This weeks episode is with celebrated director Sarah Gavron who not only won a BAFTA for her first feature but worked with some acting greats including Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan on Suffragette but with first timers on her latest feature Rocks.
Learn how Sarah cast, collaborated and directed the amazing kids in Rocks, how she worked with Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan and how she preps before a shoot and how she made her first feature This Little Life. She also gives advice to her younger self and some incredible and honest thoughts on how to make feature films.
We dive into Sarah’s career from her start making documentaries before going to the National film school to inspiring female filmmakers and leading the charge for women just like in her film Suffragette. We also talk about her films This Little Life, Brick Lane, Village at the end of the World, Suffragette and of course Rocks which is released in the UK on 18th September
Rocks Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=18&v=dp-vAUDQOR4&feature=emb_logo
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Ep14 DIRECTING A FEATURE FILM IN 2 DAYS & HOW TO DIRECT A HORROR LEGEND with Phil Hawkins
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Ep12 HOW TO GO FROM MUSIC VIDS TO MAKING MOVIES STARRING AIDAN GILLEN (with Jamie Thraves & Phil Bowman)
Ep 11 WORKING FOR DISNEY, GETTING YOUR FIRST JOB AND BEING AN ACTOR (with Dan Richardson)
Ep 10 HOW TO EDIT GRAVITY & TRANSFORMERS AND WIN AN OSCAR FOR DOING IT WITH EDITOR MARK SANGER
Ep 9 DIRECTING TV: LUTHER, RELLIK, LUKE CAGE WITH DIRECTOR SAM MILLER
Ep 8 MAKING AN ACTION MOVIE IN 9 DAYS WITH A HOLLYWOOD STAR AS YOUR LEAD
Ep 7 BOOKING A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE
Ep 6 HOW TO GET YOUR FILM OSCAR SHORT LISTED
Ep 5 ACTING & DIRECTING AT THE SAME TIME IS HARD
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