Ridley Scott
This year, director Ridley Scott celebrates 30 years of filmmaking, a career that includes Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and his newest, American Gangster. Past, present and future.
14 Nov 200729min
Peter Hedges
Dan in Real Life is not only a family comedy, it's a comedy about family. Writer-director Peter Hedges (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, About a Boy screenplay; Pieces of April writer/director) talks about noise and quiet that define family.
7 Nov 20071min
Casey Affleck
Not many actors get to show the range that Casey Affleck (Ocean's Thirteen, Good Will Hunting) unveils in two very different films: an elegiac western and a dour urban tale. He reflects on traveling those distances.
31 Okt 200729min
Shekhar Kapur
Director Shekhar Kapur (Bandit Queen, The Four Feathers) has mastered bringing flesh and blood to the epic film. The story he began with Elizabeth in 1998 continues with Elizabeth: The Golden Age. He discusses combining grandeur and intimacy.Elvis Mitchell hosts writer-director-actor-producer Shekhar Kapur , Elizabeth) whose most recent film is Elizabeth: The Golden Age, starring Cate Blanchett.
24 Okt 200729min
Jenji Kohan
The pot-dealer comedy Weeds brings humor, drama and detail to a genre -- the sitcom -- in need of weeding. Jenji Kohan (Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City, Will & Grace), its creator and executive producer, talks about keeping it alive.
17 Okt 200729min
Tony Gilroy
Not only has screenwriter Tony Gilroy (The Devil's Advocate, Dolores Claiborne) had quite a career, but quite a year as well. He adapted the Bourne books, including Ultimatum. Now he makes his directorial debut with Michael Clayton, starring George Clooney. We look at his career so far.
10 Okt 200729min
Robert Benton
Esquire magazine art director, part of a legendary screenwriting partnership and, finally, writing and directing on his own, Robert Benton has seen many sides of the film business. He takes us from Bonnie and Clyde, to Kramer versus Kramer, to his newest, Feast of Love.
3 Okt 200729min
Jon Robin Baitz
Family, secrets, money and guilt. Watchwords found in the plays of Jon Robin Baitz -- and also seen in his show, Brothers and Sisters, the first show he created for network TV. He talks about moving from the stage to the small screen.
26 Sep 200729min
