2022 Oscar Best Screenplay Nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal on Finding Space in The Lost Daughter Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut with The Lost Daughter, which she adapted from Elena Ferrante’s novel, is an assured and poetic reflection on secrets spoken out loud.
2022 Oscar Nominated Editor Peter Sciberras on Netflix Favorite The Power of the Dog Editor Peter Sciberras, whose previous work includes David Michôd's The Rover and War Machine, is already receiving considerable attention for his tension-filled editing on Jane Campion's Netflix Western The Power of the Dog.
Billie Eilish Doc Director R.J. Cutler on Capturing the Artist make when he met with global superstar Billie Eilish and her family at their home in Highland Park, California. He wanted to direct a documentary on Billie's rise to stardom and adulthood in the style of vérité, a candid realism technique used in his award-winning docu-series American High.
Michael Showalter Helms Podcast Sensation “The Shrink Next Door” for Apple TV+ Writer and Director Michael Showalter, best known for the satirical comedy Wet Hot American Summer, continues his renaissance of dramatic retellings of stories based on real people with Apple TV+'s The Shrink Next Door.
2022 Oscar Nominee Diane Warren, William Shatner, and John Ottman on their Spoken-Word Collaboration Diane Warren, William Shatner, and John Ottman discuss their spoken-word collaboration, "Somehow You Do," from the film FOUR GOOD DAYS.
The National’s Aaron Dessner and Carin Besser on Mixing Baroque with Modernity in CYRANO Awards Focus spoke to lyricist Carin Besser and composer/songwriter Aaron Dessner about their incredible journey on this project and the challenges of making Cyrano amid the pandemic.
John Hoffman on Finding Truth in ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Only Murders in the Building Showrunner and co-creator John Hoffman drew upon his own investigative impulses while creating Hulu’s most watched comedy ever after experiencing a true crime mystery within his own life.
Emmy Winner Gavin Thurston on Framing Sir David Attenborough Emmy award winning cinematographer Gavin Thurston has worked alongside legendary natural historian David Attenborough for over 30 years. Their latest collaboration, Netflix’s David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, is Thurston’s most important project to date.
Emmy Nominee Jurnee Smollett on Finding Joy in Purpose “With Lovecraft Country, the exhaustion was there yet I felt energized everyday too,” Jurnee Smollett explains. “That’s just the artist’s brain, that we’re wired to be in that cycle. One feeds the other; the exhaustion feeds the energy.”
Emmy Nominee Jonathan Majors on Finding His Voice in Lovecraft Country Jonathan Majors has burst into the limelight with projects ranging from Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods to the Indie film sensation The Last Black Man in San Francisco, but it’s his quiet and forceful turn in HBO’s su... Read More...
