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Talkhouse

Hannah Pearl Utt&#8216;s debut feature as writer-director, Before You Know It, starring Utt, her co-writer Jen Tullock, Judith Light, Mandy Patinkin and Alec Baldwin, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and is being released on August 30 by 1091. Utt is also known for the digital series Disengaged, which she directed for Super Deluxe as co-creator, writer and star, alongside Jen Tullock. Their short film, Partners, premiered at Sundance in 2016. In 2017, Hannah was selected for the inaugural Catalyst Women Initiative, the 2017 Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs, and is a 2018 Adrienne Shelley Foundation Women Filmmakers Grant recipient. She is currently in development with Sundance Now for Sweet Relief, the half-hour dramedy she co-created.

Hannah Pearl Utt

Film

How Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler’s Murder Mystery Solved the Case of the Uncomfortable Imposter!

Jim Hemphill is the writer and director of the award-winning film <a href="https://www.facebook.com/troublewiththetruth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/troublewiththetruth/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567688259834000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfdWVn5INQ2VaFYkDfqCAJ1hDMVw">The Trouble With the Truth</a>, which is currently streaming on <a href="https://amzn.to/2Q20O6F" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://amzn.to/2Q20O6F&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567688259834000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0fujkM407hiTH5e2ZBjQK8VSaCA">Amazon Prime</a> and other platforms. He has written about movies and television for Filmmaker magazine, American Cinematographer and Film Comment, and is the author of The Art and Craft of TV Directing: Conversations with Episodic Television Directors. He also serves as a film historian at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has contributed audio commentaries to DVDs and Blu-rays for Indicator, Shout Factory, the BFI, and other home video labels. His website is <a href="http://www.jimhemphillfilms.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.jimhemphillfilms.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567688259834000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHaS2u3V0GTADaZ-lbaGzXANhioeQ">www.jimhemphillfilms.com</a>.

Jim Hemphill

Adam Sandler’s “Carte Blanche” Freedom and the Joy of Sandy Wexler

Linas Phillips is a director, actor, teacher, and spiritual seeker. He is currently crowdfunding his latest feature, <a href="https://seedandspark.com/fund/taketwo#story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Take Two</a>, on Seed&amp;Spark. In 2006, he walked 1,200 miles to meet Werner Herzog, documented in his first film, Walking to Werner. His other films include Bass Ackwards (which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival) and Rainbow Time (2016). As an actor, Phillips has appeared in Twin Peaks, Eastbound &amp; Down, Togetherness, and Manson Family Vacation. As the &#8220;screenplay doula,&#8221; Phillips teaches screenwriting by applying techniques drawn from notable spiritual teachers.

Linas Phillips

Video Essay: Linas Phillips Brings Adam Sandler’s Jack and Jill “In Focus”

Adam Sandler