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Lourdes Portillo

The Documentary Life

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Michael Clayton

Jennifer Brea

Neill Barham

Jack Flash

Billy Corben

Errol Morris

Pedram Shojai

Werner Herzog

Chris Kelly

Lynn Novick

Gotham Chopra

Kelly Richmond Pope

Robert Hardy

David Hoffman

Tom Jennings

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Doc Filmmaker

Do you consider yourself a documentary filmmaker or is that a term that you are hesitant to give yourself?Is there something that is holding you back from your first documentary film?Perhaps what’s keeping you from being a doc filmmaker, or making your doc film, or living your doc life, is something called imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is a concept that basically describes the inability of an individual to internalize one’s accomplishments as well as having a persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud.  And I’m convinced that so many of us doc filmmakers experience this at some point in time in our own doc lives. Which is what we’ll take a look at in our opening segment of today’s podcast. Topics DiscussedDefinition of imposter syndrome and how it applies to us #doclifersWhy you are already a filmmaker qualified to make a documentaryHow you can overcome the fear that you are under-qualified to make your doc film Podcast ConversationIn our shared conversation, I sat down with Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated doc filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo. On the eve of her being awarded the prestigious International Documentary Association (IDA)’s Career Achievement Award, we have a frank and open conversation about the state of documentary: what it has meant for her in her life as well as what it might mean for future doc filmmakers and..how she became an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker with her first film without ever having any prior filmmaking experiencehow aspiring filmmakers today make the mistake of concentrating on all of the shiny and latest camera gear and forget the most important element to a documentary: storyadvice for writing your first grants for your first projectswhat it means to be awarded an IDA Career Achievement Award Film Trailer Trailer for Lourdes Portillo’s brilliant personal documentary The Devil Never Sleeps (as discussed in the episode)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_jAVoY2qY SubscribeApple | Spotify | Stitcher | Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the link and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!

<p>Do you consider yourself a documentary filmmaker or is that a term that you are hesitant to give yourself?</p><p><strong>Is there</strong> <strong>something that is holding you back from your first documentary film?</strong></p><p>Perhaps what’s keeping you from being a doc filmmaker, or making your doc film, or living your doc life, is something called <em>imposter syndrome</em>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Imposter syndrome</strong> is a concept that basically describes the inability of an individual to internalize one’s accomplishments as well as having a <strong>persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud.</strong>  And I’m convinced that so many of us doc filmmakers experience this at some point in time in our own doc lives. Which is what we’ll take a look at in our opening segment of today’s podcast.</p><p> </p><h3>Topics Discussed</h3><ul><li>Definition of imposter syndrome and how it applies to us #doclifers</li><li>Why you are already a filmmaker qualified to make a documentary</li><li>How you can overcome the fear that you are under-qualified to make your doc film</li></ul><p> </p><h3><strong>Podcast Conversation</strong></h3><p>In our shared conversation, I sat down with Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated doc filmmaker, <a href="http://www.lourdesportillo.com/index.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lourdes Portillo</a>. On the eve of her being awarded the prestigious <a href="https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/ida-career-achievement-award-lourdes-portillo-filmmaking-desire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Documentary Association (IDA)’s Career Achievement Award</a>, we have a frank and open conversation about the state of documentary: what it has meant for her in her life as well as what it might mean for future doc filmmakers and..</p><ul><li>how she became an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker with her first film without ever having any prior filmmaking experience</li><li>how aspiring filmmakers today make the mistake of concentrating on all of the shiny and latest camera gear and forget the most important element to a documentary: story</li><li>advice for writing your first grants for your first projects</li><li>what it means to be awarded an IDA Career Achievement Award</li></ul><p> </p><h3><strong>Film Trailer</strong></h3><h3><strong> </strong></h3><p>Trailer for Lourdes Portillo’s brilliant personal documentary <a href="http://www.lourdesportillo.com/films/films_devil.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><em>The Devil Never Sleeps</em></strong></a> (as discussed in the episode)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_jAVoY2qY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_jAVoY2qY</a></p><p> </p><h3>Subscribe</h3><h4><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a> |</h4><p> </p><h3>Rate and Review</h3><p>If you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. <strong>Simply click the </strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>link</strong></a><strong> and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab</strong> to make your entry. Thank you for your support!</p>

The Imposter Syndrome + Conversation with Doc Filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo

SMYT #32: SFIFF: Up the Yangtze, Still Life, Medicine for Melancholy, Ice People, Mataharis, Faubourg Treme: the Untold Story of Black New Orleans. Plus interviews with Audrey Chang and Lourdes Portillo. 

<p><a href="http://steadydietoffilm.typepad.com.nyud.net:8080/32_SMYT.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SMYT #32: SFIFF: Up the Yangtze, Still Life, Medicine for Melancholy, Ice People, Mataharis, Faubourg Treme: the Untold Story of Black New Orleans. Plus interviews with Audrey Chang and Lourdes Portillo. </a><br></p>

SMYT #32: SFIFF: Up the Yangtze, Still Life, Medicine for Melancholy, Ice People, Mataharis, Faubourg Treme: the Untold Story of Black New Orleans. Plus interviews with Audrey Chang and Lourdes Portillo.