Directing

Tamer El Said writes about the uniquely organic creative approach he took to making his cinematic ode to Cairo, In the Last Days of the City.

Ashley Bell started acting to escape herself, but had to undergo a transformation for her directorial debut, Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story.

The two Academy Award-winning directors discuss Friedkin's gripping new documentary, and life's big questions.

What happens when two longtime friends — who also just happen to be Academy Award-winning directors — sit down for a chat?

Everybody has a story about how they made the leap to direct their first movie. Here, the director of Little Pink House shares hers.

A conversation between one of the finest emerging American filmmakers and one of her heroes.

Ondi Timoner kicks off her new female-centric talk show by sitting down with two longtime friends and cinematic collaborators.

The multitalented actress and author writes about the ups and downs of making her directorial feature debut, Axis.

Susan Walter looks back on the surprising and circuitous route that lead her to make her long-gestating first feature, All I Wish.

Leslie Zemeckis draws parallels between her discipline as a documentarian and the work of her latest subject, tiger tamer Mabel Stark.

Tunisian writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania on the intricate and exhausting process of making her new movie, Beauty and the Dogs.

Jim Hemphill spotlights a director whose standout talents show she's clearly ready to make the leap to the big screen.