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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Jun 27, 2017 • 31min
Bertrand Tavernier's “My Journey Through French Cinema”
The great French director talks about what he learned from his favorite filmmakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 24, 2017 • 27min
"The Bad Batch" Director Ana Lily Amirpour
"A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" director talks about her second feature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 16, 2017 • 1h 9min
"The Handmaid's Tale" Director Reed Morano
Reed Morano talks about how directing the hit Hulu show was different than her new indie feature "I Think We're Alone." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 8, 2017 • 24min
"It Comes at Night" Director Trey Edward Shults
Shults' follow up to ultra low budget breakout "Krisha" is an extreme dark horror film from A24 about death. The writer/director talks about his own fathers, learning about film working for Terrence Malick and telling the stories with his camera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 1, 2017 • 37min
"Mr. Robot" Creator Sam Esmail
Sam Esmail talks Kubrick, Metropolis, Trump and shooting S2 like a movie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 25, 2017 • 39min
Netflix's "Black Mirror" Charlie Brooker & Annabel Jones
The two Showrunners behind the hit series talk about how they built six new sci-fi worlds for Season 3 and what they've got brewing for Season 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 12, 2017 • 33min
Steve James
Documentary film legend Steve James ("The Interrupters," "Hoop Dreams," "Life Itself") talks about his new film "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" and his process of making intimate character based documentaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 5, 2017 • 19min
Netflix's "Casting JonBenet" Director Kitty Green
Kitty Green talks about her exploration of the JonBenet Ramsey murder case through intimate interviews with local actors auditioning for the role of the real life people caught in center of a cable news speculation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2017 • 30min
"The Circle" Director James Ponsoldt
James Ponsoldt talks about adapting Dave Egger's novel "The Circle" into a new movie starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks & John Boyega. He also discusses "Rodham " – a blacklist script about a young Hillary Clinton – that he believes is even more relevant after the election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2017 • 1h 4min
Frederick Wiseman
One of the greatest filmmakers ever reflects on his career and his well refined process of making a masterpiece virtually every year. He explains why 50 years ago, as a lawyer in his 30s, he decided to make a film about a prison for the criminally insane ("Titicut Follies") and how he grew as an artist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
