Inglorious Artists

08/12/2021

Artist update! Both of these gents, Guy Roberts (ep 38) and Thomas Chaanhing (ep 43) will be doing recurring roles in the Amazon original series The Wheel of Time. Also see Petra Buckova (ep 36) in an episode of the shows first season, streaming now!

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24/05/2021

Inglorious Artists is now hosted on Anchor.fm! The old Libsyn links will soon cease to function. The podcast will of course still be avaiable on all podcast apps such as Spotify and others.

https://anchor.fm/ingloriousartists

On Inglorious Artists actor Peter Hallin talks to all manner of creative professionals of different levels of success. Showing that being an artist doesn't mean just one thing, and there is not just one path to take. Sometimes there is glory, and sometimes we're... Inglorious.

10/04/2021

It's with some measure of sadness I'm announcing that Inglorious Artists has come to an end. I have been thinking for a while that 50 episodes would be it. But I was cautious and made on final effort to see if there were at least ten more episodes out there wanting to be made and if the audience would grow and want more. But alas...

It has gotten more and more tricky to acquire suitable and worthy guests, and since I'm producing it all by myself, it takes a chunk of my time to make. And it started to take more than it gave.

But, during these three plus years it has filled its purpose and it has always been a pleasure to hear from listeners around the world and of course to get to know the people I've had as guests that I didn't know personally before recording. And the guests are of course the big piece of the pie. My glorious inglorious artists...

So, a big thank you, in reverse order, to ­- Seamus McGarvey, Johan Nilsson, Åsa Ekström, Raam Reddy, Steven E. Simon, Jack Jägerman, Brian Colin Foley, Thomas Chaanhing, Sara Chaanhing Kennedy, Ida Gyllenstan, Lydia Wos, Ted Otis, Nancy Bishop, Guy Roberts, Dr. Josepha Wessels, Petra Bučková, Jim High, Brian Caspe, Manuel Co**ha, Linus James Nilsson, Andreas Lindergård, Marcus A Olsson, Malin Nilsson, Charlie Caper, Nadin Al Khalidi, Rob Allen, Antonio Tublén, Dani Escarleth Pozo, Brian Babarik, Marcus Johansson, Tania Naranjo, Henrik Henziger, Melanie Aronson, Emelia Hansson, Andi Almqvist, Stephen Rappaport, Robert Bengtsson, Andreas Climent, Benjamin Zadig, Patrik Karlson, Kase, Emie // Eva-Marie Elg, Rick Jacobs, Tony Cronstam, Mikael Persson, Linnea Pihl, Vanessa Poole, Cristian Urrutia, Simon Rohrmüller and Demis Tzivis. And a special thanks to messers Rorhrmüller and Urrutia for helping me find some guests and to the former for always being there for feedback.

The podcast might just go into a hiatus and be back, you never know. And I will probably start a new podcast of some sort some day soon. Until then, thank you for listening!

I will continue updating the page with artist updates, fun facts, snippets and whatnot.

/Peter

22/02/2021

A snippet from the latest episode featuring cinematographer Seamus McGarvey. Here he tells a story of a very spontanious bit of the making of We Need To Talk About Kevin.








Pic by Dale Robinette

16/02/2021

It's episode 50! And we celebrate this milestone with a chat with world renowned cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, who has worked on titles such as Atonement, Anna Karenina, Nocturnal Animals, High Fidelity, Godzilla and The Avengers.

He has achieved much acclaim with nominations for two Academy Awards, four Baftas and an Emmy. And many wins including six Irish Film awards.

We're chatting about how he got to were he is today, his work methods, and many stories from behind the scenes and plenty more.

Get the episode on your favorite podcast app, Spotify or go directly to -> ingloriousartists.libsyn.com

Pic by Dale Robinette

10/02/2021

Next week is episode 50, and we turn up the glory with two time Academy Award nominated cinematographer Seamus McGarvey as guest! Out on tuesday 16th!

Pic by Dale Robinette

02/02/2021

Episode 49 is out! We kick off the 2021 with something a little different. Johan Nilsson is a screenwriter and producer based in Sweden who has worked within the film industry for years while writing several film scripts on a journey to get to the one that would be made into his first feature. That script turned out to be indie science fiction drama Among Stars, now in post production, which he also self produced together with the director and lead actor.

We're talking about that journey, his process, the making of the movie and much more!

Get it were you get your podcasts or just follow this link for direct listening or download -> https://ingloriousartists.libsyn.com/

22/12/2020

Revisit episode 11 from 2018 with actor Patrik Karlson. Here talking about working with Terry Gilliam.

Get it were podcasts are found!

08/09/2020

Episode 48!

Åsa Ekström is a Manga comics artist from Sweden living i Japan for the past decade. She started her path back home being one of the few who drew in the Japanese style and managed to get her career started. Her dreams of living in Japan drew her to move and has since established herself drawing the strip "Hokuou Joshi: A Swedish girl discovers the mysteries of Japan".

Hear about her journey of moving to Japan and getting to where she is in her career, her long form comic Sayonara September and more.

Get it were you get your podcasts or just follow this link -> ingloriousartists.libsyn.com

07/08/2020

Revisit episode 10 from back in December 2017! With rapper Kase. Here talking about an early encounter with fans after being number one in the charts in Poland.

Get it were you get your podcasts or follow the link in bio. Now also on Gaana.

24/07/2020

Raam Reddy is an Indian film director, writer and photographer. He made his directorial feature debut with the 2016 film Thithi, which premiered at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival 2015, where it won the Golden Leopard in the "Filmmakers of the Present" category as well as the First Feature award. The film is now available on Netflix.

We're talking about the making of the film, his novel It's Raining in Maya, life in India during Covid -19, his next film project and much more!

Get it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Gaana or wherever you get your podcasts! Or follow the link -> ingloriousartists.libsyn.com

08/07/2020

to episode 9 with video and performance artist Emie // Eva Maria Elg. Go back and revisit or check it out for the first time! Link in bio to all the eps.

23/06/2020

Episode 46!

Steven E. Simon is an assistant director based in Los Angeles, California. He's been working since the late 90's on everything from The Perfect Storm and Godzilla (1998) via Lost and Bones to Westworld and Us.

We're talking the life and times of the assistant director, how that relates to the jobs around it, what makes an actor great or problematic from the crews perspective, the state of the film business in a world with an ongoing pandemic and much more.

Get it were you get you podcasts or just listen or download here -> ingloriousartists.libsyn.com

20/05/2020

Did you know? Episode 45 has been released!

Mixing it up with a hitherto unexplored artform - VFX and 3D graphics for movies and TV! Jack Jägerman has worked professionally in the field for years after nurturing early dreams of working in the film industry and having studied at Escape Studios in London and has specialized in the area of effects and digital pyrotechnics. We're talking how to get into the field, what it's like working with visual effects overall, stories from the trenches and delving a bit into the more nerdy, technical aspects of it all.

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08/05/2020

While waiting for the next episode of Inglorious Artists, why not go back and listen to the one with director/producer Rick Jacobs from 2017? Since then Mr Jacobs have managed to survive a cancer scare and I wish him continued good health!

Here is a clip from the episode where he talk about finding old notes made by Jim Henson during his time working at the Jim Henson co.

Find it via you podcast app and look for episode 8.

07/04/2020

A clip from the latest episode where Mr Foley is telling a story of one of those embarrassing auditions that most of us actors have to look back on...

03/04/2020

Episode 44!

Brian Colin Foley is an actor based out of New Jersey who has been seen in Orange Is the New Black, Snowpiercer, The Mysteries of Laura, Show Me a Hero and more.

We recorded this in our respective homes on either side of the Atlantic, (me in my studio and him in his closet) and talk about going to film acting school together, our parallel journeys as struggling actors and much more!

Find it where you get your podcasts or just go here ->
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17/03/2020

A snippet from the latest episode.

16/03/2020

Hiding from the Corona virus? Perfect time to listen to podcasts!

Episode 43 is out! Two guests this time. A married couple, Thomas Chaanhing, a Danish born actor of Chinese descent and Sara Chaanhing Kennedy, a Swedish actor. Today based out of southern Sweden they met around the millennium and has since then together navigated the career path on screen and stage.

We chat about working together as a couple in the same artistic field, the art of self taping, networking, the Cannes film festival and their involvement in productions like Netflix's Marco Polo, Amazon Prime's White Dragon and Absentia and loads more!

Get it were you get your podcasts or just listen or download here -> ingloriousartists.libsyn.com

Photo: Katriina Mäkinen

28/02/2020

Episode 42!

Ida Gyllensten is an actress trained at Drama Center London and the Swedish Theatre Academy and had been seen in Holby City, John Hron, Kommisarien och havet, Zoo and more.

This is another one of those episodes where it's a bit like listening in on a couple of actors chatting about their professional life when we talk about Ida's education, lack of roles for women of all ages, typecasting, tired crime drama tropes, her band Dreaming of Islands and more.

Ida's Instagram:

Photo: Loke Roos

Get it were you get your podcasts, or just listen or download here -> ingloriousartists.libsyn.com

15/02/2020

Kicking off a new season with an epsiode featuring a dancer and choreographer!

Lidia Wos is a dancer and choreographer from Poland who's been working onstage for 25 years and has during the years developed into a choreographer and dance teacher.

She got her education at Public Ballet School in Warsaw in the 80's. And has since been working as a dancer at New Dance Theatre in Bytom, Opera Baltycka in Gdansk, Polish Dance Theatre in Poznan and later at Skånes Dansteater in Malmö, Sweden.

We're talking ballet school, her career, staying fit, teaching dance to people with disabilities and making choreography for seniors, and much more!

Get it were you get your podcasts or just download or listen here -> ingloriousartists.libsyn.com

Photo: Nelson Rodriguez Smith

23/11/2019

Here they are. All 40 episodes of Inglorious Artists 2017-2019. Gotta catch 'em all!

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17/11/2019

Episode 40 is out!

Ted Otis, coming from a family of Hollywood veterans, started his acting career in the 80s. He also discovered a passion for filmmaking and documentaries.

Under his own prod. company, he has produced television documentaries and mini-series taking on various roles in production. A conservationist at heart, he spent years flipping Hollywood houses.

In 2001 he took residence in Prague where he worked extensively and now lives and works in LA. We met in Prague and talked about all this, plus stories from sets, about his fathers acting careers, getting the acting bug at the set of the Planet of the Apes TV series as a child, and more!

07/11/2019

If the last episode sounded more echo-y than usual it's because it was recorded here in ms Bishop's spacious studio.

30/10/2019

Episode 39 is up - with casting director Nancy Bishop!

The art and importance of casting is beginning to be more recognized as a the creative endeavor it is and it's starting to be more included in film and tv awards.

Nancy Bishop is a casting director from the US based in Prague and London and has cast for such projects as Mission Impossible, Hellboy, Snowpiercer, xXx, The Bourne Identity, Aliens vs Predator, Anne Frank, The Romanoffs and many more. We're talking her life and career in the business with its challenges and living in Czechia for a long time, the issue of representation and has plenty of tips for actors.

Check out her book Auditioning for Film and Television: Secrets from a Casting Director for much more on the subject!

Get the episode via your favorite podcast app, be it iTunes, Spotify... or just listen or download here->

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16/10/2019

Episode 38 of Inglorious Artists is out!

Guy Roberts is the artistic director and oftentimes actor of the Prague Shakespeare Company and previously of Austin Shakespeare Festival. His work onstage as actor, director and producer has been seen all over the world like the US, Czechia, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Qatar, Egypt and India. He and his productions have been honored with numerous awards and over 100 US theater award nominations, including many for Best Actor, Director and Production. He'll soon be seen in the movie Medieval with Ben Foster and Michael Caine. We're having a great talk about all this and more, such as why he got to Prague, Shakespearean acting, the movement in Sweden and how a surprise head shave was a part of the auditioning process for Medieval.

Get it were you get your podcasts or follow this link -> ingloriousartists.libsyn.com

01/10/2019

Kerplunk! The latest episode has dropped and it is heavy!

Dr. Josepha (Joshka) Wessels is a Visual Anthropologist/Human Geographer and award-winning filmmaker and Syria-scholar. She has 23 years of experience in the Arab world, particularly in Syria. She has specific expertise in virtual reality and film/video for social sciences and media studies. She has worked on several documentaries for BBC World and has started venturing into fictional 360 degree VR with the the interactive short film Escape From Sweden.

We're delving into all this and plenty more in the episode!

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29/09/2019

Artist update! Actor Jim High (episode 35) does some cross promotion between takes as Ulric in Knightfall and gives a windy tour of a set from Carnival Row.
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29/09/2019

Artist update! These are pics from a panel at the festival last weekend that director Andreas Climent (episode 13) presided over and director Antonio Tublén (episode 25) was a panel member. The topic was on how filmmakers should think about and approach film festivals. A great talk!
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17/09/2019

Episode 36 is out! Petra Bučková is a Czechoslovakian born actor who has made her way up to national recognition. In theatre for many years before moving onto the Screen to be be seen in The Zookeeper's Wife, Haunted and Home is Here as well as in several Czech series and films.

We delve into her experiences acting in a long running soap opera style show, finding your type as an actor, preparing for a demanding role - as in one of her next projects in a police drama series and more!

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31/08/2019

Episode 35 is unveiled! Jim High is an actor and improviser from the UK based in Prague. He's been seen in a ton of things from Snowpiercer, Borgia and 12 Monkeys the series to recently being in Knightfall and is currently seen as Fergus in the Amazon Prime show Carnival Row.

We're reminiscing about past projects, talking the business of acting in film and tv in Europe, working with helmets and wigs, his theatre company Blood, Love and Rhetoric and much more!

Get it where fine podcasts are found!
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31/08/2019

The new episode to be released this weekend will feature this chill guy - Actor Jim High. Seen here between takes on the set of Knightfall. Stay tuned!
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17/08/2019

So who's from Santa Cruz, California, lives in Prague and has an acting credits list as long as the Vltava river? This Guy!

The fall season is kicking off with guest Brian Caspe, an actor from the US based in Prague and has been seen in Hellboy (2004), Wanted, Unlocked, Underworld: Blood Wars and much more. And is now in the second season of Knighfall, the Taika Waititi film Jojo Rabbit and the upcoming show Carnival Row.

This episode has added atmosphere since we're sitting in the rain on in an outside café talking about his acting career with anecdotes from it, moving to Prague, his love of the Meisner technique and the philosophy of The Power of Now, and much more!

Get it were you get you podcasts be it iTunes, Spotify or your own favorite podcast app. Or just listen or download here -> ingloriousartists.libsyn.com

13/08/2019

Took the show on the road and went to the beautiful city of Prague where I recorded 6 episodes in 5 different locations around town in 4 days. They will make up a big chunk of the coming season. Stay tuned!
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