by Michelle Simone Miller
Join actress and host Michelle Simone Miller and hear from the most interesting people in Entertainment, as well as the inside scoop on all of your favorite films and TV shows. Each week Michelle talks to Directors, Producers, Network Execs, Actors and more, to learn how they started, how they moved up, and any tips they've learned along the way. Mentors on the Mic is the place to find Mentorship without having to ask for it.
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February 24, 2025
<p>Marketing Expert and Podcast Host <strong>Abby Zufelt</strong> walks us through the rebrand of her podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oscar-predictions-with-michelle-miller-actress-podcaster/id1458310574?i=1000693544292" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Working Girl Talk</a>, sharing with us her tips on rebranding our projects.</p><p>“Branding is one of my favorite topics and as somebody who just went through a really long branding journey, I’m happy to help and share my thoughts on this.”</p><p>Some questions we went over include:</p><p>1. What is the mission? What do I do? What am I trying to convey to people?</p><p>2. Abby walks us through her three lists exercise so we can align your current brand with your aspirational brand.</p><p>3. What is the experience you want people to feel? This will reflect in the music, fonts, brand motifs, and color palette.</p><p>4. Brand looks, complete with accessories and props.</p><p>and... Does she recommend erasing your former branding on Instagram?</p><p>Guest:</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/working-girl-talk/id1458310574" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Working Girl Talk podcast</a></p><p><a href="https://www.workinggirltalk.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/workinggirltalk/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></p><p>Host:</p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mentorsonthemic/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> @MentorsontheMic</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/michellesimonemiller/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> @MichelleSimoneMiller</a></p><p>Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/mentorsonthemic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> @MentorsontheMic </a><a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleSimoneM?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@MichelleSimoneM</a></p><p>Facebook page:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic</a></p><p>Website:<a href="http://www.michellesimonemiller.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> www.michellesimonemiller.com</a> and<a href="www.mentorsonthemic.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.mentorsonthemic.com</a></p><p>Youtube:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle</a></p><p>If you like this episode, check out<a href="https://kite.link/jayfrancis" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"></a>:</p><p><a href="https://kite.link/mastermind" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Importance of Mastermind Groups</a></p><p><a href="https://kite.link/aliza2" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">3 Tips for Building your Audience and Creating your Content Strategy with PR Expert Aliza Licht (BONUS)</a></p><p><a href="https://kite.link/diane" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">3 Actionable tips to starting your PR strategy before getting a publicist</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oscar-predictions-with-michelle-miller-actress-podcaster/id1458310574?i=1000693544292" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Oscar Predictions with Michelle Miller, actress & podcaster on Working Girl Talk podcast</a></p>
February 10, 2025
<p>Ken Girotti has had a hand in the creation of hundreds of hours of television episodes, pilots, television movies and film and received multiple award nominations. His television movie MAYERTHORPE garnered the best director award from the Director’s Guild of Canada.</p><p>Recently Ken has been Executive Producer/Director on FBI MOST WANTED (CBS). He served the same role on ANNE WITH AN E (Netflix). He Executive Produced and Directed both</p><p>seasons of PURE (Hulu/WGN) and was a Producer and Director on the CBC miniseries FORTUNATE SON. He directed half the episodes of the first three seasons of VIKINGS (History Channel), episodes of DAREDEVIL (Netflix), LAW & ORDER ORGANIZED</p><p>CRIME (NBC), ORPHAN BLACK (BBC America), FRONTIER (Netflix), THE STRAIN (FX Networks), THE CROSSING (ABC), COPPER (BBC America), DAMAGES (FX Networks), RESCUE ME (FX Networks). Pilots and movies for television he’s shot include CRA$H & BURN, SABBATICAL, THE DEALERSHIP, and BEFRIEND & BETRAY.</p><p>Currently Ken has numerous projects in development with Scott Einbinder’s 5X Media</p><p>He splits his time between New York City, Madrid and Toronto.</p><p>In this episode, we talk about:</p><p>• Started in theater and craft services before assisting directing (which wasn’t the right fit for him)</p><p>• Working on the famous “The Ides of March” episode onXena: Warrior Princess with Lucy Lawless</p><p>• Gigging on various shows vs working a few episodes of one show or what he calls “a tonic”</p><p>• Tips for actors on their self tapes</p><p>• His approach to a new script and how much time he has for prep</p><p>• How do you add producing to your role as a director of an episode of a show</p><p>• What it means to be a creative gatekeeper of a show likeFBI: Most Wanted</p><p>• How he handles show runners, producers, and writers “meddling” while maintaining his creative vision as a director</p><p>• Tips for directors in training</p><p>• Lightning round with his thoughts on shows he’s worked on including:24 with Kiefer Sutherland, Season 1 ofSupernatural,New Amsterdam,White Collar,Covert Affairs,Rescue Me,La Femme Nikita,Nikita,Vikings,Pure,Orphan Black,Anne with an Ewith co-showrunner Moira Walley-Beckett(about to doFourth Wingseries), andFBI: Most Wanted</p><p>• What episodes Ken directs of FBI: Most Wanted and how does he choose who directs other episodes</p><p>Guest:</p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320987/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">IMDb</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Girotti" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Wikipedia</a></p><p>Host:</p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mentorsonthemic/?hl=en">@MentorsontheMic</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/michellesimonemiller/?hl=en">@MichelleSimoneMiller</a></p><p>Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/mentorsonthemic">@MentorsontheMic</a><a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleSimoneM?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@MichelleSimoneM</a></p><p>Facebook page:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic"> https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic</a></p><p>Website:<a href="http://www.michellesimonemiller.com/"> www.michellesimonemiller.com</a> and<a href="www.mentorsonthemic.com">www.mentorsonthemic.com</a></p><p>Youtube:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle">https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle</a>If you like this episode, check out<a href="https://kite.link/jayfrancis"></a></p><p><a href="https://kite.link/linda" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Linda Mendoza - From page to Comedy TV/Film Director of Scrubs, The Good Place, and more</a></p><p><a href="https://kite.link/jason" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Jason Ensler - From PSAs to Executive Producer/Director of HULU's "Love, Victor"</a></p><p><a href="https://kite.link/rosemary" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Becoming... Film/TV Director Rosemary Rodriguez "The Walking Dead" "Law & Order SVU" "Acts of Worship"</a></p>
January 20, 2025
<p>Scott McCormick, has been an audiobook director, adaptor and narrator for over 10 years. In that time he has directed and adapted over a hundred books and narrated and provided voices for well over a thousand book. He has played many characters through the years including the lead roles in Sir Apropos of Nothing by Peter David and The Ishmael Jones by Simon R. Green. He has also lent his voice to dozens of audiocomic book characters including Venom, The Thing and most recently Hellboy. A native of Baltimore, he moved to the DC metro area in 1999 to pursue a career in theatre, wanting to avoid any chance of fame by not moving to New York or LA. He just north of DC with the love of his life, Jillian.</p> <p>In this episode, we talk about:</p> <p>• A breakdown of his role as Creative Director and Director Training Manager at Graphic Audio</p> <p>• Process for creating the dramatized audiobook for Graphic Audio</p> <p>• How COVID expanded their roster of actors</p> <p>• How long production and post-production takes for a book like Fourth Wing or Iron Flame or Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros</p> <p>• Reading Onyx Storm and starting in mid-February</p> <p>• Surprise at the success of ACOTAR and Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, especially on Tik Tok</p> <p>• How he envisions a character on the page</p> <p>• Advice for starting in Voiceover including recommended hardware and software</p> <p>• A great voice for Graphic Audio and the ways to submit to Graphic Audio as a VO artist</p> <p>Guest:</p> <p><a href="https://www.graphicaudio.net/credits/search/result/?credits_producers=Scott%20McCormick&srsltid=AfmBOoqAFVK0ZGxm4-3NkJu4ym9H1PStObpnOLJTNJvYWwOUsAWyrmx0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Graphic Audio profile</a></p> <p><a href="https://x.com/scottmcc_ga" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">X profile</a> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7295924/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">IMDb</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.graphicaudio.net/the-empyrean-1-fourth-wing-1-of-2.html?srsltid=AfmBOorvVLJcIwU48_Ws2wEvShsWxSrYt8gieMXN7p5_6hiUI40SAu6h" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Empyrean 1: Fourth Wing (1 of 2)</a> (Dramatized Adaptation) - Also available wherever you listen to audiobooks</p> <p>Host:</p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mentorsonthemic/?hl=en">@MentorsontheMic</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/michellesimonemiller/?hl=en">@MichelleSimoneMiller</a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mentorsonthemic">@MentorsontheMic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleSimoneM?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@MichelleSimoneM</a></p> <p>Facebook page:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic"> https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic</a></p> <p>Website:<a href="http://www.michellesimonemiller.com/"> www.michellesimonemiller.com</a> and <a href="www.mentorsonthemic.com">www.mentorsonthemic.com</a></p> <p>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle">https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle</a> If you like this episode, check out <a href="https://kite.link/jayfrancis"></a></p> <p><a href="https://kite.link/khaya" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Becoming... Voiceover Actress & Filmmaker Khaya Fraites (Graphic Audio's Violet Sorrengail in "Fourth Wing" and "Iron Flame")</a></p> <p><a href="https://kite.link/jayfrancis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Becoming... VP at Disney Television Animation of Current Series & Diversity Jay Francis</a></p>
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