Episode 14

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2nd Sep 2025

Filmmaking Insights: Success & Challenges with Alex Mallis

I took a break from my road trip last week so I’m releasing an interview with my friend, filmmaker Alex Mallis, whose feature film The Travel Companion premiered at Tribeca earlier this year. We talk about the highs and lows of getting a first feature into a major festival, politics in New York, the joy of creating something for its own sake, and (yes) selling fart sounds as NFTs during COVID lockdown.

Learn more about The Travel Companion and sign up for the newsletter at thetravelcompanionfilm.com

Learn more about Alex and watch some of his work at alexmallis.com

Read the NY Post article about Alex selling fart NFTs here: nypost.com/2021/03/18/nyc-man-sells-fart-for-85-cashing-in-on-nft-craze/

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Jef Taylor is an editor, filmmaker, and reluctant grown-up. He hosts onefjef, where he talks to people (and sometimes himself) about work, purpose, and the strange ways life unfolds. Before podcasting, he spent years shaping other people’s stories—now he’s telling his own.