Nick Pourgourides

'We went bankrupt and had to set up the explosives ourselves': Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine...

'The movie changed my life,' says McKellen of the 1995 film. 'If Bryan Singer hadn't seen it, he would never have asked me to be in X-Men'

BBC One - The Graham Norton Show, Series 26, Episode 15

With Robert Downey Jr, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Terry Gilliam and Sara Bareilles.

Goldfingers: meet the writers of every James Bond film this century

On Neal Purvis and Robert Wade's watch, the secret agent has become a parent, grown his hair and even alluded to gay experiences. It even rains in Bond films now. But after the ending of No Time to Die, even they don't know what happens next

John Madden and Joseph Fiennes: How We Made Shakespeare in Love

'Judi Dench had to wear extra high heels to give her stature as Queen Elizabeth. I dubbed her Tudor Spice. She's only on screen for a few minutes - but she still won an Oscar'

Claudia Cardinale

The Italian new wave bombshell on how to live 138 lives in one

This much I know: Christopher Plummer

A dog is my earliest memory. It was a huge, oversized Airedale that my family had. It stood by my baby carriage. I thought the dog was looking after me. I thought I had been sired by that dog. I had a whole family of dogs at home a few years ago.

Greenaway on sex, art and death

British filmmaker Peter Greenaway CBE discusses his film Golztius and the Pelican Company, which explores sex eroticism and religious hypocrisy through the prism of six bible stories.

Keanu Reeves 'Side by Side' interview: Hollywood's digital revolution

Broken Lines: Paul Bettany on his new film

British actor Paul Bettany talked to BBC Breakfast about his new film, Broken Lines.

'The emotion you get from the game is insane': the Roy Keane bust-up film leading a new type of...

Saipan, about Keane's infamous World Cup row with manager Mick McCarthy, has become a hit film in its native Ireland - as it opens in the UK screenwriter Paul Fraser explains how he aimed to avoid the mistakes of the past

Listed Londoner - Comedian Arabella Weir: 'I absolutely detest the Gherkin' - BBC Sounds

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Private Passions, Romola Garai

Michael Berkeley's guest is the actor and director Romola Garai.

Building A Rebellion: Luke Hull On Crafting 'Andor' Season 2's New Worlds

Inside Andor Season 2: Luke Hull on designing Star Wars worlds, from Ghorman to Yavin 4

'I said goodbye to Heath Ledger at this urinal': a stroll round Terry Gilliam's pivotal places

The studio where he crashed the Life of Brian spaceship, the stage where he put on a Faust that caused fights, the pub where he last spoke to Heath Ledger ... the ex-Python takes a hilarious and evocative stroll down memory lane

Terry Gilliam: Celebrating 50 years in film

Terry Gilliam, one of cinema's great visionaries, celebrated his extraordinary life and career with Guardian Live, at Cadogan Hall in London

Post your questions for Terry Gilliam

The Monty Python star will celebrate 50 years in film at a Guardian Live Q&A on 29 October. Here's your chance to find out everything you've ever wanted to know about the legendary director

Terry Gilliam: Celebrating 50 years in film

Join Terry Gilliam, one of cinema's great visionaries, to celebrate his extraordinary life and career, live at Cadogan Hall in London and online

Doctor Who Writer Explains "The Story & The Engine" Inspirations and Ending

With episode spoilers, Doctor Who screenwriter Inua Ellams unpacks the inspirations behind his Lagos-set episode "The Story & The Engine."

Susanna White and Saul Dibb in The Art of Director

'Quite a scrap': David Leland on the fight that Tim Roth started to get cast in Made in Britain

The screenwriter of Alan Clarke's classic drama, who died in December, describes how the untried young actor secured his approval

Listed Londoner - Rae Smith, Theatre Designer - BBC Sounds

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Bad ideas

Bad Influencer creator Kudi Maradzika and director Keitumetse Qhali talk about their partnership on this South African crime drama, tapping into influencer culture and the importance of language and music in the series.

Abraham Adeyemi Enlists Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù & Deborah Ayorinde For 'Chasing The Night' Feature...

Abraham Adeyemi has written a 'Chasing The Night' feature with input from Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù & Deborah Ayorinde.

Listed Londoner - Martin Sherman, Playwright - BBC Sounds

Martin Sherman was born 1938 to Russian Jewish immigrants and grew up in New Jersey. He rose to fame in 1979 after the production of his play Bent at the Royal Court - which explores the persecution of gay people during the Holocaust. He later adapted it into a major motion picture in 1997. He’s written 20 plays in all and has just published his memoir ‘On the Boardwalk’. Martin has called London home since 1980. Martin Sherman reveals his favourite haunts, memories, pet hates and...

Building a rebellion

Production designer Luke Hull takes DQ on a tour of his Emmy-winning work on two seasons of Star Wars series Andor, partnering with showrunner Tony Gilroy and the ambition to introduce new environments and aesthetics to the Star Wars universe.

Working Lives: Production Designer Luke Hull

What does a production designer do?We create an aesthetic for a film or TV project - a fully realised and coherent world that supports the story tonally and its characters. My job is storytelling first and design second.Did you always want to work in TV and film?

Private Passions - Martin Sherman - BBC Sounds

The dramatist and screenwriter Martin Sherman made his name around the world with his 1979 play Bent, about the persecution of gay people in Nazi Germany. It starred Ian McKellen in London and Richard Gere on Broadway. His films include Callas Forever, directed by Franco Zeffirelli with Fanny Ardant as Maria Callas, and Mrs Henderson Presents, starring Judi Dench and telling the story of the Windmill Theatre and its provocative wartime shows. More recently he’s written a memoir, On the...

Tony and Olivier award-winning designer Rae Smith - BBC Radio London -

Rae discusses her work on THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST starring Stephen Fry is currently playing at the Noel Coward Theatre, and THE WEIR, starring Brendan Gleeson at the @haroldpintertheatre as well as her stunning work on @warhorseonstage currently touring the UK.

Casarotto Ramsay & Associates bolsters Film & Television and Theatre departments with two key hires

Senior Agent Tanya Tillett and Theatre Agent Kara Fitzpatrick join leading boutique agency

Beth foot forward

Writer and director Uzo Oleh takes DQ into the making of Beth, Channel 4's first digital original drama commissioned for YouTube and its own linear and streaming channels, and outlines how he hopes the show can change audience perceptions of the meaning of 'digital content.'

BBC Radio London - Listed Londoner, Melissa Osborne, Screenwriter

Screenwriter Melissa Osborne shares her London loves and loathes with Robert Elms.

BBC Radio London - Listed Londoner, Patrick Spence, TV producer

BAFTA and Peabody award-winning producer Patrick Spence shares his London loves and loathes with Robert Elms.

British Cinematographer: Hélène Louvart AFC captures The Salt Path

BTS: Grace Ofori-Attah on ITV's Malpractice - Televisual

Grace Ofori-Attah, creator and writer of World Productions' ITV drama Malpractice, on the challenges of depicting mental illness with accuracy on the small screen.

BBC Radio London - Robert Elms, Listed Londoner: Grace Ofori-Attah

Psychiatrist-turned-screenwriter Grace Ofori-Attah becomes the latest Listed Londoner.

BTS: How We Made C4's Beth by Uzo Oleh - Televisual

Writer, director and executive producer of Channel 4 short form drama Beth, Uzo Oleh, explains how the relationship/sci fi drama came together.

Listed Londoner - Julie Fernandez, Actor and Access Coordinator - BBC Sounds

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Psych report

Malpractice creator and writer Grace Ofori-Attah reveals why she wanted to explore the world of psychiatry in season two of the ITV medical thriller, which she hopes will help remind viewers that doctors are human too.

Cutting through

Doctor Who writer Inua Ellams gives DQ the inside track on penning The Story & The Engine, his first episode of the iconic sci-fi franchise, and discusses staging a story set in a single location and the craft work involved in building a puzzling denouement for the Doctor.

Doctor Who Writer Teases Episode Five: "The Barbershop is a Safe Place To Be..."

Screenwriter, poet and playwright Inua Ellams gives us a spoiler-free preview of his Doctor Who episode "The Story & The Engine".

BBC Radio London - Robert Elms, Scientist Caroline Smith, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child and...

Director Dominic Cooke CBE becomes Robert's latest 'Listed Londoner'.

The sounds of This City

Set in Liverpool, the city that gave the world The Beatles, BBC crime drama This City is Ours makes music an integral part of its storytelling. Lead director and exec producer Saul Dibb picks out some key scenes from the series where music drives the story emotionally and rhythmically.

Building Works: Annika Summerson BSC on shooting LUDWIG

Private Passions, Terry Gilliam

Michael Berkeley's guest is the film director and former Python Terry Gilliam

Robert Elms - Listed Londoner: Saul Dibb - BBC Sounds

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Bay of reckoning

The Bay creator and writer Daragh Carville reflects on the fifth season of the ITV crime drama and a pivotal moment in the finale where "truths long unspoken" are finally brought out into the open.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Unforgotten director Andy Wilson looks back on six seasons of ITV’s cold-case detective drama and picks out his favourite moments from each one, revealing how they were brought to the screen.

Listed Londoner: Kate Waters

Robert Elms - Listed Londoner: Andy Wilson - BBC Sounds

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BBC Radio London Listed Londoner: Dillon Mapletoft

Screenwriter Dillon Mapletoft becomes Robert's latest 'Listed Londoner'.

Lead director Alex Gabassi takes DQ into the world of BLACK DOVES

Lead director Alex Gabassi takes DQ into the world of Netflix spy series BLACK DOVES, discusses partnering with stars Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw and reveals how he was influenced by neo noirs and screwball comedies.

Robert Elms - Listed Londoner: Andrew McAlpine -BBC Radio

Production Designer Andrew McAlpine is Robert's latest guest to face the famous 15 questions on London

Meet The 'Day Of The Jackal' Espionage Advisor Who Found Himself At The Center Of A Viral...

Paul Biddiss, military advisory on 'Day of the Jackal' & 'Gladiator II', has unpicked the Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan viral Graham Norton moment.

Access In Action: Julie Fernandez - Televisual

Julie Fernandez on the importance of the Access Coordinator role and how it came to be.

Udayan Prasad: The changing landscape of TV diversity - Televisual

Director, Udayan Prasad discusses how the landscape of diversity has changed since his career started in 60s Britain.

Remembering costume designer Stephanie Collie

Design, toys, and films: Unveiling the creativity of Richard Loncraine - Film and Furniture

Richard Loncraine has earned acclaim for his work in film and TV but what he got up to before his film career makes for fascinating stuff

Alvin Rakoff, Director of Laurence Olivier's 'Voyage Round My Father,' Dies at 97

The Emmy-winning filmmaker worked mostly in Britain with Sean Connery, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Judi Dench and Michael Caine, and wrote and directed over 100 TV, movie and stage plays.

Casting the net wide

Lucy Hellier offers insight into her role as a British casting director working overseas and how she came to work on productions such as Spain's La Templanza (The Vineyard) and France's Mort sur la piste (Death on the Track).

Masterclass / Tim Palmer BSC / GEEK GIRL

Inside Marisa Abela's 'Back to Black' Transformation: How Movement Coach Sara Green Helped Her...

Movement coach Sara Green spent three months with 'Back to Black' star Marisa Abela before the Amy Winehouse biopic starting shooting.

'Let them kick the crap out of the songs': how we recreated the Beatles to make Backbeat

'I knew people who said John Lennon was angry, insecure and cruel in the early days. When I met Ian Hart, I saw he could provide that'

BBC Radio London - Robert Elms, Listed Londoner: Richard Loncraine

EMMY award-winning filmmaker Richard Loncraine becomes Robert's latest Listed Londoner.

Sarah Cunningham / Chuck Chuck Baby

Sarah Cunningham on the making of Chuck Chuck Baby

Access to success

Actor turned access coordinator Julie Fernandez is leading the charge for the television industry to become more accessible for disabled creatives on and off screen. She talks about how the role has evolved, the most common problems on sets and what more the industry needs to improve.

Listed Londoner: Louise Hooper

Robert Elms - Listed Londoner: Don Macpherson - BBC Sounds

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Road to FrightFest: Josephine Rose, Clinton Liberty & Gerry Vasbenter talk 'Touchdown'

Lockdown was a tough time for everyone, especially the movie industry. Given the nature of set-life, production on all major film and television productions ground to a halt. Those with a passion for creating however, found inventive, and most importantly, safe, ways to continue working on smaller and more intimate productions.

'Quite a scrap': David Leland on the fight that Tim Roth started to get cast in Made in Britain

The screenwriter of Alan Clarke's classic drama, who died in December, describes how the untried young actor secured his approval

The birth of the Beatles

How the Beatles emerged from the European arthouse

'Backbeat' at 30: John Lennon's bisexuality and Macca's jealousy

Remembering 'Backbeat', the forgotten 1994 indie film about The Beatles in Hamburg - with director Iain Softley

Iain Softley: 'I had this idea in my mind, "What would the story be if these weren't The Beatles?"'

As Sam Mendes gears up to make his behemoth Beatles biopic, the director of 1994 early-Beatles drama Backbeat reflects on the story of Stuart Sutcliffe - the Beatle who wasn't.

Hannah Linnen joins Casarotto Ramsay & Associates - Televisual

Theatre, film and television agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has appointed Hannah Linnen. She joins Casarotto having previously worked at 42 Management & Production, where she looked after her own roster of writer and director clients, co-established >>>

Lucie Barât talks to Robert Elms about her new play

Lucie Barât talks to Robert Elms about her new play STANDING IN THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

Jessica Hobbs discusses directing The Regime with Stephen Frears

Today we hear from Jessica Hobbs, co-director of The Regime, about making HBO's darkly comic drama starring Kate Winslet and her partnership behind the camera with Stephen Frears.

Movement coach Sara Green

Movement coach Sara Green on helping to turn Marisa Abel into Amy Winehouse for BACK TO BLACK film

Directing a dictatorship

Director Jessica Hobbs takes DQ into the world of The Regime, HBO's darkly comic drama set within a crumbling autocracy, discussing her partnership behind the camera with Stephen Frears and why her best day on set was shooting a Santa Baby music video with star Kate Winslet.

Jessica Hobbs' Diary

Jessica Hobbs finds solace in her family after a turbulent week in Manhattan. The Regime is available on Sky and streaming service Now from 8 April. Jessica Hobbs is director and executive producer. She is represented by Casarotto Ramsay & Associates.

Jessica Hobbs on her new comedy The Regime starring Kate Winslet

The Arts Hour Nikki Bedi speaks with Emmy-winning New Zealand director Jessica Hobbs about The Regime, the new HBO comedy drama series starring Kate Winslet.

Robert Elms - Listed Londoner: Charlotte Hamblin - Listed Londoner: Charlotte Hamblin - BBC Sounds

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Multi-award-winning director Udayan Prasad speaks to Robert Elms

Multi-award-winning film/tv director Udayan Prasad is the latest of guest to face Robert Elms' famous 15 questions as a Listed Londoner on BBC Radio London Listen back from 3:13:26

David Wood: 'I like to think I opened people's eyes to children's theatre in the 1980s'

A figurehead of children's theatre, David Wood's six-decade career has included beloved stage adaptations, magic shows and running his own touring company. As he turns 80, he tells Nick Smurthwaite about his experiences and why he'll never retire

BTS: Dan Sefton on Finders Keepers - Televisual

Creator and writer of Channel 5 drama, Finders Keepers, Dan Sefton, explains how the team put the drama together in the face of tight budgets and deadlines.

Shay Kaur Grewal speaks to Dan Sefton, creator of FINDERS KEEPERS

Creator Dan Sefton is interviewed by Shay Kaur Grewal on BBC Radio London (starts at 49.58) as he talks about his gripping new Channel 5 drama FINDERS KEEPERS starring Neil Morrisey.

Matt Gray BSC / Mr. Bates vs The Post Office

"In choosing projects, I look for narratives featuring compelling characters often thrust into extraordinary situations. Stories that don't just entertain but also speak to something bigger."

The Stage 100: Mel Kenyon

Kenyon is one of theatre’s foremost literary agents and in her three decades in the profession has amassed an extraordinary client list that exceeds just playwrights to include directors and designers. She also represents the Roald Dahl estate and was key to the development of the adventurous stage adaptation of The Witches, written by her client Lucy Kirkwood, which came to fruition in 2023. Kenyon’s influence stretches beyond her day-to-day role as an agent and she has become a pivotal...

Remembering writer/director David Leland

Susanna White's TV Diary

I'm writing and I love it. It started in lockdown. I was missing production, and someone suggested I write something to create a world I could control. I only wish I'd discovered it sooner. But maybe it's only now that I feel there's a lot of things that I want to say.

Building The Buccaneers

Jacquetta Levon, hair and make-up designer on The Buccaneers, tells DQ about creating the styles for the Apple TV+ period drama, working with the cast and why she has a 3D printer as part of her toolbox.

'Robert De Niro prepared to play a plumber by watching a brain surgeon': Terry Gilliam and...

De Niro agreed because he was a Python fan, Gilliam cast his daughter but she cut her hair off in protest - and Pryce needed a wig as he'd just been playing a friar with a tonsure

BBC Radio London - Robert Elms, Yarit Dor: Listed Londoner

Intimacy Coordinator and Fight Director Yarit Dor faces the famous fifteen questions

Matt Gray BSC / Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials / "The Star Beast"

"Given the complexity of the storytelling, clarity was paramount. Our focus was on simple, classical 'heroic' compositions, ensuring the camera style didn't overshadow the story."

'I wanted the visual language to convey the emotional states of the characters': Myriam Raja on...

Since graduating from the National Film & Television School in 2018, Myriam Raja has earned a BAFTA nomination for her short film Azaar, and directed an episode of the second season of Top Boy for Netflix before returning to the final season to direct a full block.

Working lives: Director Saul Dibb

Saul Dibb helmed the acclaimed drama, BBC One’s harrowing true-crime serial The Sixth Commandment. The director moves between cinema, for which he has made the highly influential Bullet Boy and The Duchess, and TV shows, including The Salisbury Poisonings.

Robert Elms - Choreographer and Movement Director Caroline Pope is Robert's latest 'Listed...

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Mel Kenyon: 'I'm in the presence of greatness every day'

Boasting an impressive client list, theatrical agent Mel Kenyon takes Tim Bano through her career, reveals her readiness to go into battle for artists using empathy and kindness, and explains why she has no designs on a creative role herself

'The Buccaneers' Director Susanna White Talks 'Bridgerton' Comparisons & Taylor Swift, Reveals...

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran British director Susanna White has revealed she's working on debut feature film based on her teenage life in the fashion world as she gears up for today's launch of A...

TOP BOY director, Myriam Raja sets her sights on 'darker stories.'

Matt Gray BSC / The Killing Kind

"Keep shooting your own work in whatever form, develop your eye and your voice. Learn to collaborate and focus on storytelling. Study your craft but enjoy the journey."

FT Weekend Festival 2 September 2023 -Neil Jordan

FT Weekend Festival: UK Edition 2023. Director and novelist Neil Jordan is in conversation with the FT''s film critic, Danny Leigh

Mariella Frostrup: the 2pm Interview with director Saul Dibb

BBC Radio London - Robert Elms

Scenic designer Peter McKintosh is Robert's 'Listed Londoner'.

David Yates Pays Tribute To “Warmth & Mischief” Of Michael Gambon – Update

Gaby Roslin talks to screenwriter Sarah Govett on BBC

Gaby Roslin talks to screenwriter Sarah Govett about her Netflix chart-topping thriller T.I.M. Starts at 47.00:

Robert Elms - Neil Jordan - BBC Sounds

Commanding drama

The Sixth Commandment director Saul Dibb takes DQ inside the making of the "bold and challenging" BBC four-parter, which he describes as an "anti-true crime" drama owing to its focus on the victims at the centre of the real-life story it dramatises.

Robert Elms - Listed Londoner: Dreda Say Mitchell MBE - BBC Sounds

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"It felt like such a heart-breaking and extraordinary story" - Saul Dibb on directing BBC One's...

We spoke to director Saul Dibb to learn more about what interested him in telling Peter Farquhar 's story, as well as how he approached portraying real people on screen. Read our conversation with Saul below. The Sixth Commandment is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

Talent agents: inside the real world of theatre's dealmakers

Theatrical talent agents often remain in the shadows as they seek the spotlight for their clients.

Art of the Director: Louise Hooper, Ella Jones, Daniel Nettheim

Coverage for all three clients

'Indiana Jones 5': How a Military Adviser Helped James Mangold Shoot Authentic Battle Scenes

Disney's "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" features some of the titular hero's most loathsome enemies - the Nazis - and it was up to military adviser Paul Biddiss to t...

Alvin Rakoff: 'I went from rags to rubbing shoulders with acting royalty'

The shopkeeper's son went from telegram boy to film director and helped to kick start Alan Rickman and Sean Connery's careers, he tells Samantha Rea

BBC Radio: Director Saul Dibb discusses new drama 'The Sixth Commandment'

The Book Guild to publish collection of letters from Whitbourn and Wood

The Book Guild will publish Frank Exchanges, a compilation of letters between Frank Whitbourn and David Wood, edited by Chris Abbott.

Robert Elms Listed Londoner: David Wood OBE

The national children's dramatist David Wood OBE is Robert's 'Listed Londoner'.

Redirecting the future

The Director's Chair Unforgotten director Andy Wilson charts the journey to finding the right character and actor to replace Nicola Walker's departing DCI Cassie Stuart in ITV's acclaimed cold-case drama. At the end of season four of Unforgotten, Nicola Walker's character, DCI Cassie Stuart, was tragically killed in a random car accident.

Ray Jenkins, 'The Woman in White' Screenwriter, Dies at 87

Ray Jenkins, the British screenwriter behind shows including "The Woman in White" and " The Sweeney," has died. He was 87. Jenkins died on Jan. 16, his agent confirmed to Variety. No cause of death was given. Jenkins was an accomplished dramatist who wrote for TV, radio and film.

Robert Elms - Listed Londoner: David Leland - BBC Sounds

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Robert Elms - Mel Kenyon interview

Literary agent Mel Kenyon discusses her career and faces the fifteen questions as Robert's 'Listed Londoner'.

Unforgotten's Andy Wilson on keeping long runners fresh

The director of five consecutive seasons of ITV crime drama Unforgotten, Andy Wilson, reflects on the longevity of the acclaimed series.

Terry Gilliam: Listed Londoner

Terry Gilliam answers the famous 15 questions to become a Listed Londoner. Presenter Robert Elms finds out their favourite haunts, memories, pet hates and everything in between.

Greg Duffield / Maternal

In pre-production, Amanda and I set about investigating the scripts, not just to determine the character's story arcs and how we can help lead the audience on the characters journeys, but also looking into the vast amount of medical information we had to contend with.

BBC Radio London - Robert Elms, Alvin Rakoff and Hayley Campbell, Listed Londoner: Alvin Rakoff

Legendary film director Alvin Rakoff is Robert's 'Listed Londoner'.

Piers Haggard, 'Pennies From Heaven' Director Who Worked With Liza Minnelli, Dies at 83

Director Piers Haggard, best known for his film "Pennies From Heaven" and for establishing directing guild Directors U.K., has died. He was 83. No cause of death was given but in a statement his agents at Casarotto said he "died peacefully" on Jan. 11.

Interview: Kate McCullough ISC

British Cinematographer catches up with cinematographer Kate McCullough ISC, fresh from her success at the European Film Awards, to explore her career behind the camera and her work on The Quiet Girl.

Working Lives: Documentary film-maker

What does the job involve? A documentary film-maker is trying to capture the essence of real life in cinematic form. What was your route into film-making? I left university with a history degree and started as a runner for Roger Graef's company, Films of Record.

Frank Lamm / Star Wars: Andor

The latest live-action Star Wars spin-off, Andor, eschews the tried-and-tested StageCraft formula of its Disney+ predecessors. Block three DP Frank Lamm takes us into the heart of the action, shooting both on stage at Pinewood Studios and amidst the UK’s dramatic landscapes. Image credit Walt Disney Studios

Designing See How They Run, a film about a play about a whodunnit - Film and Furniture

In March 2020, London's theatres closed their doors due to lockdown. We all despaired. What use is a closed theatre? To a film crew, quite a lot of use it transpires! Filmed in real theatres and hotels during the Covid pandemic, See How They Run is a murder mystery set against the backdrop of arguably the world's most famous murder mystery, The Mousetrap.

The Edgar Test for disabled TV talent: How small changes can make a big impact for disabled talent

Everyone's heard of the Bechdel test*, right? Possibly the "DuVernay test", too, as a measurement of the representation of people of colour in TV shows and films. Maybe even the "Vito Russo test" for gay and lesbian representation. But what about the "Edgar test", for disabled talent?

TS Eliot: Into The Waste Land, BBC2

Director Susanna White on unbuttoning the legacy of a notoriously private poet through film

T.S. Eliot: Into 'The Waste Land' - an interview with Susanna White

We spoke to Susanna about her creative approach to reflecting The Waste Land's moments of hope and mystery, the detective work that went into telling the story of Eliot's relationship with Emily Hale, and how her own genre-spanning career has informed her love of factual filmmaking. Read the full interview below.

'A real subversive, sprightly granny': working with Angela Lansbury by director Neil Jordan

had two Angelas in my life at one stage. Angela Carter (long gone and greatly missed) and Angela Lansbury (flew out of this world last night, equally greatly missed). There should be a ghost at your elbow, whose only purpose is to remind you how lucky you are.

Building the Worlds of Star Wars 'Andor': How Ferrix Was Built Brick-by-Brick on a Backlot

Production designer Luke Hull crafted a working city for " Andor," the "Star Wars" series streaming Wednesdays on Disney+. The show, a prequel to the 2016 film "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," follows eventual rebel hero Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and introduces audiences to new locations and planets.

"I see myself as the second runner in a relay race": Directors UK talks to Udayan Prasad about...

For director Udayan Prasad, the process of capturing that transition onscreen brought its own creative challenges and moments of rapid change. We spoke to Udayan about directing a block of episodes as part of a series, the challenges posed by COVID, and how he negotiates the actor-director relationship.

Hooper's dream job

By Michael Pickard August 30, 2022 The Director's Chair Director Louise Hooper tells DQ about her rise from arts documentaries to epic fantasy dramas, shooting Netflix's secret The Sandman episode and creating series to suit her own surrealist imagination.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Which Deck Do They Keep the Whales On? & More Enterprise Design...

Features Strange New Worlds designer takes us behind the scenes on why Captain Pike's quarters are bigger than Kirk's, how HMS Victory influenced the Enterprise, greebles, Jefferies Tubes, and much, much more.

How the Starship Enterprise Was Redesigned for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'

Throughout "Star Trek's" long 56-year history, the Starship Enterprise has been designed, redesigned, reimagined, blown to smithereens and then reimagined again for the various TV incarnations and feature films based on the classic series created by Gene Roddenberry.

Exclusive! The 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Enterprise blends midcentury design with SciFi...

How do you augment the for Star Trek Enterprise? It's a seemingly impossible task given that the original exalted starship has often been sited as one of the best-designed and most influential science fiction spacecraft.

The 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Enterprise fuses midcentury design with SciFi futurism - Part...

How do you augment the Star Trek Enterprise? It's a seemingly impossible task given that the original exalted starship has often been sited as one of the best-designed and most influential science fiction spacecraft. However, Production Designer Jonathan Lee and his 60-strong team have achieved this mission for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with aplomb, and with some notable nods to midcentury modern design details.

'A real subversive, sprightly granny': working with Angela Lansbury by director Neil Jordan

Film-maker Neil Jordan cast Angela Lansbury in his exotic horror folk-tale The Company of Wolves, released in 1984. Here he remembers working with an actor who 'always understood'

Bad blood

By Michael Pickard August 19, 2022 The Director's Chair Bad Sisters lead director Dearbhla Walsh lifts the lid on making Apple TV+'s dark comedic thriller, teaming with creator Sharon Horgan and filming in a popular Irish bathing spot. On the southern tip of Dublin Bay, locals and tourists swim side by side at the Irish capital's iconic open-water venue Forty Foot.

Creating comedy chaos: an interview with Man vs. Bee director David Kerr

The concept is simple, but the execution was anything but. We spoke to director David Kerr about the intense preparation that went into creating the chaotic comic showdown. From pulling apart pianos to working with state-of-the-art VFX, producing precision storyboards, and - of course - working with a global comedy icon, David explores his experience as director in depth.

Scene Stealer: This is Going to Hurt. Director Lucy Forbes interview

SCENE STEALERS Lead director Lucy Forbes looks back on the opening scene of the BBC's hospital-set comedy-drama This is Going to Hurt, which stars Ben Whishaw as a struggling junior doctor working for the NHS.

'The Man Who Fell to Earth': How Cambodia's Angkor Wat Temple Influenced Key Set Design

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven't watched the ninth episode of "The Man Who Fell to Earth" on Showtime. When production designer James Merifield first signed on to Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth," he thought he might be traveling to Cambodia or some exotic jungle to build a key set on location.

Navigating The Split: Dee Koppang O'Leary on moving from factual to fiction and directing a hit...

But while the third series brought Abi Morgan's acclaimed portrait of the Defoe family to an end, for Directors UK member Dee Koppang O'Leary it marked a new start in the world of fiction directing.

How Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt Divided Berlin | Giles Milton

Listen to How Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt Divided Berlin from Dan Snow's History Hit. Berlin's fate was sealed at the 1945 Yalta Conference: the city, along with the rest of Germany, was to be carved up between the victorious powers - American, British, French and Soviet. On paper, it seemed a pragmatic solution.

'Man vs Bee' Director David Kerr Details Working With Rowan Atkinson, CGI Bee: 'It's Moby Dick in...

It was three years ago that director David Kerr unexpectedly got a call from an old producer colleague, Chris Clark, with whom he'd worked on 2018's "Johnny English" sequel "Johnny English Strikes Again." Clark had been developing an idea with "Johnny English" and "Mr Bean" star Rowan Atkinson and wondered if Kerr would be interested in helming the project.

'Lords of Chaos' Director Jonas Akerlund Details Netflix Series 'Clark,' About the Criminal That...

Swedish director Jonas Akerlund's has a knack for merging music and visuals, having spent the first few decades of his career making videos for artists including Madonna, Beyonce, Ozzy Osbourne and Rammstein.

The Split: 'It feels very raw and very real'

Director Dee Koppang and actor Fiona Button, who plays Rose, explain why TV divorce drama 'The Split' was so successful.

Kim Gehrig: ROAR with Nicole Kidman shines spotlight on unseen female characters

EXCLUSIVE: Director of Apple TV+’s anthology drama talks magical realism, drawing on advertising direction techniques and breaking into television

Director Dee Koppang O'Leary on Working on 'The Crown,' 'Bridgerton' and 'The Split'

Director Dee Koppang O'Leary cut her teeth on documentaries such as "Justin Bieber: All Around the World" for NBC and Sky One's "Minnie Driver's Excellent Adventure" before moving into drama via a brief shadowing stint on "Sherlock," starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

'Harry Wild' & 'To Olivia' Writer Dave Logan Developing Crime Drama In Malta With Jo Spain

EXCLUSIVE: Dave Logan, creator of Acorn TV's Harry Wild and writer on Roald Dahl film To Olivia, is developing a crime drama TV series set in Malta with his Harry Wild co-writer Jo Spain. Details of the show are scarce but it is being produced by Harry Wild indie Dynamic TV with Dynamic Managing Partner Klaus Zimmerman.

'Amulet' Writer-Director Romola Garai Is Developing Projects With Stigma Films, Mark Gordon...

EXCLUSIVE: Actress and filmmaker Romola Garai, whose directorial debut played at Sundance 2020, is working on a raft of projects including a re-team with Amulet producer Matthew James Wilkinson ( Yesterday). Well-received feminist horror Amulet stars Carla Juri, Imelda Staunton and Alec Secareanu and was released in the U.S.

Zac Nicholson BSC / A Boy Called Christmas

Centring a narrative around Santa Claus' origin story may sound a little out there, but the scintillating story transcends time and realms of reality with the help of outstanding VFX and awe-inspiring camera work. We caught up with Zac Nicholson BSC to understand exactly how the unique style of A Boy Called Christmas was achieved.

Giles Milton's 'Winston Churchill's Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare' To Be Adapted For TV By...

EXCLUSIVE: Giles Milton's story behind Winston Churchill's World War Two underground unit is to be told via a TV series from Netflix's Castlevania: Nocturne creator Clive Bradley.

David Katznelson BSC DFF on lensing The Rescue

Article by David Katznelon BSC DFF "I first got involved in the documentary not long after the actual rescue took place in Thailand. A good director friend of mine, Kevin Macdonald, was attached to the project, and asked me if I would be interested in joining him on the adventure.

Interview - DEADLY CUTS Director Rachel Carey

Deadly Cuts is an all-female hair salon in Piglinstown, one of the roughest neighbourhoods in Dublin. The salon stylist Stacey (played by Ericka Roe) is determined to win a prestigious Ahh Hair competition despite being blackmailed by a local gang and threatened to be shut down by the local councillor.

Filmmaker Anthony Wonke discusses the epic but intimate story of the world's greatest jockey,...

Filmmaker Anthony Wonke discusses the epic but intimate story of the world's greatest jockey, Frankie Dettori, as part of Times Radio culture panel with Kait Borsay. Listen here from 1:07:09 Dettori is available now on Sky documentaries

Writer Annalisa Dinnella talks stand-up, sleeper trains and Italian food in this month's End...

BWW Interview: Joel Horwood Chats THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE

Joel Horwood has written for both stage and screen, including adapting the iconic Radiohead album "OK Computer" for BBC Radio 4, the TV show Skins, and the Olivier Award-nominated show I Want My Hat Back. His latest work is an adaptation of the much-loved Neil Gaiman book The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

Loose Ends: Kayleigh Llewellyn on her autobiographical series IN MY SKIN

Clive Anderson is joined by Kayleigh Llewellyn to discuss her second of IN MY SKIN, now on BBC iPlayer

Preparing for War: Jessica Hobbs on The Crown and her EMMY win

By Michael Pickard November 15, 2021 The Director's Chair Director Jessica Hobbs discusses her role on Netflix's royal drama The Crown and breaks down her work in season four finale War, for which she won an Emmy award.

DP Mark Wolf on capturing Help - British Cinematographer

How did you first get involved with the production? I was shooting Time for the BBC and got a call from Marc Munden. We'd met a few years earlier but never worked together before. What were your thoughts when you read Jack Thorne's script? What appealed to you about the story?

Kayleigh Llewellyn: In My Skin helped me unpick a lifetime of shame by

Sarah Cunningham / Flatland

British Cinematographer caught up with Sarah to discuss the trials and tribulations of shooting an independent film in an unfamiliar world. What initially appealed to you about the film? I was on a very unglamorous journey from Bristol to London the night before, and I went through the script whilst I was engaged on another project.

The Last Letter From Your Lover: Designing the past and readdressing the present - Film and...

Production Designer James Merifield takes us behind the scenes on the film adaptation of Jojo Moyes' best-selling romantic novel, The Last Letter From Your Lover. The Last Letter From Your Lover is a passionate, dual-narrative love story set in the South of France and London during the 1960s and present day.

April De Angelis: 'Writing Gin Craze! has been a relief - its crisis is safely in the past'

The playwright has always been interested in the stories of the dispossessed and downtrodden, those whom historians tend to forget. Now, while also staging climate-change monologue Extinct, she's delving into the past again for her latest offering, Gin Craze!, her first musical.

Zac Nicholson BSC / The Pursuit of Love

From the quality of writer-director Emily Mortimer's screenplay for the three-part BBC series following the adventures of Linda Radlett (Lily James) and her cousin Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham), it was instantly apparent to Nicholson that the adaptation would be a success and that Mortimer, who was making her directorial debut, "understood the book and knew how to make the series funny, special and relevant".

Job Description: Costume designer Sinéad Kidao

Job Description Sinéad Kidao, the costume designer on The Pursuit of Love, reveals how she worked with writer and director Emily Mortimer to create the interwar style of this comedic drama based on Nancy Mitford's novel.

Laura Bellingham / The Power

Set in London in 1974, as Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, The Power sees trainee nurse Val (Rose Williams) arrive for her first day at the East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building.

Working Lives: Fight director Kate Waters

Kate Waters has worked on Coronation Street for the past decade, choreo­graphing the conflicts that are such a staple of the ITV soap. Recently, she directed the fight scenes in the National Theatre's triumphant film Romeo & Juliet for Sky Arts.

Working Lives: Writer Kayleigh Llewellyn

Kayleigh Llewellyn created BBC Three's In My Skin, which won the RTS's Drama Series award earlier this year. The Cardiff-born writer can be found on the set of the latest series of the coming-of-age drama - when she is not writing episodes of Killing Eve.

'The Power' Director Corinna Faith Talks Creepy British Period Horror Set in London Hospital

Six years after she first conceived of the idea, Corinna Faith's "The Power" is gearing up for release. Cleverly set in 1974, during a time when miners' union disputes led to blackouts enforced by the U.K. government, the British writer-director's debut feature is a smart and scary horror that marks her as a filmmaker to watch.

Playing the long game: Director Andy Wilson on Unforgotten

Let slow-burn series warm up by writer Dan Sefton (The Mallorca Files)

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Sarah Gavron and Theresa Ikoko on Rocks, Oscar nominations, Emma Stonex

Director Sarah Gavron and writer Theresa Ikoko on their film Rocks, Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reflects on today's Oscar nominations and Emma Stonex discusses her novel The Lamplighters. Inspired by the real-life story of three men in a lighthouse who mysteriously vanished, Emma Stonex's novel The Lamplighters is part thriller, part history and part ghost story.

Newswrap International Women’s Day special: a woman’s world. The creatives behind Netflix film...

In conversation: Daragh Carville and Roger Goldby

Tips from the top: TV and film director Sheree Folkson

■ The Bridgerton and Sex/Life director on adding racial diversity to period dramas, and why Regé-Jean Page should be the next Bond How did you feel when you heard the viewing figures for Bridgerton on Netflix were 63million over Christmas? It's so incredible. I've always loved period drama and this is clever as it's got...

BFI at Home | Terry Gilliam at 80

Creative therapy: Kayleigh Llewellyn on IN MY SKIN

By Michael Pickard November 3, 2020 Writer Kayleigh Llewellyn and director Lucy Forbes reflect on their Bafta-winning series In My Skin, a coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl living a double life as she tries to hide her chaotic family situation from her friends.

Director Who Gave Sean Connery His First Lead Role Says Casting Was Actually His Wife's Idea

The idea of the late Sean Connery being anything other than a cinema icon may be a difficult one to comprehend, but there once was a time when the Scot was a struggling extra looking for work.

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, Alvin Rakoff

Alvin Rakoff on Sean Connery, Peter Sellers and many others. With Antonia Quirke 94 year old director Alvin Rakoff talks about giving Sean Connery his big break, why his friend Peter Sellers wired his home for sound and what it was like directing Laurence Olivier in A Voyage Around My Father Author Anna Cale and historian Matthew Sweet talk about the phenomenon that was Diana Dors and reveal how her life would have changed if she had only married Bob Monkhouse.

Director who gave Sean Connery his first major role looks back

Alvin Rakoff, who lives in London, is a great unsung film and television director Recounts in memoir directing the then unknown Sean Connery in a major role Rakoff was also responsible for the classic A Voyage Round My Father I'M JUST THE GUY WHO SAYS ACTION by Alvin Rakoff (Amazon £9.99, 183 pp) Alvin Rakoff, a Canadian long-time resident in London, is one of the great unsung film and television directors.

Bonus Episode - Alvin Rakoff Interview | Talking Pictures TV Podcast on Acast

In this special bonus episode, Mel Byron talks to legendary TV and film director Alvin Rakoff, whose memoir, I'm Just the Guy Who Says 'Action', is out now. Alvin is full of great stories about the early days of television, and of his time in film, and is the man who gave Sean Connery his first big break.

Laurence, Smart & Talalay on A Babysitters Guide to Monster Hunting

A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting is out now on Netflix and to mark the launch of this entertaining adventure flick, we had the pleasure of speaking to the two leading ladies, the young duo of Oona Laurence and Tamara Smart. We also discussed the project with the director herself, Rachel Talalay.

Tips from the Top: Military technical adviser for film and TV Paul Biddiss

■ This former paratrooper, 52, on drilling 500 extras for the BBC's War And Peace and doing biceps curls with Sam Mendes' 1917 Bafta How do you go from leaving the Army to instructing TV and film productions how to make their military scenes look authentic?

BWW Interview: Peter McKintosh Talks TWELVE ANGRY MEN at Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon

Award-winning scenic and costume designer Peter McKintosh was meant to be working on a production of 12 Angry Men at the Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon in Tokyo until Covid-19 hit. But with social distancing now in place, the show is going ahead, with McKintosh working his magic virtually instead.

Former paratrooper Paul Biddiss kept it real for war movie scenes in 1917

Bayonet charges and battle sequences were among Paul Biddiss's responsibilities as senior military adviser on the new war blockbuster 1917. The former paratrooper also used a soldier's vigilance to ensure that chocolate bars eaten on set did not ruin the period aesthetic by appearing in shot.

Designer launches campaign to raise money for freelancers

Designer Robert Innes Hopkins is behind the #TheatreMakersSupportPledge campaign in which theatremakers are selling items connected with their work, incl. Peter McKintosh

Science future

By Michael Pickard September 16, 2020 SHOWRUNNER German writer and director Christian Ditter tells DQ about making his showrunning debut with Biohackers, a Netflix original series dealing with love, revenge and revolutionary scientific technology. Since moving to LA, German writer and director Christian Ditter has helmed movies including How to Be Single, starring Leslie Mann and Rebel Wilson, and the Lily Collins-led Love, Rosie.

BWW Interview: Martin Sherman Talks ROSE at Hope Mill Theatre

The Olivier-nominated play Rose is getting an online revival Martin Sherman's Olivier-nominated play Rose is getting an online revival, with Maureen Lipman in the lead role, streamed for three performances through the Hope Mill Theatre website. What inspired you to write Rose?

Kayleigh Llewellyn on In My Skin: 'I lived in fear of kids finding out about mum'

'Growing up," says Kayleigh Llewellyn, "my mum had bipolar disorder type one. So quite severe. The love you have for your mother or father is so deep-seated, there's a contradiction: you love the person, but you also feel ashamed of them, because you're a teenager and you don't know any better."

'Maudie' Director Aisling Walsh Reveals How She Tempted Oscar-Winner Glenda Jackson Back To...

Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson, who picked up Academy Awards for 1971's Women In Love and 1974's A Touch Of Class, returns to the screen for the first time in 25 years in BBC drama Elizabeth Is Missing.

Stephen Unwin: Peter Gill has real insight into what makes actors tick | Opinion | The Stage

Founder of English Touring Theatre, and an experienced director himself, Stephen Unwin celebrates the director and playwright, who in his 80th year continues to make theatre focused on the human experience Peter Gill is surely the most charismatic of our great directors.

BBC Radio London - Robert Elms, Listed Londoner - Giles Milton

Author Giles Milton takes on the famous 15.

Guilty Feminist goes global

Deborah Frances-White is taking her Guilty Feminist podcast on an international tour. She has announced the first US dates for the show, starting with a live recording at The House of Blues in Boston on January, followed by eight other cities in America and Canada.

'Chernobyl': Walking the Fine Line of Production Design on the Hit HBO and Sky Show

It's been a busy few months for Luke Hull, a production designer on " Chernobyl." Fresh from landing an Emmy for his work on the HBO and Sky hit series, he has been named one of BAFTA and Netflix's Breakthrough Brits, a cohort of standout talent who get a year of mentoring and have their burgeoning careers fast-tracked.

BBC Radio London - Robert Elms, Martin Sherman, Philippa Perry, Steve Savale and John Pandit,...

Playwright Martin Sherman takes on the famous 15 Listed Londoner questions.

The End of the F***ing World director explains why the show's "other-worldy" feel is important

The End of the F***ing World both premiered and wrapped up its second series this week and by all accounts it was a triumph. The show is based on Charles Forsman's graphic novel of the same name, and speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, director Lucy Forbes explained what she thinks works well about the new series, revealing it was important to her to maintain the "other-worldly feel" of the source material.

BBC One - The Graham Norton Show, Series 26, Episode 15

Together on Graham Norton's sofa, Robert Downey Jr, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Terry Gilliam. Plus singer Sara Bareilles performing She Used to Be Mine. Together on Graham's sofa tonight, the stars of new fantasy adventure Dolittle, Iron Man Robert Downey Jr and Oscar-winner Emma Thompson.

EXCLUSIVE: Inside designing sets for Johnny English Strikes Again with Simon Bowles

Simon Bowles is a British production designer who kicked off his film career working as a projectionist at a cinema before working on the first film of then-unknown and now legendary director Edgar Wright - A Fistful of Fingers.

An Interview with James Merifield: The Production Designer for Mary Queen of Scots

Best known for his work on Mortdeca, Little Dorrit, and Final Portrait production designer James Merifield talks to Many News about how he got involved in TV and film plus he shares his experiences working on Mary Queen of Scots. IMDB How did you get involved in film and TV?

Screenwriter Philippa Goslett on Mary Magdalene, Neil Gaiman and the 'Viewpoint of the Outsider'

Philippa Goslett is the screenwriter of " Mary Magdalene," the movie that looks at the life of Jesus from the perspective of his most famous contemporary female follower. The film stars Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Tahar Rahim and is being released by IFC Films in the U.S.

Aesthetica Magazine - Precarious Disorientation

Norwegian director Eskil Vogt envisions a breathtakingly perceptive film about the fears and fantasies of a 30-something woman who loses her sight.

Portrait of the artist: Todd Solondz, film director

What got you started? I went to college in a time before VCR. Film societies showed movies every night of the week. You could have triple-bills of Frank Capra, Jean-Luc Godard and Akira Kurosawa, all in one evening. Because I was so shy and maladroit, I spent much of my time there, lapping it up.

Interview: Todd Solondz on Dark Horse

Kat Phan talks to cult film director Todd Solondz about his latest bittersweet comedy, starring Jordan Gelber and Selma Blair as dysfunctional thirtysomethings

Todd Solondz Interview - Dark Horse, Infantilization, Off-Putting Characters and DVD Extras -...

Todd Solondz' latest feature, Dark Horse, arrives in UK cinemas this week and I was lucky enough to speak to the director about the film and also his previous features.. I first saw Dark Horse at the London Film Festival, you can find my review here, and was greatly impressed with the fluid and insular storytelling, which [...]

"People just don't wanna know about it" - Ivan Sen on exploring indigenous culture in Mystery...

Stefan Pape interviews Australian filmmakers Ivan Sen for the release of his brooding thriller Mystery Road.

Year of the art movie: director Peter Greenaway discusses his new film Goltzius and the Pelican...

From Turner to Ruskin, artists are having a cinematic moment. The ‘period of cultural uncertainty’ we’re in may have something to do with it, director Peter Greenaway tells Nick Curtis, as the latest film in his Dutch Masters trilogy is released

Peter Greenaway on Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Director Peter Greenaway talks about filming Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012), to what extent Quentin Tarantino's views on cinema mirror his own, and how sex drives technology. Greenaway also discusses working with composer Philip Glass, his mixed feelings about receiving a BAFTA award and European views on nudity. Goltzius And The Pelican Company was released in the UK by Axiom Films on 11 July 2014.

Golshifteh Farahani: 'Exile from Iran is like death'

She was Iran's biggest film star. But when she bared her breast in a French video, she was banished from the country and became a lightning rod for the divisions in Iranian society

In a Better World director Suzanne Bier on winning an Oscar

Director Suzanne Bier had won awards for her films before, but being nominated for an Oscar - and turning up for the ceremony - was something else again, she explains

Robert Elms - Listed Londoner: Peter Greenaway - BBC Sounds

Catch up on your favourite BBC radio show from your favourite DJ right here, whenever you like. Listen without limits with BBC Sounds.

Peter Greenaway's pact with death

Peter Greenaway makes one thing very clear to Catherine Shoard : there is nothing more to life but sex and death

Peter Greenaway discusses his film inspired by Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch.

Peter Greenaway discusses his film inspired by Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch.

BAFTA A Life in Pictures: Peter Greenaway - Bafta

Read the full transcript from BAFTA A Life in Pictures: Peter Greenaway

Bernard Rose: 'Built-in obsolescence is a problem nobody talks about'

Film director Bernard Ros e on why he loves editing on his laptop, hates PCs, and why he's scared of having a robot in his house

Tom Shone talks to Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck about neo-neorealism cinema

You know you've arrived when you've got your own 'ism' ... Tom Shone talks to Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, creators of neo-neorealism cinema, about their new film, Sugar

Keanu Reeves: the future of cinema

Reading on a mobile? Watch here Reading on a mobile? Watch here I grew up with film. I understand how it can make you feel nostalgic. It stands for a halcyon past, like memories of your mother's cooking. Celluloid is a fantastic, romantic medium. But technology is evolving fast, and in exciting ways.

Hugo Weaving: 'I can't get up in front of an audience. I'm very insecure'

Travelling is education. I was born in Nigeria, but my parents are from the UK and I've lived in Britain, South Africa and Australia. Being exposed to so many cultures, languages, geographies and histories, I realised people are fundamentally very similar. I was diagnosed as epileptic when I was 13 and had seizures once a year until my 40s.

Claudia Cardinale: 'I don't want to stop'

There's nothing Claudia Cardinale hates more than staying still, but for the past two months she's had to do exactly that. She broke her foot on holiday in Tunisia and has since been holed up in her Paris flat. "It was stupid," she says, in her distinctive Mediterranean rasp.

How Danny Huston accidentally became a star

If you don't already know whose son Danny Huston is, the fastest way to figure it out is to close your eyes and listen to him speak. The words waft towards you on a breathy cloud, lent colour and character by a ­detectable lifelong smoking habit (no emphysema like the Old Man had, though, not yet).

Selma Blair interview: 'I could be living in a castle right now, with Tom Cruise'

If we believe everything we see on screen, it has taken the last 15 years for Selma Blair to grow from her late teens to her early 20s. So long has she been playing the gullible ingénue, the hesitant high-school student, in films such as Cruel Intentions and Legally Blonde, it is as if time has stood still.

The big cheese: The crazy life of Gérard Depardieu

He has 180 screen credits to his name. He has awkward attitudes to life, love, food and drink. He has two new films out. And he's taking no prisoners. Welcome to the world of Gérard Depardieu, France's biggest film star

Paul Bettany: 'Films were just better in the past'

Whether slumming it in action flicks or working with Lars von Trier, Paul Bettany is rarely moved to watch his own films. Hermione Hoby meets the Hollywood idol who can't stand the movie business

Olivia Williams's Diary

I try very hard not to be annoyed by those hilarious social comedians who refer to unemployed actors as 'resting'. 'Aha, very good!' I say, and move my shoulders up and down to simulate laughter. I think that throws them off the scent of my violent temper.

Nanette Newman

Martin Freeman is not your best mate. Got that?

Martin Freeman is not your friend. He is not your buddy. And he is not as nice as you think he is. "This is probably surprising to people," says the 38-year-old star of The Office and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "but I carry a lot of rage around inside me.

Frozen River star Melissa Leo worked for $100 a week

Most people would be hard pressed to put a face to the name, but Melissa Leo has been working in movies for 30 years. This year, though, the spotlight finally swung on to the 48-year-old New Yorker thanks to a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role in the low-budget drama Frozen River.

Get reel: Isabelle Huppert

The French actress, star of more than 80 films, including the infamous Hollywood epic Heaven's Gate, and Michael Haneke's controversial The Piano Teacher, has cornered the market in icy, suffering heroines. Her latest role is as a stricken mother in colonial Cambodia in The Sea Wall, an adaption of the memoir by Marguerite Duras.

What You Leave Behind

Buy What You Leave Behind by Pourgourides, Nick, Pourgourides, Nick (ISBN: 9798361811274) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND Book Trailer

WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND is a true story of family discovery that spans three generations. From wartime Shanghai under Japanese internment to modern day London, the author delivers a poignant and heartfelt account of his journey to uncover the life of his long-lost grandfather, whilst reconciling his own, deeply rooted questions of self-acceptance, family legacy and mortality. Available now via Amazon The author has partnered with Variety, the Children’s Charity to donate proceeds to help...

Acclaim for WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND

The Robert Elms show - Listed Londoner guest: Nick Pourgourides - BBC

Catch up on your favourite BBC radio show from your favourite DJ right here, whenever you like. Listen without limits with BBC Sounds.

WHAT BOOK would Nick Pourgourides take to a desert island?

. are you reading now? I Need Another Take, Darling, by Alvin Rakoff, the twice Emmy award-winning director who has worked with multiple screen legends over the years. Filled with fabulous anecdotes of life on set with stars such as Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers, Sean Connery and Kenneth More, Alvin (who is 96) writes so vividly you'd think these experiences happened only yesterday.

Author Nick Pourgourides Launches New Book in Aid of Variety - Variety, the Children's Charity

'What You Leave Behind' is a true story of family discovery that spans three generations. From wartime Shanghai under Japanese internment to modern day London, the book details his journey to uncover the life of his long-lost grandfather. Along the way, he also reconciles his own deeply rooted questions of self-acceptance, family legacy and mortality, [...]

Alvin Rakoff Q&A hosted by presenter Nick Pourgourides at the Mill Theatre

Kenneth More biography to be published by entertainment publicist Nick Pourgourides

Acclaim for MORE, PLEASE

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme presented by Antonia Quirke: Interview with author Nick...

Kenneth More was one of the most popular actors in Britain in the 1950's, but he's never been the subject of a biography. So, Nick Pourgourides decided to do something about it. The result, More, Please has just been published.

Kenneth More: 10 essential films

In the 1950s, Kenneth More was arguably Britain's biggest film star. Famously self-deprecating, he wasn't the type to immerse himself in roles. But, such was his integrity, audiences trusted More the man and rooted for his larger-than-life characters, as Nick Pourgourides points out in his engaging new biography, More, Please!,

More than meets the eye: the 1950s film star whose first love was theatre

A celebrated actor in his day, Kenneth More worked on everything from Hollywood blockbusters with Jayne Mansfield to early Alan Bennett shows and BBC TV's The Forsyte Saga. Nick Pourgourides tells Nick Smurthwaite about his new biography

Kenneth More was so British he wore a collar and tie on the beach

Nick Pourgourides pays tribute to Kenneth More in a fascinating biography MORE, PLEASE!

Kenneth More was a war hero who conquered British cinema. Why did he fall from view?

More felt comfortable in a uniform and at home among serving men. From the early Fifties, his experiences served him well as an actor: in Reach for the Sky (1956) as the legendary pilot Douglas Bader, who lost both legs in a flying accident but became a decorated hero.Now, a new book called More, Please! by Nick Pourgourides aims to repatriate one of Britain’s biggest film stars.