I recently had the pleasure to direct this Big Think interview with documentary filmmaker Barry Ptolemy. His latest project, Transcendent Man, chronicles the efforts of techno-prophet and futurist Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil visited the studio the same day, but we interviewed the two separately. Watch Kurzweil share equally entertaining thoughts, here.

Barry shared some pearls of wisdom applicable to storytellers of all flavor – from writer or filmmaker, to businessperson or teacher. Watch above as Ptolemy explains The Hero’s Journey.

The folks at Zacuto have been producing FilmFellas, a “webisodic series” featuring round-table discussions with filmmakers of all variety, from novice to seasoned professional.  The clip above is the first segment of the “DP Series” Cast (Philip Bloom, Trent Opaloch, Jens Bogehegn, and Robert Primes, ASC).

For anyone in the film industry, I highly recommend having a look.  The round-tables are very informal and conversational, so a huge range of topics arise… often with opposing, thought-provoking, informed opinions.  Very interesting and the entire project is a great example of innovative new digital media.