IFH 874: Do You Really Need Film School to Become a Filmmaker? with Miranda Sajdak

Podcast: Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast · Indie Film Hustle

Opublikowano: 2026-09-29

Writer, producer, and director Miranda Sajdak takes us inside the realities of building a filmmaking career from the ground up. After studying film at Columbia, Miranda worked on graduate student productions before landing PA opportunities on major movies including The Bourne Ultimatum and Cloverfield. She explains what film school actually gave her, why it isn't necessary for everyone, how networking opens doors in Hollywood, and what filmmakers can learn by moving between massive union productions and scrappy independent sets where everyone has to become more resourceful. Miranda also shares lessons from working as a writers’ and showrunner’s assi...