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Talkhouse

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

The Best Moments of 2017 on the Talkhouse Podcast

Sam Esmail is a writer, director and producer working in both film and TV. Esmail made his debut as writer-director with the 2014 feature Comet, starring Emmy Rossum and Justin Long, which was released by IFC Films. Esmail is best known as the creator and show runner of the highly acclaimed, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning TV show Mr. Robot, starring Rami Malek and Christian Slater, which is currently in its third season on USA.

Sam Esmail

Mark Frost is a screenwriter, director, producer and author, best known for co-creating and co-writing Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return with David Lynch. He began his TV career as writer on shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man, The Equalizer and Hill Street Blues before conceiving Twin Peaks with Lynch. He wrote and directed the 1992 film Storyville, starring James Spader, and is also the co-writer of both Fantastic Four (2005) and and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). He has written 14 books, both fiction and non-fiction, most recently the companion volumes The Secret History of Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier. Read more about him at his <a href="http://bymarkfrost.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official website</a>.

Mark Frost

Revisited: Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot) Talks with Mark Frost (Twin Peaks) for the Talkhouse Podcast

Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot) Talks with Mark Frost (Twin Peaks) for the Talkhouse Podcast

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

Film

Second Screen: The Best TV Shows of 2016

Joe Lynch is a director working in various film genres, from horror to action to comedy (both intentional and unintentional). His feature credits include Everly with Salma Hayek, Knights of Badassdom starring Peter Dinklage, Steve Zahn and Ryan Kwanten, the anthology film Chillerama, and Wrong Turn 2 with Henry Rollins. Lynch also co-stars and executive produces the TV show Holliston and co-hosts the popular podcast The Movie Crypt on Geek Nation with fellow filmmaker Adam Green (Hatchet). He loves jump cuts, practical blood and making his days.

Joe Lynch

Joe Lynch (Everly) Talks Sam Esmail’s Mr. Robot