Podcast: How to Pay Bills While Following Your Dreams with Mike O’Shea

By: Team Stash

Published: Dec 05, 2017

•  Updated: Jun 09, 2026

Horror film director Mike O’Shea talks about making money when you’re “successful-ish.”

In this episode of “Teach Me How to Money,” Mike O’Shea, director of the critically-acclaimed breakout horror movie “The Transfiguration” talks all about being an artist without a trust fund, being successful-ish, and the real financial life of an artist–before, during and after “making it.”

Getting smart about your money doesn’t have to be a horror story.

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