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Monday, Oct. 30, 2017
Fall 2017 Director's Profile: Craig Gillespie
On the surface, many may find the prospect of re-living the Tonya Harding story an unappetizing deja vu. The Olympic ice figure skater along with her then husband, Jeff Gillooly, were implicated in a knee-smashing attack on her prime U.S. skating competitor, Nancy Kerrigan, just prior to the 1994...
Monday, Oct. 30, 2017
Fall 2017 Director's Profile: Stephen Frears
Among the many collaborators who stand out for director Stephen Frears on the recently released Victoria & Abdul (Focus Features) are two he’s had a long, rewarding track record with; however while both have brought him joy, one of them now evokes sadness. The latter is production designer Alan...
Monday, Oct. 30, 2017
Fall 2017 Director's Profile: Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton
Battle of the Sexes (Fox Searchlight) takes us to 1973 when the eighth wonder of the world—believe it or not, that’s what the Houston Astrodome was called—hosted the tennis match of the century, pitting champion Billie Jean King, age 29, against Bobby Riggs, 55, himself a former champ turned rogue...
Monday, Oct. 30, 2017
Fall 2017 Director's Profile: Sean Baker
While the Cliff Notes’ version of writer/producer/director/editor Sean Baker’s filmography often first points to his revolutionary use of the iPhone camera to lens the critically acclaimed feature Tangerine, it’s about time to get past that breakthrough which in the big picture is a novelty...
Monday, Oct. 30, 2017
Welcome to the Special Fall 2017 Directors Series SHOOT>e.dition
Welcome to the Special Fall 2017 Edition of SHOOT’s Directors Series. Our mix of profiles includes several filmmakers whose work has entered this season’s Oscar conversation, including Sean Baker for The Florida Project, Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton for Battle of the Sexes, Stephen Frears for...
Monday, Mar. 27, 2017
Up-and-Coming Directors: Assembling The Spring Collection
SHOOT’s spring ensemble of up-and-coming directors includes a pair of duos—one which recently scored a major coup at the Sundance Film Festival; the other creating and helming spec fare that’s opened assorted industry doors. Also in the mix is a solo filmmaker whose branded documentary fare and...
Monday, Mar. 27, 2017
Spring 2017 Director's Profile: Cole Webley
The greatest comeback in Super Bowl history came with this year’s tale of two games within one—the first dominated at the outset by the Atlanta Falcons, the second taken over by the eventual winner, the New England Patriots. In what shaped up as a parallel universe, the accompanying crop of Super...
Monday, Mar. 27, 2017
Spring 2017 Director's Profile: Reed Morano
As a director, Reed Morano made a major initial splash in indie filmmaking and then commercials—both in poignant vehicles starring Olivia Wilde, starting with Meadowland (2015) which earned nominations for Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival, Best Directorial Debut at Camerimage,...
Monday, Mar. 27, 2017
Spring 2017 Director's Profile: James Mangold
James Mangold is not a fan of superhero movies and it’s that deep-rooted feeling coupled with contrarian sensibilities that resulted in his directing the groundbreaking Logan (20th Century Fox), bringing character-driven drama to a genre that’s otherwise typically the antithesis of adult-appeal,...
Monday, Mar. 27, 2017
Spring 2017 Director's Profile: Jim Jenkins
A live commercial gone awry on the Super Bowl is the latest Big Game chapter for Snickers’ advertising out of BBDO New York. Starring Adam Driver, the cowboy western-themed spot is fraught with miscues and mistakes—but intentionally so to show that like most of us, Driver, his colleagues and the...

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