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Today on Daddy Dailies with talk with the creative duo behind the SXSW feature film, I REALLY LOVE MY HUSBAND. GG Hawkins (writer/director) & Madison Lanesey (actor) share how they collaborated on the film, their partnership, and offer advice for microbudget filmmaking. GG Hawkins is a writer-director whose debut feature, I Really Love My Husband, premiered at SXSW 2025 to critical acclaim, won the first time director award at Chattanooga and best film at the Female Eye Film Festival. GG also hosts the No Film School podcast, exploring the craft of filmmaking. Madison Lanesey is an actor, comedian, writer, and director who wrote and starred in the viral short Yes, Daddy, which screened at Mammoth Film Festival, HollyShorts, and Salute Your Shorts. She stars in I Really Love My Husband -- available to stream NOW!

Carlye chats with Canadian filmmaker Ally Pankiw, an accomplished writer and director and an advocate for women and nonbinary filmmakers. A firm believer in apprenticeship, Ally shares how she aims to create more opportunities for aspiring directors. Ally Pakiw made her TV debut with Netflix’s Feel Good, created by comic Mae Martin. She directed and executive produced the show’s first season, which was critically acclaimed as one of the best series of 2020 and boasts a "100% Fresh” score on Rotten Tomatoes. Since then, Ally has written on 2 seasons of Dan Levy’s Schitt’s Creek, directed on Hulu’s Shrill, The Great, & helmed the much lauded “Joan Is Awful” and “Common People” episodes of Netflix’s Black Mirror. In 2024, Ally wrote, directed, and served as EP on her first film, Utopia’s I Used To Be Funny, starring Rachel Sennott. Her latest feature, Lilith Fair: Building A Mystery, made its world premiere at TIFF to rave reviews, and is currently streaming on Hulu.

Julia Meltzer's multicam spec script YOURS, MINE & PAUL'S sold to 20th Century Fox Television Studios in a competitive situation, and later to ABC with Sarah Hyland attached to star. Her second pilot MARRIED WITH FRIENDS sold in the room to CBS and she has since written for Amazon, Audible, Broadway Video, and various commercial campaigns. She currently has original TV comedy projects in development with Miramax, Shoot To Midnight (Leslye Headland), and Loudmouth (Idina Menzel), as well as an original female-driven R-rated comedy feature in development with Feigco. She is also an intuitive writing teacher, coach, and cheerleader who is passionate about helping her clients find ease, joy, and fulfillment in their unique creative processes. Her coaching has been described as “a magical drug,” “a godsend,” “perceptive as hell” and “legit brilliant.” Join the EAT PLAY WRITE retreat in Crete!! Follow Julia on Instagram and TikTok Follow Daddy Dailies on Instagram and TikTok!

"Nothing stays secret forever" and Tell Me Lies showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer is here to spill the tea on season 3! She shares her creative process, how she works with directors, intimacy coordinators and how she aims to create interesting characters as well as how season three will continue to explore toxic relationships in new ways. The first 3 episodes are out NOW on Hulu. Watch and listen along with us, Daddy! Oppenheimer was recently named one of the top 50 TV producers of 2025 in Variety’s annual TV Producers’ Impact Report . She began her career when her first screenplay “The Remains” made the 2013 Black List, after which she co-wrote the Zac Efron film “We Are Your Friends” for Working Title Films. Meaghan then wrote on AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead,” before going on to sell her original pilot “Broken” to ABC which was made with Anna Paquin and Blair Underwood and produced by Bruna Papandrea and Reese Witherspoon. In 2018 Meaghan created and show ran her 1/2 hour dark comedy “Queen America” for Facebook Watch, starring Catherine Zeta Jones and Judith Light. She is currently in development on an original feature with Netflix, as well as various television projects under her overall deal with 20th Television. Follow @daddydailiespod on Instagram

In our LAST EPISODE of 2025 (!!) we think that everyone — costume designers, directors, producers, etc. — could learn a thing (or 5) from the fantastic Laura Jean Shannon, a Specialty Costume Designer with a focus on Superhero’s and other sci/fi & fantasy characters. She brings her knowledge of unconventional designs and construction principles to Specialty Character development in Film and TV projects from the course of her 30 plus year career. LJ serves as the Super Hero Costume Designer and Associate Producer on Amazon’s hit shows THE BOYS and GEN V as well as the highly anticipated origin story, VOUGHT RISING. Her most recent work includes the Robots on critically acclaimed MURDERBOT as well as Specialty Characters in RED ONE. Collaborating with Director Jake Kasdan and Star Dwayne Johnson again as she did Costume Designing the smash hit “JUMANJI:WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE” and the forthcoming 3rd installment of the JUMANJI franchise. Shannon’s other film credits include: IRONMAN, ELF, CHEF and ZATHURA , directed by Jon Favreau. TWO GUNS, directed by Baltazar Kormakur, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, directed by Edgar Wright; REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, directed by Darren Aronofsky; and many more…

This week Carlye & Kourtney talk with Ashley Nicole Black, a two-time Emmy Award-winning writer, actress, and producer best known for her work on Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Bad Monkey, and A Black Lady Sketch Show. Ashley began writing for television in 2016 on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Now, she is currently working on Ma 2, the sequel to the iconic horror film starring Octavia Spencer, as well as preparing to return to the writers’ room for Season 3 of Shrinking. Follow Ashley Nicole Black Follow Daddy Dailies on Instagram & TikTok

In today's episode we learn how best friends writer/director Sophie Tabet and writer/actor/producer Julia Roth brought their incredibly vibrant action thriller to life (spoiler alert: it took 7 years!). STONE COLD FOX (avail to watch HERE ) is set in 1986 when the defiant Fox breaks out of an abusive commune in search of her family. But when the queenpin kidnaps her little sister and sends a crooked cop after her, Fox has no choice but to infiltrate the very place she escaped. Since the release of the film Julia Roth and Sophie Tabet write under their banner, Bang Bang Pictures. Here us talk about their writing process, how they achieved the look of the film, string theory and lesbian cults... Follow Sophie Tabet Follow Julia Roth Follow Daddy Dailies Apple TV - https://bit.ly/49FBsqu Prime Video - https://bit.ly/481OcX9 Fandango at Home - https://bit.ly/4p37uRX

You're in for a treat. In today's episode we chat with Hanna Flint, a London-based film critic, podcaster, author of Strong Female Character: What Movies Teach Us, and a co-founder of Cinema For Gaza and the LFF Critics’ Support Fund. Hanna's book struck a cord with Carlye and Vika and talking with her about cinema was a real treat. Hanna has been covering film and culture for nearly a decade, and interviewing some of the biggest stars in the world, from actors Rebecca Ferguson, John Boyega, Ruth Negga and Emma Corrin to directors M. Night Shyamalan, Paul Thomas Anderson and Spike Lee. In 2020, Hanna was invited into the London Critics' Circle for Film and has served on the juries for the BFI Future Film Festival, London East Asian Film Festival, Cheltenham International Film Festival and the BIFA awards where she is also a member of the BIFA nomination committee. FOLLOW DADDY DAILIES: https://www.instagram.com/daddydailiespod/ FOLLOW HANNA: https://www.instagram.com/hannainesflint/ Website: https://www.flintonfilm.com/ Buy the book:https://footnotepress.com/books/strong-female-character-paperback/

Katina Medina Mora is a Mexican-American director and writer working across television, film, and theatre. She has built a dynamic international television career directing series like The Summer I Turned Pretty on Amazon, where one of her episodes became one of the season’s top rated. She has directed episodes of Emily in Paris on Netflix, Firefly Lane, Selena: The Series, and is one of the lead directors of XO, Kitty, Netflix’s global YA series shot in Korea. She also helmed the Season 2 finale of Swagger on Apple TV. On stage, she most recently directed Spirit of the People, the new play by Jeremy O. Harris at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. In this episode Katina shares how she approaches episodic directing, how she got her start and advice for filmmakers like you.

Reagan Yorke and Jillian Smith turned their success as content creators into S&Q Films, a production company and community where they share every moment of their filmmaking process with their online community. in this episode we discuss their business model, their partnership, and how elements of making videos on social media taught them important filmmaking tools like editing and marketing. Out now, everywhere you listen/watch podcasts. https://www.sqfilms.co/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/sqfilms

In this engaging conversation, Mary Bronstein discusses her journey as a filmmaker and how it led to the making of IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU - out now in theaters! She emphasizes the importance of creating new narratives that reflect female perspectives, as well as the need for community support among women filmmakers and the challenges they face in an industry that often overlooks their contributions. Follow the podcast on instagram at DaddyDailiesPod and tiktok!

In this week’s episode of Daddy Dailies, we share a live conversation from Atlas Lens Co in Los Angeles with CRISTINA DUNLAP (American Fiction, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Am I OK?) and AVA BERKOFSKY, ASC (Insecure, Free In Deed, One of Them Days). This conversation is designed for both cinematographers and directors to get the most out of their working relationships and learn from experts about honing their craft! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for more!! https://www.instagram.com/daddydailiespod/ https://www.tiktok.com/@daddydailiespod

Alex Heller is a filmmaker from the south side of Chicago. Her debut feature film "The Year Between", an autobiographical comedy about bipolar disorder received praise from The New York Times, Variety, Roger Ebert, and NPR. The film stars J. Smith-Cameron and Steve Buscemi alongside Heller. Heller's short films have also earned numerous accolades including "Debaters" which premiered at Sundance 2025. In this episode we talk about finding your POV as a filmmaker and get into the details of how Heller found producers, financing and distribution for her debut feature film, now available to watch on Peacock. INSIDE THE EPISODE: https://www.ripalexheller.com/ Sloan foundation Winner - film directed by Susanna Fogel The Year Between The Artist's Way

Nora Garrett's debut feature script, AFTER THE HUNT, directed by Oscar-nominated Luca Guadagnino is currently in theaters. But Nora is anything but an overnight success. In our premiere episode of season 2, we talk philosophy, being broke in Hollywood, being an assistant to the stars and her writing process. INSIDE THE EPISODE: Tim Neenan Writing Classes Lily King "Writers & Lovers" James Clear "Atomic Habits" Original Cast Album Company - Documentary on HBOMax Stella Adler - The Art of Acting Minnie and Moskowitz Ed Solomon

For our final episode of season one, we invite our first ~token man~ onto the show! We think everyone will benefit from Elric Kane's candid advice and experience in the film industry. Elric is the Director of ‘The Dead Thing’ an indie horror feature film which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in 2024 and was released on IFC/ SHUDDER in 2025. Kane co-produced the 2024 film ‘No more Time’ for director Dalila Droege and was an Associate producer on the SXSW film ‘The Frontier.’ He is an active voice in the film podcasting world with his PURE CINEMA podcast -- the official podcast of Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema & COLORS OF THE DARK, the Official podcast for the long running Horror magazine FANGORIA. Prior to his work in America, Kane co-directed Indie features in New Zealand including MURMURS & KISSY KISSY that played at the New Zealand International Film Festival. Elric was also the Chair of Film and Digital Content at the Studio School / Hussian College for 6 years and has an MFA in Filmmaking from SCAD. Here's a link to Elric's horror recommendations created by women on Letterboxd