Episodes

Jan. 30, 2022

Jose Arroyo - Writer, Cartoonist, Performer - Revisited

Take Fountain with Ella James S02E11 – Jose Arroyo Mini-Bio (IMDb): José Arroyo is a writer and actor, known for Dennis Miller Live (1994), Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) and Conan (2010). In this episode, Jose returns to update Ella on his...

Guest: Jose Arroyo

Nov. 27, 2021

Alexandra Davies - Hollywood Survivor

Take Fountain with Ella James S02E10 – Alexandra Davies Mini-Bio (IMDb): Alexandra is a graduate of the University of Western Sydney (Theatre Nepean) one of the top competitive acting schools in Australia that accepts only 18 students each year. She...

Aug. 14, 2021

Scout Durwood - Comedian, Actor, Caberet Performer

Take Fountain with Ella James S02E09 – Scout Durwood The path in Hollywood is never easy, and for the super authentic and talented Scout Durwood, that has meant exiting and reassessing...twice. Now with her show in development at Sony, Scout is about...

Guest: Scout Durwood

July 31, 2021

Hot Diggity it's Martin Dingle-Wall

Take Fountain with Ella James S02E08 – Martin Dingle-Wall When you are an actor in Hollywood AND Australia, when you’ve done the hard yards…what IS the measurement of success. My guest on Take Fountain, Martin Dingle-Wall’s answer is very cool, will...

June 5, 2021

India Dupre - Writer, Director, Performer

Take Fountain with Ella James S02E07 – India Dupre Writer, Director, Performer, UK Born, Australian Raised, LA living India Dupré has a fascinating story to tell. With award winning short films under her belt, a feature film in the running the world...

June 5, 2021

India Dupre - Writer, Director, Performer

Take Fountain with Ella James S02E07 – India Dupre Writer, Director, Performer, UK Born, Australian Raised, LA living India Dupré has a fascinating story to tell. With award winning short films under her belt, a feature film in the running the world is...

Guest: India Dupre

April 23, 2021

Louise Alston - Australian Director Finding Success

Take Fountain with Ella James S02E06 – Louise Alston Louise Alston is an Australian Director who's found a successful niche in Hollywood....and covid finds her straddling both countries as she navigates her career. A fascinating woman who survived a...

Guest: Louise Alston

Feb. 17, 2021

Craig Horsley - Theatre Producer/Adventurer

Take Fountain with Ella James Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/takefountain (mobile friendly). S02E05 – Craig Horsley - Theatre Producer We often making a living, and then a life from that living...but Craig Horsley, an accountant in Abu...

Feb. 2, 2021

Chris Fahey | TV Talent Producer

Take Fountain with Ella James Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/takefountain (mobile friendly). S02E04 – Chris Fahey – Talent Producer TV talent producer Chris Fahey has successfully merged her fandom with her career, interacting with some...

Jan. 27, 2021

Zac Garred

Take Fountain with Ella James S02E03 – Zac Garred Authenticity is my favorite word, favorite type of person. When I first met Zac Garred a few years ago, he oooooozed it. He’s an Aussie actor in LA who did the Home and Away/All Saints jump across...

Jan. 2, 2021

Will McCormack | 'If Anything Happens I Love You' Creator

Take Fountain with Ella James Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/takefountain S02E02 – Will McCormack (If Anything Happens I Love You) If Anything Happens I Love You is a beautifully illustrated animated short film that takes us on an...

Dec. 22, 2020

Maree Johnson - From Sydney to Broadway with Phantom

Take Fountain with Ella James Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/takefountain (mobile friendly). S02E01– Maree Johnson (From Sydney to Broadway with Phantom) Doing the work, being good, really good, is what it takes. We talk a lot about...

July 12, 2019

30: Savannah Kopp - Writer

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/takefountain (mobile friendly).Episode 30 – Savannah Kopp - Hollywood WriterSo you want to be a writer? Savannah Kopp has written two award-winning short films, Mere Players and The Wedding Scene. She...

May 22, 2019

29: Jennifer Clymer - MPTF

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/takefountain (mobile friendly).Episode 29 – Jennifer Clymer - Motion Picture & Television FundWhat happens to Hollywood talent when it retires?Jennifer Clymer believes in meeting the emotional and...

Feb. 20, 2019

28: James Eckhouse - Actor, Teacher

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/takefountain (mobile friendly).Episode 28 – James Eckhouse - Actor, Teacher, and all round great guy!Best known to TV audiences as ‘Jim Walsh’ on FOX’s original ‘Beverly Hills 90210’, James Eckhouse has...

Oct. 1, 2018

27: Catherine Joy - Musician and Composer

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/takefountain (mobile friendly).Episode 27 – Catherine Joy - Composer and Musician Music…..it’s used to enhance our experiences at the supermarket…to handle us waiting on the phone…but in the...

Aug. 9, 2018

26: Chris Piehler - Playwright

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Episode 26 – Chris Piehler - Playwright With an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University, Chris Piehler has an astonishing body of work to his name in Film, TV, and stage, including...

July 23, 2018

25: Roy Sekoff's Story

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Episode 25 – Roy Sekoff - Hollywood WriterHollywood writer ROY SEKOFF is best known as the founding editor of Huffington Post...I sat down with him to explore his life and his new book...

July 4, 2018

24: People Walking with Chuck McCarthy

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Episode 24 – People walking with Chuck McCarthyEveryone who comes to Hollywood has a side hustle...Everyone from George Clooney to Emma Stone have had 'other jobs' while they auditioned...

Jan. 16, 2018

23: Chris Valenti -Actor, Writer, Musician

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Episode 23 –Chris Valenti Chris Valenti is an actor, writer, musician and former comedian. He's been in Hollywood for 25 years...and now the co writer of the musical NARSOCIETY...about...

Dec. 14, 2017

22: Judi Levine - Hollywood Producer - Take Fountain with Ella James

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Episode 22 – Judi Levine - Hollywood Producer Dynamic, talented, Judi Levine is a Hollywood Producer best known for her Academy Award Nominated film The Sessions…her stories are the...

Nov. 27, 2017

21: Damon Herriman

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Episode 21 – Damon Herriman Australia’s Damon Herriman has spent the last 35 years straddling an increasingly impressive acting career in both Australia and the US, He’s delightful, a...

Oct. 17, 2017

20: John Davis - He took Fountain - Take Fountain with Ella James

Episode 20 - John Davis Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). John Davis arrived in LA to be an actor….but what happened next would change his life…. For the many people with a plan when they arrive in Hollywood, this change...

Aug. 21, 2017

19: Comedian + - Kara Kimbrough Matteson - Take Fountain with Ella James Episode 18

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Kara with a K, is Texas born comedian Kara Kimbrough Matteson who is tearing up the LA comedy scene. Brassy and classy, I met Kara at a Comedy show run by her husband TK, and her...