Nora Fingscheidt On Being 'Drafted' to Direct a Large Scale Feature

How Nora skipped “Development Hell” and got hired for The Unforgivable

Shifting from System Crasher to a commercial film with a massive Hollywood set

How the core work of directing remains the same regardless of film types

What it’s like to work with giants of cinema and dealing with the unexpected challenges of filmmaking

How COVID interrupted production and impacted casting, locations and filming

Conversations about the story being told and the power of silence in Unforgivable

What the research process entailed and making it feel like an American story

Examining the life of an incarcerated woman and acknowledging different perspectives on racial experiences

Advice for new filmmakers to experiment, be as a radical as possible, stay true to your own voice and give yourself time