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Swan Song Ben Cleary
December 16, 2021
Apple TV+ drama Swan Song began as an obsessive thought in director Ben Cleary's head. We spoke to him ahead…
Paul Verhoeven Benedetta sex scenes
November 10, 2021
Paul Verhoeven explains why he thinks it's important to show sexuality in movies, and why he makes storyboards for his…
Bassam Tariq
September 23, 2021
Bassam Tariq tells MovieMaker what he learned about the value of honesty while directing his new film Mogul Mowgli starring…
May 22, 2021
Gus Van Sant has written, directed, produced and edited more than a dozen films, including Drugstore Cowboy, To Die For,…
One Night in Miami Regina King
January 15, 2021
Academy Award-winner Regina King makes her directorial debut with One Night in Miami, an adaptation of the Kemp Powers play.
Nicole L. Thompson Blackbird
October 2, 2020
In her USC thesis film "Blackbird," Nicole L. Thompson tells the story of a young woman who goes from cleaning…
Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
March 1, 2020
Quentin Tarantino, director of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, is older, wiser, but no less wilder. Here, he shares…
December 13, 2019
Director Quentin Tarantino says his story structure in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood owes a debt to director Richard…
In Fabric director Peter Strickland The Lighthouse Robert Eggers David Lynch Eraserhead
December 10, 2019
In Fabric director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers say Eraserhead, the first film by David Lynch, changed…
August 14, 2019
Hus Miller managed to save almost 10 percent of his budget for You Can't Say No through the MovieMaker Production…
June 11, 2019
To shoot in Spain for the first time, Despite Everything director Gabriela Tagliavini had to adapt to the culture and…
December 6, 2017
Director Andrey Zvyagintsev discusses the link between the technical craftsmanship which rendered Loveless and the humanistic notions that drive it.
September 15, 2017
This new installment of our NewFilmmakers LA interview series features conversations about films directed by Anisha Adusumilli, Christopher Scott, and more.
September 8, 2017
This new installment of our series of NewFilmmakers LA interviews features conversations with directors Gonzalo Ladines, Dawn Fields, and Marshall…
May 23, 2017
One eighth of a page: equal ink, but not equal time on the screen. A veteran assistant director on how…
March 28, 2014
This week’s edition of New Filmmakers LA is jam-packed with moviemaking wisdom. In fact, there’s so much wisdom we had…
January 8, 2014
For nearly a decade before his directorial debut, The Addams Family, Barry Sonnenfeld was earning his stripes as a director…
December 6, 2013
Italian actor-director Sergio Castellitto's new romantic drama Twice Born, an adaptation of the bestselling novel Venuto nel Mondo by author…
October 4, 2013
At this year's New York Film Festival, internationally renowned filmmaker Jia Zhangke showed his new film, A Touch of Sin,…
July 17, 2013
This week, our Wednesday Words of Wisdom come from Wim Wenders (say that three times fast).
July 3, 2013
On the eve of Independence Day, we’ve chosen to share the moviemaking wisdom of John Waters: that beacon of independence,…
February 3, 2007
Director Guy Magar just completed the suspense thriller Children of the Corn: Revelation, based on Stephen King’s original story for
February 6, 2003
Not long ago independent moviemakers were the darlings of the mainstream media.