CONTENTS
TAKING RISKS AND FINDING MENTORS
▸ An Interview With Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
The Short Film as a Calling Card
▸ By Susan Liddy
Interning, Script Supervising, and Approaching a Producer With a Project
▸ An Interview With Chiemi Karasawa
YOU AND YOUR DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY (DP)
Finding and Working With Your DP
▸ By David Waldman and David Landau
Working With Comedic Actors and Developing New Projects
▸ An Interview With Peter Segal
WHAT’S AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANYWAY?
▸ By Peter D. Marshall
FILM FESTIVALS AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
▸ By Karen Dee Carpenter
▸ An Interview With Dianne Debicella
▸ An Interview With Quincy Newell
▸ By Phoebe Hart
DIRECTING THE ONE-HOUR TELEVISION DRAMA
How It Works in Los Angeles and New York
▸ An Interview With Jeremy Podeswa
PURSUING TRUTH IN STORYTELLING
A Lifelong Career in Documentaries and Features
▸ An Interview With Michael Apted
DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING IN PAKISTAN
When Directing Can Be Dangerous
▸ An Interview With Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
DIRECTING THE PERSONAL DOCUMENTARY
▸ By Phoebe Hart
DIRECTING FOR STUDIOS VS. INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING
Reflections on Thirty Years in the Film Industry
▸ An Interview With Boaz Yakin
Distribution After the Multiplex
▸ By Max Sexton and Dominic Lees
▸ An Interview With Orly Ravid
▸ By Pieter Aquilia
THE EVOLUTION OF A DIRECTING CAREER
From Australia to Hollywood and Back Again
▸ An Interview With Gillian Armstrong
ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES AND DISCOVERIES
Filmmaker David Gordon Green’s Journey
▸ By Chris Vognar
DIRECTING TELEVISION COMMERCIALS
Guidelines for a Fruitful Career
▸ By Bill Linsman
▸ By Timothy A. Powell
▸ By Jean Desormeaux and Randall Kapuscinski
NAVIGATING THE CREATIVE PROCESS
Insights on Gender and the Business of Directing
▸ An Interview With Susanne Bier
Building a Career in Unconventional Storytelling
▸ An Interview With Jaco Van Dormael
The Determination to Begin Again
▸ An Interview With Isabel Coixet
▸ An Interview With Sheldon Epps