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Eleanor Coppola is an accomplished artist and filmmaker. In 2016, at the age of 80, Eleanor directed her first feature film, Paris Can Wait, and her second feature, <a href="https://loveis-film.us/movies/13034" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Love is Love is Love</a>, three stories that explore love, commitment, and loyalty between couples and friends, is out now in theaters and will be on available on VOD on December 14. While living in the Philippines during the making of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, she shot the documentary footage for the Emmy award-winning film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker&#8217;s Apocalypse. She has since made behind-the-scenes documentaries on seven films directed by her family. Eleanor&#8217;s drawings, photos, and conceptual art pieces have been exhibited in many galleries and museums. She created &#8220;Circle of Memory,&#8221; a large-scale straw-bale cairn, installed internationally, built to recall and commemorate children who are missing or have died. She has written two well-received books, Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now (1979) and Notes on a Life (2008). She designed costumes for ODC/Dance, a contemporary dance company based in San Francisco. She is also actively involved in the Coppola family wine companies.

Eleanor Coppola

Film

Three Great Things: Eleanor Coppola

Christopher Makoto Yogi is an artist and filmmaker from Honolulu, Hawai‘i. His debut feature film, the award-winning August at Akiko’s, had its world premiere at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in 2018 to critical acclaim and was named by Richard Brody in The New Yorker as one of the best films of 2019. <a href="https://strandreleasing.com/films/i-was-a-simple-man/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I Was a Simple Man</a>, his second feature film, had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and is in theaters through Strand Releasing from November 19. Chris’ short films include the documentaries Occasionally, I Saw Glimpses of Hawai‘i and Makoto: or, Honesty, and the fiction film Obake (Ghosts). Chris is a fellow of Berlinale Talents, Visual Communications’ Armed with a Camera, Kyoto Filmmakers Lab, and New York Film Festival Artists Academy.

Christopher Makoto Yogi

Parenthood, Panic Attacks and Premiering at Sundance

Jim Cummings is the writer, director, and actor behind Thunder Road and The Wolf of Snow Hollow. His latest feature, <a href="https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-beta-test" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Beta Test</a>, which he co-directed, co-write and co-starred in with PJ McCabe, is in theaters and on demand now.

Jim Cummings

Little Forest, Comfort Film, and the Neuroscience of Genrefluidity

Allisyn Snyder is a writer, director, producer and co-owner of Watch The Footage (WTF) Productions. Her debut feature, Howdy Neighbor!, is now on the festival circuit. She began her career in the entertainment industry as an actress at only four years old, rose to prominence in her teens in the Disney Channel shows Sonny with a Chance, alongside Demi Lovato, and So Random, and is currently appearing in the NBC sitcom AP Bio opposite Glenn Howerton and Patton Oswalt. In her late teens, Allisyn began writing sketches for AwesomenessTV and created YouTube personality <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/astridclover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Astrid Clover</a>, releasing a new episode every Friday for seven years while gaining a loyal following over 350 original episodes. In 2015, Allisyn formed <a href="https://www.watchthefootageproductions.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch The Footage Productions</a> with her now-husband Dylan Snyder and began writing and producing award-winning short films such as Nasty Habits and Room 566. When not in front of or behind the camera, Allisyn enjoys ocean scuba diving and roller derby, and studies the graceful and demanding art of trapeze with her younger sister Josie. She is a prolific artist, whose dark and whimsical characters have been invited to gallery showings since she was only 15 years old.

Allisyn Snyder

How Spending My 18th Birthday Tied to a Chair Shaped Me as a Filmmaker

Frank Grillo is currently starring in the thriller Ida Red, opposite Josh Hartnett, William Forsythe and Melissa. He portrayed the fan-favorite villain Crossbones in Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War and is the face of Universal’s Purge franchise as Sergeant Leo Barnes. His other notable film roles include Warrior, The Grey, Zero Dark Thirty, This is the Night and Donnybrook and he brought his trademark intensity and real-life boxing and martial arts expertise to the small screen playing the lead in the DirecTV series Kingdom. In 2016, Grillo and writer-director Joe Carnahan launched a production company, Warparty, which has produced such projects as the high-concept action thriller Wheelman, the documentary series Fightworld, the action thriller Point Blank, an action thriller starring Grillo and Anthony Mackie, and Boss Level, an action sci-fi thriller starring Grillo, Mel Gibson and Naomi Watts.

Frank Grillo

Three Great Things: Frank Grillo

Rosario Dawson is an artist, designer and activist. She made her feature film debut at the age of 15 in the controversial Kids, followed by Spike Lee’s He Got Game and The 25th Hour. She’s since starred in a range of films including Alexander, Rent, Clerks Ii, Top Five, Trance, Unstoppable and Men in Black II, as well as the Sin City franchise. On the small screen, Dawson starred as Allegra Dill in USA’s Briarpatch and as Claire Temple in Netflix’s Marvel comic book series Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones and The Defenders. She can currently be seen in the Hulu limited series Dopesick. Rosario has produced several passion projects such as Talia Lugacy’s features Descent and This Is Not a War Story, and The Need To Grow, which highlights innovators healing our broken food systems and the need for soil regeneration to capture carbon and reverse climate change. Recently, Rosario directed her first short film, Boundless, for the Power/On Series. In 2013, Rosario founded Studio 189 with Abrima Erwiah, a fashion and media lifestyle brand made in Africa that produces African and African-inspired content and clothing. She is extremely passionate about helping empower LatinX millennials to vote and lead so in 2004, she co-founded Voto Latino. The organization has registered over one million people and was one of the co-founders of National Voter Registration Day. In 2011, Rosario was honored by Barack Obama with the President’s Volunteer Service Award for her valuable contributions to the community.

Rosario Dawson

Talia Lugacy is a New York City-based writer, director, actress and teacher. Her second feature, <a href="http://www.thisisnotawarstory.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Is Not a War Story</a>, about a ragtag group of combat veterans in New York who face their PTSD through art and community, is now playing on the festival circuit. It will screen next in narrative competition at the <a href="https://www.woodsholefilmfestival.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Woods Hole Film Festival</a>, between July 31  and August 7; tickets go on sale July 1. Lugacy made her feature debut as writer-director in 2007 with the New York Times Critics&#8217; Pick Descent, starring Rosario Dawson. A graduate of NYU&#8217;s Tisch School of the Arts and member of the Actors Studio Directors Unit, she has taught at the School of Visual Arts and is now a faculty member at the New School.

Talia Lugacy

Your favorite musicians, filmmakers, and other creative minds one-on-one. No moderator, no script, no typical questions. The Talkhouse Podcast offers unique insights into creative work from all genres and generations. <a href="https://pod.link/Talkhouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe now</a>, and explore more illuminating shows on the <a href="https://talkhouse.com/category/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Talkhouse Podcast Network.</a>

Talkhouse Podcast

Podcast

Rosario Dawson Talks with Talia Lugacy on the Talkhouse Podcast

James Ashcroft is the director of the new dark thriller <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81278442" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Whisper Man</a>, starring Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, Robert DeNiro and Michael Keaton, which is now on Netflix. His previous films include the psychological horror The Rule of Jenny Pen, starring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow, and Coming Home in the Dark, which had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. He is a graduate of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, Victoria University and has studied with New York’s prestigious theatre company The Wooster Group. He served as development producer on the New Zealand Film Commission-funded feature This Town, which was released in 2020. From 2007 to 2013m he was the CEO/Artistic Director of multi-award winning Māori Theatre Company Taki Rua Productions. His short films and web series works have screened at multiple festivals. (Photo by Stan Alley.)

James Ashcroft (Ngati Kahu/Nga Puhi)

Adaptation as Collaboration

Hannah Marks’ latest film as writer-director, <a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/mark-mary--some-other-people/umc.cmc.26499jk5s2b09l68elwhf2vka" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark, Mary and Some Other People</a>, is out now in select theaters and on demand. As an actress, Marks&#8217; recent films include Dinner in America, I Used To Go Here, and Banana Split, which she also co-wrote and produced. Her other acting film credits include Daniel Isn&#8217;t Real, Slash, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Runaways and Accepted, while she starred on TV as the female lead in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency opposite Elijah Wood. In 2019, Marks made her feature co-directorial debut with the independent film, After Everything starring Maika Monroe and Jeremy Allen, which she also co-wrote. Marks will direct the upcoming film adaptation of John Green’s novel Turtles All The Way Down, is in post-production on the Black List script Don&#8217;t Make Me Go, and at the CW is developing The Untitled Hannah Marks Project, a comedic drama written by her and produced by Ben Stiller&#8217;s Red Hour. A native of Los Angeles, Marks currently resides in New York and L.A.

Hannah Marks

Three Great Things: Hannah Marks

Producer-actress Katherine Waddell is best known for her work as an actor and co-executive producer on acclaimed indie feature Dinner in America, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. She recently completed the coming-of-age film Balloon Animal, shot entirely during COVID-19, in which she plays lead character Poppy, a girl who makes balloon animals at a traveling circus. It is also the debut feature produced by her new female-driven production company, First Bloom Films, created with director Em Johnson. She recently executive produced IFC’s We Need to Do Something, a horror feature starring Vinessa Shaw which premiered at 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. Her first major producing credit came from her role as associate producer on Gasoline Films’ Six LA Love Stories, starring Alicia Witt and Matthew Lillard. For the past few years, Katherine has worked as an associate producer at Poitier &amp; Dunaway Motion Pictures and Gasoline Films. (Photo by Leah Tribett.)

Katherine Waddell

How My First Film Was Sabotaged from Within

Matthew McConaughey is an Oscar-winning actor, producer, writer and philanthropist who lives in Austin, Texas. He is a creative director at Wild Turkey, and has partnered with the company for the fifth year for its annual give-back campaign, this year recognizing those who have kept the spirit of music alive in their communities during the pandemic. In 2020, his memoir, Greenlights, was published.

Matthew McConaughey

Three Great Things: Matthew McConaughey

Amy Northup recently made her directorial debut on the feature film <a href="https://1091.tv/what-she-said" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What She Said</a>, which is out now on digital platforms through 1091 Releasing. She is an <a href="http://www.amynorthup.com/intimacycoordinating" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intimacy coordinator</a> and director with a diverse and extensive background in film and theatre, sexual violence prevention, advocacy, and rape crisis counseling. Amy also teaches a class called “Beyond Yes And,” a course that seeks to undo the narrative that a “good” actor says yes to everything, and gives performers tools for recognizing and advocating for their boundaries. She is the Community Nightlife Liaison with <a href="https://www.outsmartnyc.org/">OutSmartNYC</a>, a non-profit dedicated to sexual violence prevention in Nightlife and Hospitality spaces, and is a trained Crisis Counselor with the <a href="https://www.cvtcnyc.org/">Crime Victims Treatment Center</a> in New York City. In 2019, she was awarded the first ever Lydia Martinez Emerging Leader in Sexual Violence Prevention by the <a href="http://www.svfreenyc.org/">New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault</a>. (Photo by Laura Rose.)

Amy Northup

The Trap of Perfect Victimhood

Victoria Negri is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and actor. Her directorial debut, <a href="http://goldstar-film.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gold Star</a>, which she also wrote and stars in, world premiered at the Buffalo International Film Festival in October 2016, where it won the Audience Award, was released theatrically in fall 2017, and is currently available through Amazon Prime. Negri is currently in development on her second feature as writer-director, Ultra.