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'Together' Director Michael Shanks

'The Naked Gun' Director Akiva Schaffer

Can A.I. Actually Help Write a Screenplay? with 'Contagion' Writer Scott Z. Burns

'You Can Count On Me' Director Kenneth Lonergan

'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

'Eddington' Director Ari Aster

Indie Sustainability: Filmmaking Collectives with Omnes' Tyler Taormina & Alexandra Simpson

The Sound Design of David Lynch with his Studio Manager Dean Hurley

'This Is Spinal Tap' Director Rob Reiner

'Jurassic World: Rebirth' Director Gareth Edwards

'Sorry Baby' Director Eva Victor

'F1' Director Joseph Kosinski

'28 Years Later' Director Danny Boyle

'What We Do In The Shadows' Director Yana Gorskaya

'Materialists' Director Celine Song

Dropout's 'Very Important People' Director Tamar Levine & Actor Vic Michaelis

'Hacks' Showrunners Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs

'Ren Faire' Director Lance Oppenheim

'Mountainhead' Director Jesse Armstrong

'The Phoenician Scheme' Director Wes Anderson

'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' Director Christopher McQuarrie

'The Last of Us' Showrunner Craig Mazin

'The Studio' Creators & Directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Director Trey Edward Shults

'Audrey's Children' Director Ami Canaan Mann

'Andor' Creator Tony Gilroy

'Adolescence' Creator & Star Stephen Graham

'The Righteous Gemstones' Creator Danny McBride

'April' Director Dea Kulumbegashvili

'Andor' Star and EP Diego Luna

'The Shrouds' Director David Cronenberg

'Sinners' Director Ryan Coogler

'Drop' Director Christopher Landon

What Does a TV Director Actually Do? 40-Year Vet Bethany Rooney Explains

Why Indie Filmmakers Can't Make a Living Anymore with Producer Alex Saks

'The Actor' Director Duke Johnson

'Novocaine' Directors Dan Berk & Robert Olsen

'Mickey 17' Director Bong Joon Ho

'Eephus' Director Carson Lund

'Compensation' Director Zeinabu irene Davis

'Universal Language' Director Mathew Rankin

6 Films That Inspired 'The Substance' with Director Coralie Fargeat

'Black Box Diaries' Director Shiori Itō

'The Substance' Director Coralie Fargeat

'Flow' Director Gints Zilbalodis

'Companion' Director Drew Hancock

'Presence' Director Steven Soderbergh

'Wolf Man' Director Leigh Whannell

'Babygirl' Director Halina Reijn

'Unstoppable' Director William Goldenberg