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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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
Apr 13, 2017 • 35min
"The Lost City of Z" Director James Gray
Writer/Director James Gray ("The Immigrant," "We Own the Night") talks about his sixth and most ambitious feature "The Lost City of Z." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 7, 2017 • 40min
"The Assignment" Director Walter Hill
Walter Hill talks about his amazing and underrated career and his controversial new film "The Assignment." IndieWire's Jude Dry also joins to discuss the problematic way "The Assignment" talks about gender and transgender issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 3, 2017 • 22min
"Rogue One" Director Gareth Edwards
Gareth Edwards talks about how he started his career as a visual effects artists and how that has influenced him as a director. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2017 • 28min
"La La Land" Director Damien Chazelle & Editor Tom Cross
Damien Chazelle and his editor Tom Cross talk about finding the right rhythm for a modern day and how much more difficult it was to edit "La La Land" than "Whiplash." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 6, 2017 • 40min
"Toni Erdmann" Director Maren Ade
"Toni Erdmann" has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars and is one of the best reviewed and most loved films of the year. Writer/Director Maren Ade discusses her many year process of creating the celebrated father-daughter story [that's being re-made with Jack Nickolson]. Also, IndieWire's Zack Sharf swings by to tell us why the film was his favorite from 2016 and an American remake would be a very bad idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 25, 2017 • 29min
"Beach Rats" Director Eliza Hittman
Eliza Hittman returns to Sundance with her follow up "It Felt Like Love." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 13, 2017 • 38min
"Hooligan Sparrow" Director Nanfu Wang
Nanfu Wang talks about the dangers of making her Oscar contending doc "Hooligan Sparrow and how the Chinese government has targeted her parents since the film was shortlisted for Best Documentary consideration by the Academy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 16, 2016 • 34min
"Jackie" & "Neruda" Director Pablo Larraín
Director Pablo Larraín talks two icons who tried to shape their own image and why he finds that fascinating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
