IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit
Chris O'Falt
Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. From screenwriting to film language to cinematography, we'll be examining the innovative ways today's best filmmakers are getting their visions out into the world.
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Dec 13, 2018 • 39min
"Sorry To Bother You" Director Boots Riley
What Boots Riley learned from two decades of creating music that made making his first film such a success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2018 • 51min
"Madeline's Madeline" Director Josephine Decker
Josephine gets inside her unique multi-year process of creating the dreamy, meta world of "Madeline's Madeline," and how it relates to her new film "Shirley." PHOTO: AP/REX/Shutterstock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 10, 2018 • 58min
"Leave No Trace" Director Debra Granik
The LA Critics Best Director winner talks about her long process and deep research of making her "social realist" films and the next films she's making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 7, 2018 • 54min
"BlacKkKlansman" Director Spike Lee
Spike on keeping Oscar season in perspective, film school today, and how the success of "BlacKkKlansman" has led people to reconsider his 40 years of filmmaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 29, 2018 • 34min
"The Favourite" Director Yorgos Lanthimos
Director Yorgos Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara talk about their new film, The Favorite, exploring the challenges of creating a period film and the importance of finding partners who align with their vision. They discuss the significance of rabbits in the film and the importance of the three-week rehearsal process for actors. They also delve into the role of movement in the movie and their creative process behind choreography.
Nov 15, 2018 • 35min
"Widows" Director Steve McQueen
The “12 Years a Slave” director talks about why he never shot lists, the film’s incredible opening sequence, his longtime collaboration with DP Sean Bobbitt, why Chicago is the best city to set a story, and how he identified with the widows in the original BBC series as a 13 year old black kid growing up in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 9, 2018 • 34min
"Can You Ever Forgive Me?" Director Marielle Heller
The "Diary of a Teenage Girl" director on why striving for clarity in films can be a bad thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 6, 2018 • 32min
"Hale County This Morning, This Evening" Director RaMell Ross
RaMell Ross refused to accepted the limitations of documentaries and black representational space in cinema, so he created something new. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 1, 2018 • 38min
"Suspiria" Director Luca Guadagnino
The "Call Me By Your Name" director talks about how Thom Yorke changed his view of film scores, being inspired by the films and youth culture of Berlin 1977, his feminism, and tackling Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks." PHOTO: Andrea Raffin/Shutterstock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2018 • 38min
"First Man" Damien Chazelle
The oscar winning director goes behind the scenes of recreating the moon landing and telling the story of Neil Armstrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
