Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast

Indie Film Hustle

The Indie Film Hustle Podcast is your #1 source for how to hack the film business and indie film world! The show is here to help as many indie filmmakers as I could. We wanted to bring the best guests, industry leaders, creative legends, and film business friends to you, the IFH Tribe. Some of the past guests include 3X Oscar® Winning Writer/Director Oliver Stone, Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black), Alex Proyas (The Crow, I, Robot), James V. Hart (writer Dracula, Hook), John August (Big Fish, Aladdin), Jim Uhls (writer of Fight Club), Oscar® Winner Russell Carpenter (DP of Avatar, Ti...

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Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast

Episodes (1000)

Tue Jun 23rd IFH 860: Hollywood’s Book Whisperer Reveals Why Most Scripts Never Sell with Lane Shefter Bishop
Tue Jun 16th IFH 859: What James Gunn Taught Me About Success with Will Keenan
Tue Jun 9th IFH 858: The Cinematographer’s Secret to Making Actors Trust You with Jared Hess

Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast

Jun 23, 2026
40 minutes
91 MB

What if the reason your screenplay isn't getting attention has nothing to do with your writing ability? In this eye-opening conversation, Lane Shefter Bishop—known throughout Hollywood as "The Book Whisperer"—breaks down the single most important tool every writer needs: the logline. Having built a career discovering books before publication and developing them into film and television projects, Lane reveals why most writers struggle to sell their work, how executives evaluate ideas in seconds, and why being unable to explain your story in one compelling sentence is often the first sign something is fundamentally wrong with the proj...

Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast

IFH 860: Hollywood’s Book Whisperer Reveals Why Most Scripts Never Sell with Lane Shefter Bishop

Indie Film Hustle

00:00 -39:50