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Alex Cox is an English writer-director whose films include Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Walker, Highway Patrolman and Three Businessmen. Between 1987 and 1994, he was the host of the BBC series Moviedrome. He is currently working on a multi-perspective film about the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tombstone-rashomon-directed-by-alex-cox#/" target="_blank">Tombstone Rashomon</a>.

Alex Cox

Allison Anders is an award-winning film and television writer and director. She is best-known for films such as Gas, Food Lodging (1992), Mi Vida Loca (1993), Four Rooms (1995) and Grace of My Heart (1996), and is currently a prolific TV director, helming episodes of shows such as Sex and the City, The L Word, The Mentalist and Orange is the New Black. A winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant, she is also a Distinguished Professor in the Film And Media Studies Department at the University of California Santa Barbara.

Allison Anders

Rose McGowan is an activist, author and artist.

Rose McGowan

Bruce LaBruce is a filmmaker, writer, photographer and artist based in Toronto, Canada. Recently there have been retrospectives of his films at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto and at MoMA in New York City. His latest feature, The Misandrists, will be released in 2018.

Bruce LaBruce

Spirit Award-nominated writer/director Adam Bhala Lough has dedicated his career to telling compelling stories, collaborating with interesting people and creating authentic work. Moving between narrative and documentary, his films sit at the nexus of mainstream culture and the arthouse. He specializes in crafting real performances out of non-performers, artists, musicians, athletes and celebrities, while bringing Oscar-winning actors to the table as well. His films have played at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Edinburgh and Karlovy Vary, to name a few. His new film, Alt-Right: Age of Rage, opens in theaters on August 17. For updates, follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adambhalalough" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@adambhalalough</a> (Photo credit: Betty Bastidas)

Adam Bhala Lough

Clay Liford is an independent filmmaker living in Austin, TX. He has written and directed several shorts (such as My Mom Smokes Weed and Earthling) and the features Earthling and Wuss, and shot/edited over 20 other features, including St. Nick and Gayby. His latest feature, Slash, world premiered at SXSW 2016 and is currently on the festival circuit. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/clayLiford" target="_blank">here</a>.

Clay Liford

Amy Berg is a critically acclaimed, Emmy-award winning and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her 2006 documentary Deliver Us From Evil and went on to direct West of Memphis (2012), a documentary about the failure of the justice system in the West Memphis Three case. Amy&#8217;s first narrative feature, Every Secret Thing, was released theatrically in May 2015 and her doc, Prophet’s Prey will open in theatres this fall. Amy’s company, Disarming Films, produces long-form documentaries focusing on social justice.

Amy Berg

David Dastmalchian’s latest film <a href="http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/all-creatures-here-below/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All Creatures Here Below</a>, which he both wrote and stars in with Karen Gillan, is in theaters from May 17 through Samuel Goldwyn Films. The film is his second collaboration with director Collin Schiffli; Dastmalchian won a Special Jury Prize for Courage in Storytelling at SXSW 2014 for their previous film, Animals, which he also wrote and acted in. Dastmalchian made his feature acting debut in Christopher Nolan&#8217;s The Dark Knight and has been a regular in Denis Villeneuve&#8217;s films, including Prisoners, Blade Runner 2049 and the upcoming Dune. He played Kurt in Marvel Studios&#8217; Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, and on TV appeared as Murdoc in MacGyver and Pit Boss Warrack in Twin Peaks: The Return.

David Dastmalchian

Film

Talkhouse Film Contributors Remember David Bowie

Sheldon Candis is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He made his feature directorial debut with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyvfVyV1eq0" target="_blank">LUV</a>, starring Common, Dennis Haysbert and Danny Glover, which world premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and is now on Netflix and iTunes. He has created viral Web content for the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, Rock the Vote and world-infamous street artist Banksy. Most recently, he directed a digital series for Under Armour featuring <a href="v=CSo3WObzetM&amp;list=UUuiNpkaS6YocSshWBa03S_Q " target="_blank">ballerina</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XnrJmShMJg&amp;list=UUuiNpkaS6YocSshWBa03S_Q&amp;index=34" target="_blank">Misty</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7BQHjX96HY&amp;list=UUuiNpkaS6YocSshWBa03S_Q&amp;index=35" target="_blank">Copeland</a>.

Rupert Wyatt

Talkhouse Film Contributors Remember David Bowie

Sheldon Candis (LUV) Talks Rupert Wyatt’s The Gambler

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