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If you are in the mood for a master class in what it takes to be a successful screenwriter in Hollywood, look no further than this week’s episode of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens, where I go deep into the making of Mank with one of its producers, Eric Roth. This happens to be Roth’s first feature film…

These are good times for Lee Isaac Chung. The writer-director of the widely acclaimed Minari is up for Best Director at this weekend’s DGA awards, and his film is nominated for six BAFTA Awards including one for his directing. It is also up for the Best Picture Oscar and five other nominations including two for him in…

Thomas Vinterberg achieved that rare honor with this year’s Oscar nominations, not only receiving one for Denmark’s Best International Film entry, Another Round, but also one for him as Best Director category — the only nominee there for a film not also competing for Best Picture. This is something true icons…

I told Emerald Fennell that her feature film debut as writer and director, Promising Young Woman, is simply burning a hole through this awards season, and deservedly so. Just hours before we talked for this week’s episode of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens she had won the Best Original Screenplay award from…

It is always entertaining and informative when I get the chance to talk with Lee Daniels, as I did for this week’s edition of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens. He is unapologetically honest and authentic in talking about this business, his career, his influences and why he is so happy to be back behind the…

Talking with Paul Greengrass for this week’s episode of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens was almost like going to the church of cinema. We talked about his first foray into the Western genre with News of the World, the weird and startling timeliness of the story set five years after the Civil War but pertinent…

This has been a very promising movie awards season for advancement of female directors  into the conversation.  Chloe Zhao, Emerald Fennell, Regina King all have landed significant  nominations for their work this year , and the list goes on from there prominently including Julia Hart and her noirish thriller, I’m Your…

John Lee Hancock is attracted to true stories as a director. His films behind the camera include such real-life tales as 2002’s The Rookie, 2004’s The Alamo and 2009’s The Blind Side, which won Sandra Bullock an Oscar and his film a nomination for Best Picture. Then there was Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the criminally…

Robin Wright may best be know for her acting skills, but increasingly she is becoming a major force behind the scenes as well. Today she joins me on this week’s edition of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens where we discuss Land, her latest project and her feature directorial debut. The Focus Features movie will…

Ryan Murphy takes us Behind the Lens of his first big movie musical The Prom in today’s edition of my weekly Deadline video series, which focuses on filmmakers and their careers. Murphy of course is not only a director and writer but also one of Hollywood’s most prolific producers who always seems to have several…

George Clooney’s seventh film as a director, The Midnight Sky, landed on my Top 10 list for 2020, actually in the Top 5 for that matter, and there is a reason for that. It not only is an enormously challenging film to shoot — half taking place in an outer-space setting, and the other half in the worst weather…

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Russo and Anthony Russo helped me launch the new season of my Deadline video series, Behind The Lens, as we give you the first-ever look at their new epic movie, Cherry and cover the waterfront on a number of different topics including the very future of movies themselves. Coming off a spectacular run…