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Indie Film Hustle: The RAW Reality Of Being An Indie Producer With Miranda Bailey

Miranda Bailey is a prolific producer, actor and director, known for producing high quality independent films. Her passion for bringing compelling, well-crafted stories to the screen has been the driving force in her distinguished 15-year filmmaking career. Bailey has produced over 20 films, among them the Oscar®-nominated THE SQUID AND THE WHALE and the Spirit Award-winning THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, as well as James Gunn’s SUPER, the Sundance hit SWISS ARMY MAN, the critically acclaimed NORMAN and the indie hit DON’T THINK TWICE.

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Manifest It! -- The Woman Within: The Diary of a Multi-Passionate Renaissance Woman

How does an Oscar-nominated and Spirit-Award-winning producer, director, music composer, actress, innovative CEO, inspirational mom, wife, and Aquarian Goddess transform the expectations of a woman in a man’s world? The one and only, Miranda Bailey, is getting candid about her career in the Hollywood industry, parenting, relationships, and most importantly, about the relationship with herself.

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Right  On Cue -- Jim Gaffigan and Director Miranda Bailey (Being Frank) 

In this episode, I spoke with Gaffigan and Bailey (respectively) about Being Frank's unique challenges and myriad tones, as part of a roundtable interview with HollywoodChicago.com's Pat McDonald and Kicking the Seat's Ian Simmons. Together, we discuss Gaffigan's role choices, Bailey's transition from documentaries to scripted film, and the rocky road to getting Being Frank on the big screen.

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Face 2 Face with David Peck -- Miranda Bailey and Cherry Picks 

Miranda Bailey and Face2Face host David Peck talk about changing the way we see content, CherryPicks, Gender imbalance, a new kind of film community, diversity, perspective and the female voice.

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Landmark Theatre Q&A Podcast -- Being Frank - Jim Gaffigan, Logan Miller, and Miranda Bailey Q&A

Director Miranda Bailey and Actors Jim Gaffigan and Logan Miller discuss their new film BEING FRANK with moderator Claudia Puig (LAFCA).

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Film Critics Weekly -- Cherry Picks' Miranda Bailey, The Hate U Give vs A Star is Born

On episode ten of LAOFCS Weekly, Scott is joined by Staci Layne-Wilson, Kit Bowen and Morgan Rojas to reveal this week’s Movie Pick of the Week, sit down and chat with Cherry Picks CEO Miranda Bailey, discuss their picks for Indie Spotlight and Retro Rewind, plus if there is time, their predictions for the Best Supporting Actor for the upcoming award season.

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Hallmarkies Podcast -- Hallmarkies: Interview with Producer Miranda Bailey and Talking 'Love to the Rescue' 

Today Rachel had the delight to get to talk with producer/director Miranda Bailey about her career, supporting female critics with her new website and the recent Hallmark film 'Love to the Rescue'

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MUSE LIVE! Podcast -- Cherry Picks Miranda Bailey 

MUSE LIVE! Mike Sandoval welcomes owner of Cherry Picks Miranda Bailey.

At CherryPicks, we believe the people who review films need to be as diverse as the people who watch them. We are the place to find out what women are thinking about movies. That’s why we highlight reviews and write original stories exclusively from female-identifying and non-binary writers, when most film critics are overwhelmingly male.

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The AMP from Vocalo -- Miranda Bailey & Jim Gaffigan talk teen rebellions & living double lives in new dramedy Being Frank 

The new film, BEING FRANK takes us back to 1992 where a young man named Philip is in the throes of teen angst. His dreams are dashed when his overbearing father, Frank, played by Jim Gaffigan, forbids his son from venturing out on his own. But Frank's anger at rebellion is hypocritical since Frank is out here doing dirty his own self. The film’s director, Miranda Bailey, and the titular Frank: Jim Gaffigan joined Jill in the studio to talk about the film that out in theaters now.

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Respect the Process -- Acclaimed Film Producer Miranda Bailey on Producing "Don't Think Twice" 

Miranda Bailey is a prolific film producer, actress and director. Currently, she's got two wonderful films in theaters, "Swiss Army Man" and "Don't Think Twice", the latter opening wide this weekend. Go see it. It stars Keegan Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Tami Sagher, Chris Gethard, Kate Micucci and the film's writer/director Mike Birbiglia. It's funny, sad, heartfelt and the best look at the world of improvisational comedy ever. Miranda has her own production company, Cold Iron Pictures, and started a distribution company, Film Arcade. Click the words. She's the real deal.

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Attitudes! -- LGBTQ Americans Affected By Pandemic, Georgia's 14th Congresssional District, Guests Miranda Bailey and Rebecca Odes of Cherry Picks

On this week’s Throwing Shade, Bryan dives into a new Human Rights Campaign report revealing how LGBTQ Americans have been hardest hit by the economic collapse caused by the pandemic. Then, Erin discusses the race for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District and why it is almost certainly going to be won by a homophobic, racist, QAnon-touting candidate. Plus, they talk to Miranda Bailey and Rebecca Odes of TheCherryPicks.com about giving a space to female critics, drawing attention to up-and-coming voices, and must-watch feminist films.

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She Called Action -- Interview with Miranda Bailey 

Producer, Director and talented Actress, Miranda Bailey chats with show host about her journey and shares the origin story of her website TheCherryPicks - the go-to place for the female perspective on film.

Switchblade Sisters Episode 82: 'Unfaithful' with 'Being Frank' Director Miranda Bailey

The movie that Miranda has chosen to discuss is the super sexy Unfaithful. She and April talk about the art of seduction in film, and Miranda relates some stories of directing sex scenes in her own movies. Miranda shares her experience working with Richard Gere and why she feels she could call him if she was being murdered. Plus the two dissect director Adrian Lyne's filmography of seductive thrillers, and why the most important scenes in his films frequently involve the toilet.

Add Host Carla Renata chats with Miranda Bailey about her journey to create inclusion and diversity for female film critics with The Cherry 🍒 Picks, her new film 'Being Frank' with Jim Gaffigan and so much more...

Mike talked with writer/producer/director/actress  Miranda Bailey about some of her past and future projects including Swiss Army Man, Super, Don't Thing Twice, Diary of a Teenage Girl, and The Pathological Optimist.

Miranda Bailey joins Scott Menzel, Staci Layne-Wilson, Kit Bowen and Morgan Rojas to reveal this week’s Movie Pick of the Week, discuss their picks for Indie Spotlight and Retro Rewind, plus if there is time, their predictions for the Best Supporting Actor for the upcoming award season. 

Miranda Bailey and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film The Pathological Optimist, truth versus fiction, culpability and the media, hero worship, the Anti-Vax movement, family life and why she’s sometimes not so hopeful. 

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