Aug 28, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 9 segments
Our guest this week was filmmaker, writer, and director Raj Reddy. Raj began his career in the mailroom at CAA before writing for Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions on the Sony lot. He has since…
It's funny you just said development is great because there are many other ways to describe development.
But one of the things I always say Because I see that filmmakers get stuck in certain places.
And one of the places they get stuck is they're in development for something.
And I always say, you know, I don't think filmmakers do well if they're not making movies.
I would prefer for somebody who was in development on a film that either, you know, wasn't getting funded yet or whatever, that they still were making something.
I do, you know, a feature film is a, as you know very well, such a big ship to navigate.
And whereas television and commercials offer you a faster way to create, as well as, but here's the best part about today, and I was going to share this with you, but like, you know, But these days you can just shoot on your phone and edit.
And in fact, you might get more views shooting on your phone than me shooting a high-end commercial or show.
So when you selected marketing and advertising in college, did you get to start shooting in that program? Did you get to actually make commercials? No.
Like if I, you know, I'm going to shoot something on this, about this water bottle, right? A commercial for that.
My brain could really, and spirit was really excited about, Oh, well let's create a 30 second comedy spot about that bottle.
It's funny you just said development is great because there are many other ways to describe development.
But one of the things I always say Because I see that filmmakers get stuck in certain places.
And one of the places they get stuck is they're in development for something.
And I always say, you know, I don't think filmmakers do well if they're not making movies.
I would prefer for somebody who was in development on a film that either, you know, wasn't getting funded yet or whatever, that they still were making something.
I do, you know, a feature film is a, as you know very well, such a big ship to navigate.
And whereas television and commercials offer you a faster way to create, as well as, but here's the best part about today, and I was going to share this with you, but like, you know, But these days you can just shoot on your phone and edit.
And in fact, you might get more views shooting on your phone than me shooting a high-end commercial or show.
So when you selected marketing and advertising in college, did you get to start shooting in that program? Did you get to actually make commercials? No.
Like if I, you know, I'm going to shoot something on this, about this water bottle, right? A commercial for that.
My brain could really, and spirit was really excited about, Oh, well let's create a 30 second comedy spot about that bottle.
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