Directors Issue
The longevity and creative excellence of filmmaker Lesli Linka Glatter’s career is reflected in her ongoing track record at the DGA Awards, which began with her nomination in 1991 for Dramatic TV Series on the strength of an episode of the breakthrough show Twin Peaks. Then we fast...
“The real appeal of commercials is that they make me a better filmmaker,” observed Doug Liman. “I always thought this conceptually. It takes so long to get a movie into production, you want to stay active in the meantime. It stands to reason that commercials are a great way to stay sharp. But it...
Directors active in features, TV, branded content and commercials often observe that experience in one discipline informs their work in another, a crossover dynamic which makes them better feature-length filmmakers, for example, for having done concise short-form fare.
However,...
Nicolai Fuglsig of MJZ is now two for two in his career--twice nominated for the DGA Commercial Director of the Year and twice winning the coveted honor, this time around for Guinness’ “Sapeurs” from AMV BBDO, London, and FEMA’s “Waiting” out of Deutsch New York. Fuglsig’s first DGA Award came...
In 2014, three black female directors had theatrical features released. That represents an annual high-water mark, more than ever before. Yet in the big picture, that was a mere three out of 373 films that came out in theaters last year.
One of those three films, Selma directed...
“It was an honor to be nominated for the first time. I didn’t expect to win and was shocked when I did. To be recognized by your colleagues, by fellow directors and directors much more experienced and senior that I am, people I’ve respected forever, is simply incredible,” said Lisa Cholodenko of...
Welcome to the Special Spring 2015 Edition of SHOOT’s Directors Series. Our mix of profiles includes: Ava DuVernay, lauded for her feature Selma (Paramount Pictures); Lisa Cholodenko, who won the DGA Award last month for the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge; Lesli Linka...
One cinematographer had four features at last month’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Another DP, an ASC Award winner, just had a feature screen at the Toronto Festival for the first time in her career.
And our third cinematographer has had three films debut in Toronto over...
SHOOT’s fall ensemble of up-and-coming directors includes a duo whose TV series documentary work has taken them all over the globe the past eight years, capturing people in assorted countries, their cultures, their culinary tastes, ways of life, their struggles and triumphs.
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Director Bennett Miller’s first two feature films, Capote (2005) and Moneyball (2011), were both nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Whether his third, Foxcatcher, will reach the same high bar remains to be seen but...