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EPISODE 99 - FRANCES MCDORMAND - Actress, Producer

Team Deakins gets the chance to catch up with a long-time friend, actress, and producer Frances McDormand (NOMADLAND, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI, FARGO). It's a great conversation that hits lots of topics! Fran shares with us the difference for her between acting in theater and in film, what her approach is to acting, and how she learned and added to her craft over the years. She has lots of stories of her experience on the film Blood Simple which was an early experience with a lot of learning and where she met Joel Coen, her long-time partner. We also talk about working with less structure, improv, and playing a femme fatale. Fran shares her experiences on Nomadland, Olive Kitteridge, Mississippi Burning, and The Man Who Wasn't there. We touch on how she chooses her roles and how she likes to mix things up with "palette cleansers", playing a supporting role as well as how she feels she is a partner with the camera operator. And more and more! A great discussion with the always interesting and fun Fran! Don't miss it!

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Ana Girardot enchante le cinéma français depuis des années.

Papa et maman acteurs, le 7e art, elle est tombée dedans quand elle était petite. Pourtant, c’est à seulement 17 ans qu’elle concrétise son envie de devenir actrice. Bac en poche, elle part à New York pour réaliser des études de théâtre qu’elle finance grâce à des petits boulots. Après quelques rôles à la télévision, c’est le film Simon Werner a disparu qui se charge de la faire connaître auprès du grand public. Depuis, elle est partout : Cloclo, Radiostars, Un Homme idéal, Les Revenants, Ce qui nous lie, Deux Moi, La Maison…

Ses choix de projets, sa vision du métier d’actrice, ses envies pour la suite de son parcours, secrets de tournage… Le temps d’une pause, elle nous dit tout sur son chemin de vie.

Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 52 - AVA DUVERNAY - WRITER / DIRECTOR

On this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we sit down with writer and director Ava DuVernay (WHEN THEY SEE US, 13TH, SELMA) for a lively conversation about her career and her craft. Ava credits her early love for cinema to her classic-film-loving, night-shift-working aunt, and she describes the lightbulb moment while on location of Michael Mann's COLLATERAL that catalyzed her transition from running her own boutique publicity agency to filmmaking. Ava later shares David Oyelowo's persuasive pitch to her to direct SELMA, what changes she made to the script to make the film within its relatively modest budget, and how Oprah lent her influence during the shooting of a pivotal scene. After Ava reveals her newfound love for dailies while shooting her latest feature, we consider the viewing ritual's collaborative nature, its widespread decline in use, and Ava's commitment to the process in her future projects. Plus, at the end, Ava tells us which photo of Roger inspires her the most.

This episode is sponsored by Dallas Film Commission

Amanda Seyfried