Ep94: Spencer Gillis

On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we're chatting with director/writer + camera operator, Spencer Gillis.

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Spencer is a director, with his directorial debut, GUN, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, which is available on iTunes and is being distributed by SHORTS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Along with his latest short, SWEEP, premiered at the prestigious Aspen Shortsfest + online via Short of the Week and was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick. As a co-founder of 2.35, Spencer has produced award winning narrative and documentary short films as well as directed work for VICE media.

In this episode, we chat about how mentors have been so important to his career, what it's been like to work on Netflix's, Orange Is The New Black, his surreal experience having his directorial debut selected by Sundance, having the support of Panavision for his films thus far and even OITNB, how fatherhood + racism inspired his story-line for SWEEP and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.

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Ep89: David Beattie of Slot Mods

On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we're chatting with Slot Mods CEO, David Beattie.

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David is the visionary behind Slot Mods, the most beautiful sculpted + designed slot car tracks ever produced. With clients + industry friends like Neiman Marcus, Audi, Jay Leno, Magnus Walker, Jerry Seinfeld, + Bobby Rahal it's easy to see that David does amazing work. Audi Canada even commissioned Tamir Moscovici of Spy Films to shoot a short documentary about Beattie + the work they did for an installation in Toronto.

In this episode, we chat about his early dreams of being a professional drummer, how a $10k loan from a childhood friend helped launch Slot Mods, what it was like getting laid off + starting to invest in his passions, how his 2nd client ever who happened to be a Ford Motor Co. Exec helped mold his early success, having great respect for Michael Paul Smith + his Elgin Park project, taking big risks in constantly evolving his product line and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.

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