The Austin Meyer Podcast

Storytelling Podcasts

Conversations with the world’s best documentary filmmakers — directors, cinematographers, audio experts, editors, producers, writers — about how they got their start and how they tell stories.

Episodes

10 Simple Filmmaking Habits to Save You DAYS in the Edit

14 TRICKS to Find Your Next Documentary Story Idea

10 Controversial Rules of Documentary Filmmaking You NEED To Know

5 Interview Mistakes New Filmmakers Don’t Know They’re Making

Making PLANET EARTH III with Mike Gunton & Prakash Matada | Ep. 52

James Honeyborne & Sophie Todd on Producing Netflix’s Our Great National Parks | Ep. 051

Vera Krichevskaya on Independent News & Documentaries in Russia | Ep. 50

2022 Documentary Oscars Preview with IndieWire’s Anne Thompson | Ep. 49

Luc Forsyth On How To Take Your Cinematography To The Next Level | Ep. 048

Dawn Porter on Directing Good Trouble & The Way I See It | Ep. 047

The Making of ‘My Octopus Teacher’ with Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, and Roger Horrocks | Ep. 046

Jeff Orlowski on Directing The Social Dilemma | Ep. 045

Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss on Directing Sundance Winner, Boys State | Ep. 044

USC Film School and What Comes Next with Director Tayo Amos | Ep. 043

Editing The Last Dance with Devin Concannon | Ep. 042

Phenomenally Big Ideas with Meena Harris | Ep. 041

Photographing the 2019 Hong Kong Protests with Laurel Chor | Ep. 040

Say it Loud with Documentarian Austin Meyer | Ep. 039

How Max Romey Films the World’s Top Endurance Athletes | Ep. 038

Rowing 1300km down the Paraguay River with Photographer Henry Maillet | Ep. 037