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 15, 2018 • 43min
"Dear White People" Creator Justin Simien
Simien breaks down the unique "presentation" style of his Netflix series, what Kubrick taught him about music and share new details about his horror-race satire movie ("Bad Hair")that he'll be shooting this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 11, 2018 • 43min
"The Good Place" Creator Michael Schur
Michael Schur (The Office, Parks & Rec), master of the work place comedy, talks about the challenges of tackling the big concept and twisty plot of “The Good Place.” In this conversation Schur outlines the one vital key to success in all serialized tv, working with philosophy professors as consultants, modeling heaven after The Grove and avoiding the M. Night Shyamalan trap of training an audience to anticipate twists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 8, 2018 • 46min
"The Terror" Creator David Kajganich
Inside the process of creating a historical horror story of a lost Arctic expedition on a sound stage and how Kajganich pitched the show as anthology, but won't be coming back for another season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 4, 2018 • 46min
"Atlanta" & "This Is America" Director Hiro Murai
Atlanta's Lakeith Stanfield Didn’t Even Know Donald Glover Was Playing Teddy Perkins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 23, 2018 • 36min
"First Reformed" Director Paul Schrader
The screenwriter behind "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull" talks about the intersection of faith and cinema, and how arthouse cinema has radically changed since he first wrote "Transcendental Style in Film" in 1971. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2018 • 26min
"The Rider" Director Chloé Zhao
The director behind one of the best films of 2018 talks about how a woman born in Beijing and schooled at NYU ended up telling real-life stories of people living on a South Dakota reservation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2018 • 45min
Netflix "Strong Island" Director Yance Ford
Oscar nomination director Yance Ford talks about his 8-year journey to completing a film about his brother's violent death in 1992. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 9, 2018 • 36min
"The Big Sick" Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon
There were a ton of bad drafts of "The Big Sick" before it became one of the best comedy scripts in years. Kumail & Emily talk about the 4 year process of adapting their real life story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 5, 2018 • 31min
"Lady Bird" Director Greta Gerwig
Gerwig talks about what her artistic dreams were when she, like Lady Bird, was 18 and came to New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 28, 2017 • 28min
"mother!" Director Darren Aronofsky
Aronofsky on why you have to make the audience laugh, cry or scare the shit out of the them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
