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Podcast: Celebrity Interviews
Episode: Joel Soisson: Horror Icon on Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and Surviving the Weinstein Brothers
Description: Veteran filmmaker Joel Soisson takes listeners on a fascinating journey through four decades of Hollywood filmmaking, from his humble beginnings as a PA in the early 1980s to becoming what one website dubbed "the direct-to-video sequel king." Unlike many of his generation who experienced a "Star Wars moment" that defined their career path, Soisson drifted organically from art school into animation and eventually motion pictures, originally dreaming of becoming a cinematographer before fate intervened. His break into writing came when producer Sandy Howard mentioned wanting to do a family film about a lost dog, prompting Soisson to...