All Interview articles – Page 51
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Alex Pumfrey, CEO of The Film & TV Charity
”I’ve tried to find a regular pattern and have decided it doesn’t exist, so we’re riding with the chaos.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK production designer Simon Bowles
Bowles is shooting BBC Studios’ ‘Talking Heads’ TV series during lockdown.
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NewsScreen business can help restart UK economy, says ex-BFI CEO Amanda Nevill
Independent production will “need very careful support and nurturing” but cinema will bounce back.
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NewsMelbourne artistic director Al Cossar talks virtual 68 ½ edition
Festival exec talks MIFF’s first virtual edition and the impact of Cannes’ postponement.
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FeaturesDerek Cianfrance on making Mark Ruffalo HBO series ‘I Know This Much Is True’
It marks the Blue Valentine director’s first foray into small-screen storytelling.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: ‘Midsommar’ producer Lars Knudsen
“We were one week away from filming in Belfast on [Robert Eggers’] The Northman.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Middle East distributor Gianluca Chakra
”Because the weather has been amazing, I’ve turned the terrace into a workstation.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK writer Jack Thorne
”I’ve actually taken part in my first Zoom readthrough.”
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NewsKarlovy Vary directors on their reimagined 2020 plans, online industry component
They are planning a local focus to be beamed around the country.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Heretic co-founder Giorgos Karnavas
“We feel shooting in Greece can start during the summer.”
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NewsScreen Talks: BFI CEO Ben Roberts reveals plans to restart production and retain the UK’s competitive edge
Roberts conducts first major interview since taking the role in mid-February.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Maven Pictures’ Celine Rattray
“My children interrupted a writer meeting, saying they had a movie idea, holding up a Harry Potter book.”
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FeaturesOutgoing Directors UK CEO: we must avoid “reproducing the fault lines of the past”
Chowns steps down after 10 years as CEO on Thursday 30 April.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: The Ink Factory’s Katherine Butler
“We’ve found access to writers and directors easier as everyone is at home.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK ScreenSkills’ Gareth Ellis-Unwin
”It’s important as a leader to role-model good behaviour.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Australian actress Essie Davis
”I think more and more people will recognise themselves in The Babadook currently.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: XYZ Films’ Nick Spicer
“Audiences wanted content before, they want it now, they will want it when the clouds part.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK producer Matthew James Wilkinson
”If low-budget indies are first out of the gate when we remount, it could be a fertile time for the smaller films to thrive.”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK agent Roger Charteris
”Shaving and shoes are out the window – slippers are de rigeur!”
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: British Council’s Briony Hanson
“A colleague once described our team as a ‘foul-mouthed Radio 4’.”















