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May 22, 2021
Many decades into his prolific Hollywood career, William Fraker has become a kind of Yoda of cinema­tography; a wise, bene­volent…
June 18, 2014
Academy Award winning writer/director Paul Haggis shares the most critical lessons he's learned while working as one of the top…
June 11, 2014
Whether acting as an agent of superheroes or child actors or working with other actors behind the camera, Clark Gregg's…
May 14, 2014
In the mid-1960s, Claude Lelouch’s film A Man and a Woman achieved international success.
May 7, 2014
This Wisdom Wednesday, Atom Egoyan tells us his golden rules for work, life, and happiness in both.
March 5, 2014
Actor-director Crispin Glover, best known for his performances in Back to the Future and Willard, as well as for directing…
February 26, 2014
Alexander Payne's bittersweet take on humanity's foibles have etched their way to the center of our idea of modern America--the…
February 19, 2014
Paul W.S. Anderson first gained recognition in his native England when he wrote and directed Shopping, starring Jude Law, in…
February 12, 2014
He has directed music videos for Sugar Ray, Cypress Hill, Sublime and Wyclef Jean... executive produced more than a dozen…
January 22, 2014
With more than 30 years at the forefront of American film, the multi-faceted, multi-talented Ethan Hawke is in a unique…
November 13, 2013
This week our golden rules of moviemaking come from none other than BAFTA award-winning director Mike Newell, director of Great…
November 6, 2013
Stop and think for a while - which working American director do you suppose would give the sagest, most no-nonsense…
October 30, 2013
South African director, writer and producer Gavin Hood shares his 31 Golden Rules of MovieMaking - riding the comet trail…
October 9, 2013
A man of many talents, (including directing, screenwriting, editing, producing, and much more), and an impressive film portfolio to prove…
October 2, 2013
Legend has it (okay, well, actually it was the Los Angeles Times) that Joe Eszterhas once sold a script written…
September 18, 2013
Two decades into his career, director Marc Forster only has 10 films under his belt—that is, 10 diverse, successful, star-studded…
September 11, 2013
Billy Bob Thornton is a man who has lived many lives throughout his long, consistently intriguing career. He shares the…
September 4, 2013
This week’s Wisdom Wednesday brings you five short and punchy golden rules from Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris.
August 28, 2013
This week's Wisdom Wednesday, appearing in our upcoming 2014 Complete Guide to Making Movies special issue (on stands very soon!),…
August 21, 2013
This week, our Wednesday Words of Wisdom come from the Hollywood jack-of-all-trades that is Chris Weitz. The consummate professional reminds…
August 14, 2013
The visionary Julie Taymor gave us a few pieces of advice with that characteristic Taymor flourish.
August 7, 2013
This week's Wednesday Words of Wisdom are from actor Neal McDonough, who has come a long way since his debut…
July 24, 2013
Since storming the film scene in 1994, Kevin Smith has come to define the role of the 21st-century, "independent moviemaker."…
July 17, 2013
This week, our Wednesday Words of Wisdom come from Wim Wenders (say that three times fast).