About this podcast
*Notes on Directing*
Long form conversations with some of today's most compelling film directors. The Process / Dispatch isn't your typical press tour interview, it's a deep dive into the granular elements and the highs and lows of bringing your first feature film to life.
Season One:
001 - The Daniels [Everything Everywhere All at Once, Swiss Army Man]
002 - Bassam Tariq [Mogul Mowgli, Blade]
003 - Nikyatu Jusu [Suicide by Sunlight, Nanny]
004 - Jonathan & Josh Baker *aka TWIN* [KIN, Ursa Major]
005 - Ricky Staub [Concrete Cowboy]
Season 1.5: A WGA MINISEASON
As the WGA strike is in place, a small act of solidarity as we share conversations about the highs and lows of bringing a screenplay into existence. From the perspective of writers, directors, actors, and cinematographers. A special release ahead of S2.
001.5: Dan Steele
002.5: Bradley Jackson
003.5: Morgan Cooper
004.5: Bassam Tariq
005.5: Marc Menchaca
006.5: Anthony Ramos
007.5: Natalie Kingston
008.5: Nikyatu Jusu
Episodes
- 2.001 Greg Kwedar + Clint Bentley · 2 h 30 min · Episode 14Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley are the filmmaking duo behind Sing Sing, the critically acclaimed drama that earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay…
- 004.5 - Marc Menchaca [WGA Mini-season] · 39 min · Episode 13This week's episode features the incredibly talented actor, writer, and director, MARC MENCHANCA. Marc was one of the first directors to ever hire me as a cinematographer…
- 003.5 - Bassam Tariq [WGA Mini-season] · 47 min · Episode 11This is the third episode in the WGA inspired mini-season. A break from the usual "Directors on Directing," this season is focused on the granular mechanics screenwriting. Each…
- 002.5 - Bradley Jackson [WGA Mini-season] · 37 min · Episode 10This is the second episode in the WGA inspired mini-season. A break from the usual "Directors on Directing," this season is focused on the nuts and bolts of screenwriting. The…
- 001.5 - Dan Steele [WGA Mini-season] · 47 min · Episode 9This is the first episode of our WGA themed mini-season. Born out of an early pandemic writer's group, these conversations were part of a months long writer's group for directors…
- The Process Dispatch - A WGA MINISEASON [Trailer] · 9 minWe're back! Not for Season 2, which is currently in production, but rather, a short mini-season that emerged out of a writers group that I ran back in the early days of the…
- 006 - A Bonus Conversation · 59 min · Episode 8Nearly every one of these episodes has a *Recorded in 2020* as a disclaimer in the show notes. So - the obvious question: why in the world did it take so long to put these…
- 005 - Ricky Staub · 1 h 35 min · Episode 7Ricky Staub is an incredibly talented writer and director who has spent the past decade+ running a production company in Philadelphia called Neighborhood Film Co. Neighborhood…
- 004 - Jonathan & Josh Baker [TWIN] - Part 2 · 39 min · Episode 6This episode is a continuation of my conversation with Jonathan & Josh Baker [TWIN]. Specifically, we dive into some of the hard-won learnings that they discovered while making…
- 004 - Jonathan & Josh Baker [TWIN] - Part 1 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 5A conversation with directing duo, TWIN. Jonathan and Josh Baker are Australian-born identical twins who have been creating incredible work across both film and commercials…
- 003 - Nikyatu Jusu · 1 h 24 min · Episode 4Nikyatu Jusu is on the most compelling and dynamic filmmakers that I've had the pleasure of meeting in the past few years. We were introduced by a mutual actor/friend and after…
- 002 - Bassam Tariq [Part 2] · 1 h 0 min · Episode 3This episode is a continuation of my conversation with Bassam Tariq. We pick it up where we left off last week, specifically beginning with the production of his first narrative…
- 002 - Bassam Tariq [Part 1] · 1 h 17 min · Episode 2For the next conversation in this series, I couldn't think of a director I was more eager to speak with than Bassam Tariq. Bassam is on of the most thoughtful, truthful, and…
- 001 - The Daniels · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1There is no more fitting a way to kick off this series of interviews than to speak with the idiosyncratic directing duo, The Daniels - two of the most interesting filmmakers…
- The Process Dispatch: An Introduction · 8 minWelcome to The Process Dispatch. Conversations with directors about directing feature films. What began as a plan to record and release episodes in quick succession somehow…
