Stories By Jeff Meyers
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Directing
Shifting Sands: Director Brad Anderson on Making Beirut, and Managing a Career of Genre and Budget-Hopping
April 23, 2018Despite a 22-year track record, director Brad Anderson has had what some might consider a stealth...
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Directing
Sweet Country, Sour History, Great Moviemaking: Director Warwick Thornton on Sweet Country
April 17, 2018“Australia was built on free labour. 180 years of free labour,” says director Warwick Thornton. He...
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Directing
“I Want This Weirdness In My Life”: Aubrey Plaza, Craig Robinson, and More On An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
March 2, 2018“I remember my agent told me Blue Velvet was panned by critics when it first came...
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Movie News
The Intimate Epic: Directors Alex and Andrew Smith on the Quiet Intensity of Father-Son Drama Walking Out
October 10, 2017Montana-raised twin brothers Alex and Andrew Smith have emerged as the Big Sky Country’s most ambitious...
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Directing
Making a Living by Mixing Media: How to Make the Leap From Directing Features to Directing Television
August 17, 2017Imagine a world where you earn a steady, livable paycheck doing what you love—directing—and little else....
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Directing
In Total Control of His Out of Control: With Colossal, Nacho Vigalondo Breaks Into Major League Moviemaking
April 7, 2017Nacho Vigalondo is constantly under self-review—both as an artist and, if movies are a window into...
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Directing
At Home Behind the Camera: Actor-Turned-Director Macon Blair Talks Making I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
February 21, 2017Macon Blair is no stranger to Sundance. The actor is the childhood friend of, and a...
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Directing
MovieMaker Minute: Walking Out’s Alex and Andrew Smith on How Directors Should Keep Calm On Set
February 7, 2017Our MovieMaker Minute series of videos are brief little nuggets of inspiration and advice from some...
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Directing
Defining Complete Unknown: Joshua Marston on Writing Shape-Shifting Characters, Directing a Contained Set
August 26, 2016Joshua Marston’s latest film, Complete Unknown, is an exploration of what it means to be a...
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Other
The Lay of the VR Landscape: How Does a Moviemaker Approach Virtual Reality – Without Holding it Back?
August 5, 2016In case you didn’t notice, virtual reality (VR) content has graduated from sideshow curiosity to the...
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Crossing the Line
“Making Sense of Something That is Beyond Us:” Anton Yelchin’s Spring 2016 Interview
June 20, 2016The MovieMaker staff was shocked and saddened to hear about the untimely passing of actor Anton...
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Cinematography
Shooting the Green Room: Full Interview with DP Sean Porter
April 15, 2016We’ve covered Green Room‘s director and cast in previous articles this week. Today we round out...
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Acting
Green Room Outtakes: Interviews with Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat and Imogen Poots
April 13, 2016In Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room, a punk band dubbed The Ain’t Rights (played by actors Anton...
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Directing
Back Against the Wall: Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room Lands like a Punch to the Gut
April 12, 2016Is there a more overused word in film journalism than “visceral?” The adjective is applied and...
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Directing
The Two-Hour Take: Sebastian Schipper on his See-it-to-Believe-it Victoria
October 8, 2015“This film rocked my world.” So said Berlinale 2015 jury president Darren Aronofsky as he awarded...
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Acting
Fighting the Deafening Chorus of “No”: Michael Shannon and Ramin Bahrani on Real-Estate Thriller 99 Homes
September 24, 2015Ramin Bahrani’s third feature film, 2008’s Chop Shop, was declared by Roger Ebert as one of...
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Directing
Love in the Time of Apocalypse: Craig Zobel on Z for Zachariah and the Benefits of First ADing
August 27, 2015Craig Zobel began his career as an assistant director, production manager and co-producer on such films...
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Directing
The Unconscious Signature: An Interview with Hungry Hearts Director Saverio Costanzo
June 10, 2015In Saverio Costanzo’s Hungry Hearts, in a tiny basement bathroom of a Manhattan Chinese restaurant, Mina...
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Acting
On Directing Actors: An Interview with Tim Blake Nelson
May 14, 2015For nearly 20 years, Tim Blake Nelson has shoe-horned in his filmmaking alongside a robust and,...
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Acting
Flash Forward: Maika Monroe Doesn’t Spook Easily
March 12, 2015In 2011, Maika Monroe was ready to hang up on her dreams of becoming an actor....
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Directing
It Follows: An Interview with David Robert Mitchell on his Ingeniously Creepy Horror Film
March 11, 2015Sure, a lot of beginning moviemakers cut their teeth on horror. It’s become a calling card...
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Acting
Flash Forward: Desiree Akhavan is Not Lena Dunham
January 13, 2015Desiree Akhavan hates it when she’s compared to Lena Dunham. This is no dis on the...
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Distribution
The Pros of Cons: Screening Shorts at Gaming and Comic Book Conventions
July 23, 2014Here’s the more-or-less standardized path for moviemakers: You raise funds and rally your friends to make...
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Directing
The Wide View: Pawel Pawlikowski on Ida
May 2, 2014Amidst the celebrity star power and buzz of this past January’s Sundance Film Festival it was...
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