All Q&A articles – Page 54

  • Mike Leigh and Georgina Lowe
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    Georgina Lowe, producer

    2010-05-06T10:47:00Z

    The producer of Mike Leigh’s Cannes competition title Another Year talks to Geoffrey Macnab about her long collaboration with the British director.

  • Nicole Holofcener
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    Nicole Holofcener

    2010-04-29T11:49:00Z

    The director of Please Give talks to Jeremy Kay about writing real characters and ad-libbing.

  • John Carney
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    John Carney & Kieran Carney

    2010-04-29T11:46:00Z

    The brothers behind alien comedy Zonad talk to Jeremy Kay about following the success of Once and sharing directing duties.

  • Senn Moses
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    Senn Moses

    2010-04-22T12:47:00Z

    The managing director of Cimarron Group Asia talks to Liz Shackleton about introducing aspects of Western-style marketing to Asia.

  • Gabriele Salvatores
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    Gabriele Salvatores

    2010-04-22T12:46:00Z

    Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores tells Andreas Wiseman about mixing fantasy and reality in his latest film, Happy Family.

  • Gillian Wearing on the set of Self Made
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    Gillian Wearing

    2010-04-14T17:08:00Z

    The British artist tells Sarah Cooper about casting her first feature, Self Made, from a newspaper advert

  • Juan Jose Campanella
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    Juan Jose Campanella

    2010-04-08T11:44:00Z

    Argentinian director Juan Jose Campanella talks about his Spanish-Argentinean romantic thriller The Secret In Their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos), and the impact of winning this year’s foreign language Academy Award.

  • Lee Lieh
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    Monga producer Lee Lieh

    2010-04-08T11:35:00Z

    The producer of Taiwanese hit Monga talks about the success of the film and the new wave of commercial titles from Taiwan.

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    Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, screenwriters, Clash Of The Titans

    2010-04-01T12:00:00Z

    The writing team behind Clash Of The Titans talk about how their childhood love of the original informed the remake.

  • David Baddiel and Omid Djalili
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    David Baddiel

    Writer-comedian David Baddiel talks about The Infidel, the film he wrote and produced, and explains why many risk-taking British comedians are turning from TV toward the big screen.

  • Catherine Hardwicke
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    Catherine Hardwicke

    2010-03-25T12:37:00Z

    The Twilight director talks about her latest project, a gothic fairytale backed by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production house Appian Way and Warners Bros

  • Anders Anderson
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    Anders Anderson and Andy Steinman, A2 Entertainment

    2010-03-25T12:37:00Z

    The team behind the $2m crime mystery Stolen discuss the challenges of being first-time film-makers and why Josh Lucas turned out to be so invaluable to the project.

  • Tony Chan
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    Tony Chan & Wing Shya

    2010-03-18T12:18:00Z

    The co-directors of Fox’s first Chinese-language production Hot Summer Days talk about making a studio film and the challenges posed by the weather.

  • Nigel Thomas
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    Nigel Thomas, producer, Matador Pictures

    2010-03-11T10:12:00Z

    UK producer Nigel Thomas explains why his production company Matador Pictures is going from strength to strength.

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    Fernando Bovaira and Simon De Santiago, Mod Producciones

    2010-03-04T11:17:00Z

    Two former Sogecine executives, Fernando Bovaira and Simon De Santiago talk about their new production outfit Mod Producciones, which made a big impact last year with its first film, Alejandro Amenabar’s historical epic Agora

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    Noel Clarke, writer and director 4.3.2.1

    2010-03-04T10:09:00Z

    Noel Clarke talks about his latest project, the female orientated 4.3.2.1 and explains why girls can kick ass too.

  • Mike Medavoy and Brad Fischer of Phoenix Pictures
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    Mike Medaovy and Brad Fischer, producers, Shutter Island

    2010-02-25T12:47:00Z

    Shutter Island producers Mike Medavoy and Brad Fischer of Phoenix Pictures on Martin Scorsese’s special relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio and why thrillers of the 1930s and 1940s are part of the director’s DNA.

  • Robert Benmussa
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    Robert Benmussa, producer, The Ghost Writer

    2010-02-25T12:01:00Z

    The producer of Roman Polanski’s Berlin competition entry The Ghost Writer tells Patricia Dobson about the challenges during post production – and why financing the film wasn’t easy.

  • Vinod Chopra
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    Vinod Chopra, producer, 3 Idiots

    2010-02-23T17:14:00Z

    Producer Vinod Chopra talks to Jeremy Kay about 3 Idiots, which stars Indian superstar Aamir Khan, and has taken more than $52m worldwide to date, making it the highest grossing Bollywood release in cinema history.

  • Szabolcs Hajdu
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    Szabolcs Hajdu, director and screenwriter, Bibliothèque Pascal

    2010-02-17T08:21:00Z

    Szabolcs Hajdu talks to Theodore Schwinke about the inspiration behind and execution of his new film, which recently won the Golden Reel at the 41st Hungarian Film Week.