{"id":3314,"date":"2025-07-09T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:00:28","slug":"557-tal-anderson-breaking-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3314","title":{"rendered":"557. Tal Anderson \u201cBreaking Normal\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back, Listeners!<\/p>\n<p>Tal Anderson is a talented actor, writer, director and producer, whose short film \u201cBreaking Normal\u201d took home a Programmer\u2019s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tal acted in and produced the film, but a quick look at Tal\u2019s IMDb page will show you what a genuine multi- hyphenate she is.<\/p>\n<p>Actually&#8230; I did this math before the interview and might as well share it. Tal has 30 actor credits, 19 editor credits, 9 producer credits, 8 writer credits, 6 director credits, and some other departments as well!<\/p>\n<p>It was a pleasure to get to interview Tal and get to know her better! And now&#8230; links! Tal got the following links to us&#8230; please enjoy her work!<\/p>\n<p>Tal\u2019s Personal Links:<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theTALanderson.com\">www.theTALanderson.com<\/a><br \/>\nIMDb: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.IMDB.me\/TalAnderson\">www.IMDB.me\/TalAnderson<\/a><br \/>\nIG: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Instagram.com\/TheTalAnderson\">www.Instagram.com\/TheTalAnderson<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheTalAnderson\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheTalAnderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tal\u2019s Work Links:<br \/>\nJOY film : <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2-zDgrIsw1E?si=N1ps31t5NwinDwkW\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/2-zDgrIsw1E?si=N1ps31t5NwinDwkW<\/a><br \/>\nHairy Yarns Podcast : <a href=\"https:\/\/hairyyarns.buzzsprout.com\/\">https:\/\/hairyyarns.buzzsprout.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nBreaking Normal : <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dbmW0vDamsg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/dbmW0vDamsg <\/a>(This is unpublished but can be accessed if you click on the link. I&#8217;m using this one because it&#8217;s the most recent version of the film)<\/p>\n<p>Links just for interest and follow up since Tal mentioned them:<br \/>\nLINK to the Smithsonian Exhibit and Schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sites.si.edu\/s\/topic\/0TO4z000000nTALGA2\/japanese-war-brides-across-a-wide-divide\">https:\/\/www.sites.si.edu\/s\/topic\/0TO4z000000nTALGA2\/japanese-war-brides-across-a-wide-divide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LINK to article I wrote where I interviewed 3 producer\/filmmakers responsible ultimately for the Smithsonian exhibit: <a href=\"https:\/\/joysauce.com\/how-these-three-women-are-preserving-the-legacies-of-japanese-war-brides\/\">https:\/\/joysauce.com\/how-these-three-women-are-preserving-the-legacies-of-japanese-war-brides\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<\/p>\n<p>Discover Indie Film Podcast Links<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.com\">DIF Podcast Website<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/heffay111\/\">DIF Instagram<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/difwins.bsky.social\">DIF BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Links<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIF Foundation<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/shermanoaksfilmfestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherman Oaks Film Festival<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film Invasion Los Angeles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Discover Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back, Listeners! Tal Anderson is a talented actor, writer, director and producer, whose short film \u201cBreaking Normal\u201d took home a Programmer\u2019s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tal acted in and produced the film, but a quick look at Tal\u2019s IMDb page will show &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3314\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;557. Tal Anderson \u201cBreaking Normal\u201d&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}