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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

All Episodes

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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50:35

"Monos" Director Alejandro Landes

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/09/20

Praised by Guillermo del Toro, Aronofsky, Iñárritu and critics everywhere, Landes is one of the most exciting new directors to emerge this year. On the podcast he talks about making his allegory for the 60 year Colombian Civil War, shooting in impossible situations, and how he got composer Mica Levi to score the film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:27

"Goldfinch" Cinematographer Roger Deakins

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/09/13

The 14 time Oscar nominee on the importance of the right location, why VFX shouldn't be separate from cinematography, and how Donna Tart's novel felt personal to him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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44:42

"Escape At Dannemora" Director Ben Stiller

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/08/28

Stiller on what it took to make his prison escape series as authentic as humanly possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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53:25

"Parts Unknown: Anthony Bourdain" Exec Producers...

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/08/22

Tenaglia and Collins talk about their 19 year collaboration with Bourdain, how he found his voice, the show evolved, and avoided the traps of cookie-cutter TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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43:46

"Russian Doll" Creator/Director Leslye Headland

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/06/20

Headland talks about the fear of how to end the show and the misogynist side of the auteur theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:26

"Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" Creators Amy...

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/06/18

The husband-wife duo dig into S2 of their Emmy winning show to explore how they've translated their trademark dialogue into cinematic visuals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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138:41

"Game Of Thrones" Director Miguel Sapochnik

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/06/13

The director behind “Battle of the Bastards” and “Hardhome” takes us inside the creation of some the series’ biggest moments. Sapochnik also brings us inside the show’s final season, including the arduous 55-night shoot of “The Longest Night,” and how he filmed the destruction of King’s Landing, in the penultimate episode “The Bells,” through the lens of questioning his own role in creating the show’s most violent moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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35:14

"Homecoming" DIrector Sam Esmail

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/06/06

How Esmail scored his thriller with old film scores, adapting the popular podcast, and how both writing & directing "Mr. Robot" is unsustainable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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54:53

"Barry" Season 2: Bill Hader

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2019/05/24

Hader returns to the podcast to talk about having the confidence to find his voice as a director in S2, breaking down "Ronny/Lily" and the season finale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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