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IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit

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.

tv & film

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39:36

"Never Rarely Sometimes Always" dir Eliza Hittman &...

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2020/04/02

One of the best reviewed films of 2020 is coming to VOD early (Apr 3), but before its theatrical run got cut short by COVID-19 I sat down with writer/director Eliza Hittman and one of her closest collaborators, her husband and editor Scott Cummings, to talk about the origins and making of this incredible film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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37:42

"Portrait Of A Lady On Fire" Director Céline Sciamma

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2020/02/18

Sciamma talks about how to film desire, memory, and getting out of the conventions of a normal love story. She breaks down the creation of the incredible chanting song and bonfire scene, the laborious process of lighting the interiors, and how filming the ideas behind a movie can be the most rewarding type of cinema. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:32

"Parasite" Director Bong Joon Ho

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2020/02/17

With the help of translator Sharon Choi, director Bong talks about the careful construction of the Oscar winner “Parasite.” From his days of being a tutor and that feeling of infiltrating a wealthy family's home, to the careful construction of the house set in his film, to the profound influence of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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49:13

"The Irishman" Editor Thelma Schoonmaker

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2020/01/30

How after over 40 years of working with Martin Scorsese, "The Irishman" offered something the 3-time Academy Award winning editor had never done before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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43:16

"Booksmart" Director Olivia Wilde

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2020/01/06

Wilde explains how Big Lebowski influenced Booksmart, being intimidated about not having gone to film school, advice she got from Clint Eastwood about directing herself (in her upcoming thriller/horror film), and building ultimate high school movie soundtrack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:54

"The Farewell" Director Lulu Wang

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2020/01/02

Lulu Wang on learning not to compromise her voice, how and why she used widescreen long takes, shooting in China, her next sci-fi project, and her real life grandma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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46:00

"Little Women" Director Greta Gerwig

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/12/26

Gerwig goes deep into the process, craft and inspiration behind her remarkable adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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36:00

"1917" Director Sam Mendes & Cinematographer Roger...

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/12/23

Deakins and Mendes talk about shooting their new WWI film so it was experienced as one-long take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:37

Quentin Tarantino with "Once Upon a Time in...

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/12/20

Tarantino talks about about falling in love with Richardson and the unusual circumstances in which he hired him to shoot "Kill Bill." While the two collaborators breakdown their most recent film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." Recorded at Camerimage in Poland, where Tarantino and Richardson were honored for their work together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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44:24

"Uncut Gems" Directors Josh & Benny Safdie

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/12/17

The Safdie Brothers break down their improbable 10 year journey to making "Uncut Gems," working their way through a handful of different NBA stars (including Kobe Bryant), while "earning their stripes" and learning how to tell a story of this scale. What it meant to go union, how famed cinematographer Darius Khondji helped shape the project and sound mixer Skip Lievsay introduced them to incredible possibilities with sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:17

"A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood" Director...

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/12/13

How Heller emotionally grounded a story about Mr. Rogers and made it her own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:23

"Knives Out" Director Rian Johnson [SPOILERS]

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/12/05

Spoiler Warning: Rian Johnson gets into the nuts and bolts of how he built his modern day Agatha Christie whodunit, the murder mystery "Knives Out." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:49

"Waves" Director Trey Edward Shults

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/11/22

Trey talks about writing / scoring Waves to Frank Ocean, Kayne West and Animal Collective, while mining his personal story of grief, as we break down the color, sound and movement of his remarkable third film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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58:50

"American Factory" Directors Julia Reichert & Steven...

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/11/19

The duo behind the Netflix's "American Factory" share their insight into how documentary filmmakers can gain trust and access, crafting story, and how they shot this remarkable film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:22

"Marriage Story" Director Noah Baumbach

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/11/14

"Marriage Story" Director Noah Baumbach by Chris O'Falt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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42:21

"One Child Nation" Director Nanfu Wang

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/11/12

"One Child Nation" Director Nanfu Wang by Chris O'Falt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:22

"Ford v Ferrari" Director James Mangold

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/11/08

Mangold breaks down what’s wrong with our modern day green screen, sensory overload action films and how his new racing film, “Ford v Ferrari,” is a throwback to a more classical mode of Hollywood filmmaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:38

"The Lighthouse" Director Robert Eggers

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/10/31

Most Screenwriters Work to Music, Robert Eggers Listened to Waves and Wind in creating Willem Dafoe's Pirate Dialect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:11

Francis Ford Coppola on "Cotton Club Encore"

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/10/11

Cotton Club was intended to be a well balanced story about the black and white performers, patrons and gangsters of the legendary Harlem club in the 1920s & 30s. Coppola talks about the pressure he faced to trim down the film so it focused more on Richard Gere's story and his recent effort to restore and re-edit it to bring the film back to what was originally intended. "Cotton Club Encore" is theaters this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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37:44

"Ad Astra" Director James Gray

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/09/25

On Kubrick, Brad Pitt and how hard it is to make a film in a black box with one actor on a wire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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