How I Got a Movie Star to be in my Short Film with Alexander Jeremy

Short Films, Big Questions

For this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking to Alexander Jeremy. AJ is a filmmaker, actor and member of the comedy improv group, "Shoot from the Hip."

He’s recently wrapped post production on a film called The Spaceman, starring none other than Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon, Poldark), Colin Farrell (Banshees of Inesherrin, The Lobster), and Amanda Abbington (Sherlock, Mr Selfridge).

Our conversation has two main themes to it: first, how he made The Spaceman and specifically, how he amassed such a star studded cast for the project. Secondly, his comedy improv group, Shoot from the Hip, and how they’ve built an audience for themselves.

As of writing this, they have 186,000 followers on instagram and 1.2 million followers on TikTok. We have a great conversation about how we, as filmmakers, can apply the lessons AJ’s learnt, and as a consequence, gain more power as creatives.

AJ is incredibly candid about the life of a filmmaker- we massively appreciated this and feel like there’s so much to learn from what he has to say.

You can find out more about him via the links below:

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@atjeremy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atjeremy/?hl=en

Shoot from the Hip’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shootimpro/?hl=en

AJ’s favourite short films:

https://www.nowness.asia/picks/red-feng-yu-chao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1xPBIfOS4