Billy Ray is a writer and director of films that include The Hunger Games, Shattered Glass, Breach, and this past year, Billy wrote the Oscar nominated screenplay for Captain Phillips.

Billy talks about how the scripts/ideas/movies came to life from The Hunger Games to Captain Phillips and talks about the studio system and what goes into the movies of today and yesterday.

The conversation swings from concepts in screenwriting to what the "Oscar Luncheon" dynamics are all about.

Toward the end of the conversation Mark asks him about the controversy kicked up by the movie Captain Phillips that led to a lawsuit from a few of his crew members.

Billy is a great guest with such enthusiasm for films, stories and what he does that we never wanted him to leave.