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#19 The Walking Dead Executive Producer & Director | Greg Nicotero

How does a makeup artist become the Executive Producer and Director? Greg Nicotero, SFX make up artist & EP/Director of The Walking Dead, shares nuts and bolts of the SFX department, including tips on how to get started, working with CGI & SFX, and how he integrated being a make up artist, producer, and director .

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#10 – Big Budget studio films vs micro-budget indie: The elements present in both

$100M films or $50K films, Ralph does them both. Over the last 30+ years, Ralph Winter has produced Star Trek, the X-Men franchise, and Fantastic Four while also delving into micro-budget, faith based films such as Captive and Thr3e. He chats with Tanya about his experience on big-budget films, about the elements that have to be present for the success of small-budget films, and why big doesn’t always mean success.