Erin Brown Thomas: Sundance, Directing Actors & What “Making It” Really Costs

<p>What does it actually take to turn an idea into a film, build a career around it, and still protect the reason you wanted to make movies in the first place?</p><p>Filmmaker Erin Brown Thomas joins <em>In the Room</em> to talk about <em>Chasers</em>, her ambitious one-take pilot that made history at Sundance and Slamdance, and the deeper questions about ambition, exploitation, survival, and success hiding underneath the story. Pasted markdown Pasted markdown</p><p>Erin gets into how she develops ideas, why some stories need years before they are ready, writing characters with specific wants, pitching from old ideas, film festival politics, directing actors, removing ego from the work, and building healthier, more collaborative film sets.</p><p>She also talks about co-founding Salute Your Shorts Film Festival, directing <em>Lady Kings of Texas</em>, and the uncomfortable question that sits underneath so many creative careers: what does “making it” really mean if the road there costs you too much?</p>