Directing
How I Made My First Feature at 16
Jack Fessenden, son of director Larry Fessenden, on the story behind his thriller Stray Bullets, which he finished while still in high school.
How to Empower Yourself and Make Your Movie Your Way
Blair Witch Project director Daniel Myrick, currently crowdfunding his next movie, on harnessing technology to win your creative freedom.
What Andrzej Żuławski Taught Me About Filmmaking
Nicolas Boukhrief, director of Made in France, shares the advice given to him by the late auteur when he worked with him in the '80s.
Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks with Rose McGowan for The Talkhouse Film Podcast
Recorded earlier this year at Samsung 837 in NYC, an energized, provocative conversation between two of the smartest, most engaged artists around.
Remembering Robert Vaughn, My Movie Dad
Victoria Negri recalls the close relationship she developed with the late actor on her directorial debut, in which he played her real-life father.
How I Swayed the 2004 Presidential Election with My Pro-Bush 9/11 Movie (Even Though I’m a Leftie)
Veteran director Brian Trenchard-Smith on the story behind him making the propagandist TV movie DC 9/11: Time of Crisis.
Motherhood Made Me Invisible. Making My First Film Made Me See Myself Again.
Hope Dickson Leach on her struggles to combine parenthood and a filmmaking career, and how her debut feature, The Levelling, has changed her.
Open Up the Gates: Women Want to Direct Action Movies
Jennifer Reeder sets the record straight once and for all about female directors and big action movies. Yes, they want to make them. And now.
From SNL to Other People: 10 Things I Learned Directing My First Film
Chris Kelly, writer-director of Other People and longtime Saturday Night Live staffer, shares the wisdom he gained behind the camera.
Breaking Out of My Identity as an American Foreign-Language Filmmaker
Joshua Marston on how he broke his run of directing microbudget films in other countries and made a movie in English — with movie stars!
I Wasn’t Hired to Direct Into the Forest – Here’s What I Thought of the Film
Writer-director Megan Griffiths shares a unique perspective on the experience of watching a film you were considered for, but did not get.
Why I Don’t Want My Son to Be a Film Director (Like Me)
Wayne Kramer, the man behind The Cooler and Running Scared, on the unjust and crushing weight of responsibility now placed on directors.











