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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.

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45:15

'Novocaine' Directors Dan Berk & Robert Olsen

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2025/03/13

“Novocaine” directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen join IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill to talk about their new action-comedy, which merges the influence of 1980s hits like “Die Hard” and “Lethal Weapon” with the story of a new kind of action hero. Berk and Olsen discuss how they made the most of a modest budget, why Cape Town, South Africa doubled for San Diego, and much more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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43:46

'Mickey 17' Director Bong Joon Ho

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2025/03/07

Korean only version begins at: 23:01We are thrilled to welcome back Oscar winning director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho. His new movie takes place in a world where human printing exists (memories and all), and follows a man who agrees to be killed again for science. Director Bong reveals the pandemic-inspired origins of the film, what it was like working with Robert Pattinson and Mark Ruffalo, and more. You can watch the full conversation on IndieWire's Youtube page:

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34:15

'Eephus' Director Carson Lund

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2025/03/06

So what makes a great hangout film like “Dazed & Confused” or “American Graffiti”? That’s what IndieWire’s Chris O’Falt asks director Carson Lund, a student of the sub-genre and who just made a great one with his baseball film “Eephus,” the story of two recreational baseball teams, up in small town New England, playing their last game on their beloved field before it gets torn down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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42:16

'Compensation' Director Zeinabu irene Davis

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2025/02/27

'Compensation' is an underdiscussed classic that follows two young black couples, one of whom is deaf, played by the same actors in two time periods, facing two different pandemics. In making the movie in the 90s, and discussing it now, Zeinabu is brilliant at capturing the complexities and patterns of black lives.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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37:54

'Universal Language' Director Mathew Rankin

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2025/02/20

'Universal Language' is a charming, deceptively deep indie film about a town that is somehow both Winnipeg, Canada and Tehran, Iran, and the lives of its citizens. Director Mathew Rankin sat down with IndieWire craft writer Sarah Shachat to discuss what it takes to live in community, finding his family on set, and of course filming with live turkeys.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:51

6 Films That Inspired 'The Substance' with Director...

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2025/02/14

Director Coralie Fargeat tells IndieWire how the films of David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, the Coen Brothers, David Cronenberg, John Carpenter and Darren Aronofsky inspired her Oscar nominated body horror classic.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25:55

'Black Box Diaries' Director Shiori Itō

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2025/02/12

This powerful documentary, produced and directed by Shiori Itō, documents her own sexual assault and the investigation in Japan. Itō kindly shares her personal experiences documenting her own legal case, and describes the challenges of post production when she is the subject as well as filmmaker.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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37:19

'The Substance' Director Coralie Fargeat

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2025/02/10

The Oscar nominated director of one of the splashiest films of the year joins IndieWire's Chris O'Falt to dive into her ideas about self hatred, body image, Hollywood, and how she represented it all in her body-horror extravaganza.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:50

'Flow' Director Gints Zilbalodis

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2025/02/06

The director of the most celebrated animated film of the year sat down with IndieWire's Sarah Shachat to share how he made this charming and powerful film on a micro-indie budget. You can watch the full intrerview with Glints at Youtube.com/IndieWire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:26

'Companion' Director Drew Hancock

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2025/01/30

The new movie "Companion" is part horror, part rom-com, part heist flick, and a whole lot more. First time writer/director Drew Hancock joined IndieWire's features writer Jim Hemphill for a deep dive into his filmmaking process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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51:01

'Presence' Director Steven Soderbergh

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2025/01/24

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30:53

'Wolf Man' Director Leigh Whannell

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2025/01/21

Horror filmmaker Leigh Whannell joins IndieWire features writer Jim Hemphill to talk about “Wolf Man,” his latest collaboration with Universal and Blumhouse. Like Whannell’s “The Invisible Man,” “Wolf Man” reinvents a classic Universal monster in an entirely new and original way. Whannell talks about the differences between “Wolf Man” and “Invisible Man,” the influence of David Cronenberg, and how living through COVID informed his writing and directing process.Learn more about your ad choices

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42:33

'Babygirl' Director Halina Reijn

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2025/01/17

The "Bodies, Bodies, Bodies" director is back with her Nicole Kidman starring sexual thriller about a high powered CEO who explores her submissive kink through an affair with a much younger intern. Halina shares her very specific vision for the film, and breaks down how she used her experiences as an actor to bring authenticity and craft to the sex scenes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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27:00

'Unstoppable' Director William Goldenberg

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2025/01/16

Academy Award-winning editor William Goldenberg stops by the podcast to talk with IndieWire features writer Jim Hemphill about his directorial debut “Unstoppable.” “Unstoppable”tells the true story of Anthony Robles, a wrestler who was born without a leg yet went on to become an NCAA champion. Goldenberg talks about his process casting, shooting, and cutting the film, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:01

'American Primeval' Director Peter Berg

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2025/01/10

Director Peter Berg joins IndieWire features writer Jim Hemphill to discuss his epic new Netflix series “American Primeval,” a Western about the bloody battles that erupted in 1850s Utah between Mormons, immigrant settlers, indigenous tribes and faithless opportunists out to make a buck. Berg talks about creating the series’ visceral action sequences, relying on advisers and rigorous research to provide a sense of journalistic detail, and why he’s optimistic about the future of America in spite of

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76:49

'Sing Sing' Director Greg Kwedar

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2025/01/08

'Sing Sing' tells the real life story of men imprisoned at the infamous prison in upstate New York, and the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program that helped the men find their voice, dignity, and hope. Director Greg Kwedar sat down with IndieWire to discuss developing this sensitive story for the screen, and directing a cast of mostly formerly incarcerated men who understood the story better than he did.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:32

'All We Imagine As Light' Director Payal Kapadia

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2025/01/06

Payal Kapadia is one of the most exciting up and coming filmmakers we have right now, and she sat down with IndieWire's Chris O'Falt in studio to discuss her new film that is one of the year's best. Listen in to learn a lot about Mumbai, filmmaking in India, and what how Kapadia's work in documentary informs her style; a blend of fiction and non-fiction filmmaking.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:03

'A Complete Unknown' Director James Mangold

IndieWire"s Filmmaker Toolkit ·

2025/01/03

IndieWire features writer Jim Hemphill sits down with writer and director James Mangold to talk about his return to the musical bio-pic with his Bob Dylan film “A Complete Unknown.” The interview covers what Mangold learned about making musicals from “Walk the Line,” what he learned about directing actors from Robert De Niro on “Copland,” and why recording actors live instead of lip-syncing is the only way to go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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33:01

'Nosferatu' Director Robert Eggers

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2024/12/30

Succumb to the darkness with us as we sit down with one of our favorite directors to discuss his provocative vampire movie 'Nosferatu.' Eggers discusses the intense physical performance from Lily-Rose Depp, his trademark meticulous period reconstruction, and what it meant to complete this remake he has beed dreaming about for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:34

'Inside Out 2' Director Kelsey Mann

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2024/12/23

The director of this summers box office sensation joined IndieWire features writer Jim Hemphill to discuss the anxieties and joys of making a sequel to the beloved 2015 film, what Mann learned from his teen girl advisory board, and how his film evolved from script to screen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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