Documentary Filmmaker Rudy Hypolite is, without a doubt, an empathetic documentarian. His films, PUSH: Madison versus Madison and This Ain't Normal are grounded, empathetic examinations of the real lives of black men, teens, and boys inducted from birth into gangs, violence, brotherhood, and a disassociation with the established "law and order" of Boston. Rudy provided Host Mike Pecci with a first hand experience of what these boys go through and taught Mike how to be a more empathetic person. With so many people so angry at so many things, we hope that this episode can allow some of us to take a moment to talk to each other, understand where we are coming from, and connect with each other as humans.

Directors Mike Pecci and Salomon Ligthelm break down the importance of understanding and articulating your process as a Director and how developing that process helps you define your tone as a storyteller. Your process, that toolkit we're always talking about, is what separates you as a creative. Building your toolkit allows you to compete for jobs with your process so you don't have to cut your prices.

All young filmmakers have the same goal. We spend every waking hour pushing toward it, every quiet moment thinking about it. How do I get my first feature film made? There is such a small percentage of people who actually make a full length film, and lets pretend for a minute that you just finished yours. You get into Sundance, it gets bought by Nextflix, and the fans give you a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes! Now what?! In this episode host Mike Pecci has a director to director conversation with I AM MOTHER director Grant Sputore about how he got his sci-fi epic made and what comes next.

Mike Pecci guest on Indy Mogul. Mike Pecci joins us in the studio today to answer the internet's most burning questions about the film industry and gives us his advice on becoming an indie filmmaker. Can you make a living off of directing movies along? Do you spend most of your movie funds on the camera? Watch and find out. Follow Mike Pecci on IG: https://www.instagram.com/mikepecci You can find Mike's work at http://www.mikepecci.com/

Got a long trip home for the holidays? We got you covered with a SUPER-SIZED HOLIDAY SPECIAL featuring comic book writer and film director Kyle Higgins (Nightwing, Batman, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Hadrians Wall, COWL). Kyle sits down with host Mike Pecci and discusses how he got started writing in comics, his long and winding path to become a director, how to work with agents and management, the power of your own intellectual properties, how heartbreak can lead to amazing things and much much more.

Got a long trip home for the holidays? We got you covered with a SUPER-SIZED HOLIDAY SPECIAL featuring comic book writer and film director Kyle Higgins (Nightwing, Batman, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Hadrians Wall, COWL). Kyle sits down with host Mike Pecci and discusses how he got started writing in comics, his long and winding path to become a director, how to work with agents and management, the power of your own intellectual properties, how heartbreak can lead to amazing things and much much more.

This episode of the IN LOVE WITH THE PROCESS PODCAST is all about getting your work seen by the public. How do you raise your hand higher than the sea of other content out there? One way that many filmmakers have tried (including our host Mike Pecci) is by making a fan film. In today's episode, we talk to Phil Hawkins the director of STAR WARS: ORIGINS about why he decided to make this epic fan film.

Have you ever had trouble charging for your work as a freelancer? How much is my experience worth? Should I work for free because the experience is worth it? When can I finally start to make the money I deserve? One this episode, special guest Ben Consoli (Go Creative Show Podcast) and host Mike Pecci go deep into some of the hard truth's behind the business of commercial directing and producing. Mike gives some often brutal insight into how bidding wars are started, what being "repped" as a director really means, and how large companies like to take advantage of our insecurities. Ben gives insight into how he has been able to run a successful production company in the modern world of plummeting budgets.

In this episode, host Mike Pecci sits down with comedy director and actor Rick Darge. He is one half of the comedy team SPOOKY BONUS, the creative team responsible for some of the funniest short films on the internet ("I LOVE YOU MAN" and "BLASTOFF"). Rick talks about his origins and an editor, discusses the motivational techniques he uses to continuously put out films and about his odd run in with Tommy Wiseau (director of the Room).

Director Ryan Connolly (Film Riot) and Director Mike Pecci (ILWP) are convinced they are the same person, just from parallel universes. They both are at similar points in their career, they both are influenced by the same films, they both host podcasts about film making and they both just completed similar horror pitch films centered around door knocking! We are convinced that if the two shook hands our universe would collapse!

Alex Farrari the creator of the Indie Film Hustle podcast and IndieFilmHustle.tv is today's guest! We talk film making, changing your mental outlook, the dangers of partnering up with the wrong people and about his new book SHOOTING FOR THE MOB.

In this episode, Pecci has an in-depth conversation with indi-filmmaker Alejandro Montoya Marin about his progression from directing shorts to feature films. They talk about the value of film festivals and what it's like to meet your heroes in the film business. Alejandro got to meet his (director Robert Rodreguez) when he was chosen to be featured on the El Rey Network-produced documentary show, REBEL WITHOUT A CREW: THE SERIES. With a budget of only $7000 and 14 days of shooting time, Alejandro was able to adapt his award-winning short film, MONDAY, into a feature film. The movie premiered at a special screening during the 2018 SXSW FESTIVAL and most recently was screened to a sold-out audience at the SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

In this episode, music video directors Mike Pecci the infamous Dale RAGE Resteghini sit down and talk about their humble beginnings and their successful careers as competing directors. Rage talks about his troubled youth in the prison system and his unorthodox rise to being one of the most successful MV directors of our generation. His resume has over 1000 videos for acts like TI, Snoop Dog, Busta Rymes, Guns & Roses, Fallout boy, JA Rule, Ice Cube…the list goes on and f$#&ing on!

There are many myths about how music videos used to be made and tales of million dollar budgets. This isn't the 90's anymore, how music videos are made today is totally different than the days of David Fincher, Spike Jones, and Mark Romanek. Want some tips on how to get your ideas in front of the bands you love? This is the episode for you!

In this episode of In Love with the Process, music video director and host Mike Pecci talks with special guest Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage front man) about their collaborations on videos and the real story about how a music videos gets made.