Nate Parker

  • Fall 2016

The Birth of a Nation’s Biggest Lesson for First-Time Directors? Surround Yourself with Experienced Crew

Following its premiere at Sundance in January, Nate Parker’s directorial debut, The Birth of a Nation, quickly became the biggest…

8 years ago
  • Festivals

Sundance Film Festival: 12 Breakthroughs from Park City 2016

A happy year at Sundance offers forth not a spring of fresh blood, but a geyser. This was one of…

8 years ago
  • Festivals

Sundance 2016: See Indie Film’s Movers and Shakers in Jeff Vespa’s Beautiful @Portraits

Jeff Vespa has been the Sundance Film Festival's official photographer since 2003, a post that gives him the unusual privilege…

8 years ago
  • Directing
  • Interviews

“It’s About Listening:” Amy Berg Enters Narrative Filmmaking with Every Secret Thing

Academy Award-nominated director Amy Berg’s new feature, Every Secret Thing centers around two young girls who kidnap and kill the…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: Jesse Zwick Dives Straight into About Alex

Two years of working on a movie—three weeks to prep it. How Jesse Zwick found himself making his directorial debut,…

10 years ago