‘The Crown,’ led by director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Peter Morgan recently got a 10-year approval to build and expand period London streets with the aid of cinematographer Adriano Goldman (Jane Eyre, Sin Nombre, Xingu, Trash).

The Brazilian cinematographer helped create the film-like atmosphere on the television series. With Daldry the two have developed a creative partnership to inspire cast and crew. Goldman’s tone-setting work on “Smoke and Mirrors” episode swept the Emmys and Golden Globes, making him an ASC Award Winner.

In this interview, Goldman discusses how his career ambitions shifted from director to cinematographer, how he got involved with ‘The Crown’ on Netflix, how they created a realistic look and tone, dealing with time on set, and what fans can expect from new characters and a new look this season.

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Screenwriter Matt Leslie was involved in website design when he discovered the book, 'Story,' by Robert McKee. Soon, he went with a friend to see McKee at a seminar. Leslie’s writing partner, Stephen Smith, was originally interested in animation when he discovered screenwriting.

In 2011, the duo teamed up to start writing professionally, which consists of around eight spec scripts, a pilot, and “a million treatments.” In their new film, 'Summer of 84,' a group of teenage friends suspect their police officer neighbor is actually a serial killer. As the group starts to uncover the truth, their findings get more and more dangerous.

The film stars 'Mad Men’s Rich Sommer, along with newcomers Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, and Caleb Emergy. In addition to the team of screenwriters, there was also a team of directors attached to this project. RKSS (Turbokid), made up of François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell, where they describe their hive mentality as directors as family.

In both collaborations, the screenwriter duo and the director trio understand that “everything you do should be for the good of the film.” This helped Matt Leslie and Stephen Smith pen the story and RKSS get in the right mindset to shape up this film.

In addition to this audio format, the print interview for this conversation is available on Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s website.

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In the Netflix hit, ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,’ a teenage girl’s secret love letters are exposed, which wreaks havoc on her life. Based on the YA Novel by Jenny Han, the film stars Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, and Israel Broussard.

Director Susan Johnson describes her process for the new film, in addition to insight from her directorial debut, ‘Carrie Pilby,’ from 2016.

In this interview, Johnson describes putting on blinders to become a director despite often hearing the word “No,” finding a way to tell the stories that speak to you, and what it means to be an old school director within the Zeitgeist of Netflix.

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In the film, 'Damascus Cover,' a spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria. The film stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, and John Hurt.

Writer-Director Daniel Zelik Berk discusses how to avoid a red herring, breaking rules for low-budget filmmaking, making a book adaptation personal, the key to great value and looks from shooting overseas, and how to solve things where you can’t throw money at the problem.

Finally, Berk discusses a touching final moment with actor John Hurt (The Elephant Man, 1984) before he passed away after this film was finished.

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Philip Ruddy is a depth psychotherapist with a masters degree in Counseling Psychology, who also happens to have fifteen years’ experience working as a writer and producer.

As such, he is well-equipped to understand the creative mind, and he works with writers, artists and performers to help them with creative blocks, anxiety, depression, and the unique stresses of the film and television industry.

We spoke with Philip about breaking down writer’s block through exploring the unconscious, Active Imagination, and courage.

In addition to this audio format, the print interview for this conversation is available on Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s website.

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'Nossa Chape' tracks the rebuilding of the Chapecoense football club in Brazil after a November 28, 2016 airplane crash left only three players alive.

Through exclusive access to the families of the deceased, the new team and three severely injured recovering players, the documentary investigates the community’s many challenges in the aftermath of tragedy.

The town finds itself divided by a desire to respect the memory of those they lost while also preparing to move the club into its future. The citizens and team must find a way to unite around a common identity.

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“Some people say their brain is in their hand. Mine is definitely in my head,” said animator turned director, Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Perhaps best known as the first female solo-director of a Hollywood animated film for 'Kung Fu Panda 2' and 'Kung Fu Panda 3,' Yuh has recently moved into live action with the young adult film, 'The Darkest Minds.'

The animator knew she wanted to follow this career at a very early age. She went to school as an Illustrations Major, but she actually drew live action storyboards as a kid. When she decided to learn about filmmaking and storytelling, she reached out to her older sister Gloria, who got her a job as a PA at an animation studio.

In this interview, Yuh talks about hand-to-hand combat in animation, the transition from animation to directing, the emotional core of the story, and being ready for great opportunities.

In addition to this audio format, the print interview for this conversation is available on Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s website.

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Written and directed by newcomer Elijah Bynum, the film ‘Hot Summer Nights’ stars Timothée Chalamet, Mailka Monroe, and Alex Roe. The coming of age story takes place in Cape Cod.

In this interview, actor Alex Roe discusses his latest role as the weed-dealing local cool guy, Hunter. Roe also led the film ‘Forever My Girl,’ and has been in recent hits like 'The 5th Wave,' 'Rings', and Freefall’s new series, 'Siren.'

Roe also spoke about the importance of having thick skin as a young actor, the play/praise that made him take the work seriously, and his preparation for various roles, which involves total immersion into character.

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In the new film, ‘Siberia,’ an American diamond trader's Russian partner goes missing, so he journeys to Siberia in search of him, but instead begins a love affair.

The film, which partially mimics the gritty movies from the 1970s, stars Keanu Reeves and comes from the mind of Reeves, Stephen Hamel (Passengers) and Scott Smith (A Simple Plan).

In this interview, director Matthew Ross talks about his eight-year journey to create his Michael Shannon-Imogen Poots film debut, ‘Frank & Lola.’

As a former writer for Filmmaker Magazine, Ross tells us about his journey into the business, conversations with iconic directors, his influences like Hitchcock and Kubrick, and the lure of psychosexual thrillers.

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Written by Penn Jillette of magician duo Penn & Teller, ‘Director’s Cut’ is the unusual story of Herbert Blount. The aspiring director wants to make a movie on his own so he kidnaps the lead actress of a crowdfunded film and inflicts horror upon her.

Director Adam Rifkin got interested in filmmaking and horror storytelling thanks to Chicago’s Svengoolie spoofster. Rifkin is also known for ‘Look,’ ’Chillerama,’ and ‘The Last Movie Star,’ which features icon Burt Reynolds.

In this interview, Rifkin talks about his early influences like ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Smokey and the Bandit,’ along with the unusual conversation that led to ‘Director’s Cut, the intrigue of an unreliable narrator, the intimacy of the Director’s Cut commentary, and his overall experience with crowdfunding an Indie film.

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