the scene ended up and if Jim showing us his ass had ruined it. I tracked down a clip of the scene and you can see the final product below. No sign of Jim Jefferies or his butt at all.

http://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules/season-5/episode-11/videos/did-kristen-use-a-pic-of-jaxs-pen*s-in-her-comedy-show

New episode of the podcast is available NOW.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jim-jefferies-show-producer-andrew-wantuck/id1440419592?i=1000425469222&mt=2

Andrew Wantuck is the Supervising Producer on the Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Central. He tells the story of how he got his first job in LA by knocking on the door of a comedy club and how that led to a great career in television. We also do a deep dive into how an episode of Vanderpump Rules gets put together in post and what it's like working with the cast of that show 7 seasons in

New Avengers 4 "End Game" Trailer is out NOW. After watching the trailer check out this week's podcast guest Megan Wasserman who does publicity for the film at Disney Studios.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA6hldpSTF8

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New Episode up now! Bri Dellinger is an amazing Reality TV Editor who has worked on shows like Top Chef and Vanderpump Rules on Bravo, Project Runway on Lifetime and Hells Kitchen on FOX Anyone interested in editing, post production, or reality TV needs to give this one a listen!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reality-tv-editor-bri-dellinger/id1440419592?i=1000424039864&mt=2

"Reality TV Editor: Bri Dellinger" from Working Class Hollywood by Jeremiah Smith on Apple Podcasts Working Class Hollywood Episode 3

Doug Ross is the Founder and President of Evolution Media, one of the most prolific production companies in television. Doug and his team at Evolution produce Real Housewives of Orange County, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, Botched, Botched by Nature, Bug Juice and many more reality and non-fiction television series. Doug and I talk about the incredible journey he took from writing cue cards and shopping for groceries to leading a highly successful production company. Doug shares his advice on how to break into the entertainment industry, how to excel in entry level positions, and how to build the foundation for a long lasting career in the business. Doug tells the incredible story of how Evolution produced Big Brother season 1 on CBS, created and launched Fear Factor on NBC and then had both shows taken away.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/production-company-founder-doug-ross/id1440419592?i=1000423752908&mt=2

"Production Company Founder: Doug Ross" from Working Class Hollywood by Jeremiah Smith on Apple Podcasts Working Class Hollywood

Joe Chandler writes for American Dad on TBS. He shares how he went from being a TGIFridays waiter to Co-Executive Producer on a successful animated show. We talk about entry level jobs in entertainment, whether or not you need an agent when starting out, the dynamics of a writer's room, and discuss several ways aspiring writers could find their first break. Joe also gives a great breakdown of a how an episode of American Dad goes from idea to episode and every step in between.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tv-comedy-writer-joe-chandler/id1440419592?i=1000422724308&mt=2

"TV Comedy Writer: Joe Chandler" from Working Class Hollywood by Jeremiah Smith on Apple Podcasts Working Class Hollywood Episode 1

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