SEASON 2 - EPISODE 218 Peter Kosminksy - Director
In this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we speak with director Peter Kosminsky (WOLF HALL, THE UNDECLARED WAR, THE STATE). Peter's work as a director encompasses both film and television which covers topics including the Falklands War, ISIS, Thomas Cromwell, and an Emily Brontë novel. Throughout the episode, Peter reflects on the highs and lows of his career, from standing up to the BBC over censorship to being chosen by Hilary Mantel to adapt WOLF HALL for television, and we discuss his general thoughts on directing, casting, and writing. Peter also reflects on his difficult experience directing 1992's WUTHERING HEIGHTS while being undermined by the film's producers, and we discuss how the experience shaped the rest of his career and approach as a director. We later question Peter about his work on THE STATE, a fictional four-part miniseries about ISIS, and we learn how he approached making a show about radicalization and contemporary issues that were actively developing while creating the series. Peter also shares his views on the changing cultural power of television, and we discuss the effects of the rise of streaming services on the economics of creating a series.
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This episode is sponsored by BenQ