What happens when the ambitions that built your creative career no longer fit the life you want? Director Mark Bone joins Jon Bregel to explore success, identity, validation, and the question that has shaped how he thinks about his pursuits: At what cost?

Does your career depend on where you live, or on how you build it? In this conversation, Josh Carrasquillo reflects on twenty years of growing Taproot Pictures outside the industry's traditional hubs, sharing thoughtful insights on relationships, leadership, purpose, and creating meaningful work wherever you call home.

One moment that captures the heart of the conversation comes when Michael shares: "I spend 80% of my time trying to get jobs, and 20% of my time doing the jobs."

An honest, three-hour workshop on the work behind getting work. Join director Michael Ryan Fagan as he shares the tools, systems, and mindset that have helped him build a more sustainable freelance career without losing himself in the process.

What if the most important leadership skill isn't solving problems, but staying grounded when everything around you feels uncertain? Producer Paige DeMarco explores the inner work behind calm, confident leadership in creative careers.

If you've ever found yourself asking, "Am I on the right path?" or "Who am I becoming through all of this?" this episode offers an invitation to pause, reflect, and begin asking different questions.

What happens when outward success no longer feels like enough? In this conversation, filmmaker and SOWN founder Jake Viramontez reflects on purpose, contribution, and building a creative life that serves something larger than yourself.

Danielle Goetz is a comedy director and Nourish Coach who helps filmmakers trust their intuition, embrace their individuality, and build careers rooted in their unique point of view. Alongside her coaching work, Danielle has directed campaigns for brands including Nike, Snickers, Twix, Facebook, and HomeGoods, earning a reputation for vibrant, performance-driven storytelling.

Throughout the conversation, Devin offers a refreshing perspective on career development: success is rarely the result of a single breakthrough. More often, it emerges through consistency, adaptability, meaningful relationships, and the willingness to stay in the process long enough to grow.

In this episode of The Nourish Podcast, filmmaker, actor, writer, and producer Jay Duplass joins host Jon Bregel for a thoughtful conversation about creative growth, reinvention, ambition, fulfillment, and what it means to build a sustainable creative life.

“Rather than focusing on tactics, scripts, or how to "work the room," we explore a different question: What if networking is really about cultivating meaningful relationships?”

“Filmmaking culture often rewards external momentum while ignoring internal sustainability. We celebrate the filmmaker who is always moving, always grinding, always available, always attached to something exciting. But very few people talk about what happens when your nervous system starts paying the price for years of living in survival mode creatively, emotionally, relationally, spiritually, and physically.”

“The Filmmaker Reset Circle is intentionally small and application-based to create an environment of trust, honesty, and meaningful conversation. Participants meet weekly for 75-minute Zoom sessions and are invited into an ongoing process of reflection, growth, and recalibration.”

“I recorded this episode a few months ago but never released it. At the time, I was experiencing some burnout of my own, while several close filmmaker friends were quietly navigating the same thing. Through those conversations, I found myself returning to a realization that took years to understand: burnout isn't always caused by too much work. Sometimes it's caused by too much distance from yourself.”

“No one is going to swoop in and give you permission to be who you are. No one is going to anoint you as ready. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you realize something else: you are already enough. You are already equipped.”

“There’s a certain kind of cinematography that immediately announces itself. And then there’s the kind that slowly reveals itself over time.”

“If selling what you’re selling doesn’t feel right, maybe it’s time to ask if you’re selling the thing that’s true to your heart.”

Most conversations in filmmaking focus on the work itself. Life Off Set, hosted by Jon Bregel on The Wandering DP Podcast, explores the other 90%: identity, relationships, burnout, ambition, and what it means to build a creative life without losing yourself in the process.

“Studying what sustains us on a human level has fundamentally shifted my perspective on work. Filmmaking is no longer something that consumes my life, but something I’ve learned to integrate in a way that supports creativity, well-being, and the relationships that matter most.”

“Your values act like an internal compass, helping you say yes to the right opportunities and no to the ones that quietly pull you off course.”