DGA Quarterly Magazine Jon Favreau James Cameron

The Innovators

James Cameron and Jon Favreau, who have made it their business to push the cinematic medium beyond what was previously possible, exchange views on cutting-edge technology, their roles as directors and achieving the balance between emotion and spectacle.

Conversations
Two prominent directors from shared experience discuss craft, approach, collaboration and the state of the business, with DGA Quarterly as a fly on the wall.
DGA Quarterly Magazine Fall 2019 Conversations Bo Burnham and Olivia Wilde
Fall 2019
Bo Burnham & Olivia Wilde

Bo Burnham and Olivia Wilde trade war stories on making their first features, both coming-of-age sagas, and drawing on their own experience as actors to guide their young casts.

DGA Quarterly Magazine Fall 2019 Conversations Kasi Lemmons and Ed Zwick
Fall 2019
Kasi Lemmons & Ed Zwick

Kasi Lemmons and Ed Zwick hold forth on the responsibilities that come with fact-based historical dramas, achieving authenticity and connecting the past with the present.

DGA Quarterly Magazine Fall 2019 Conversations Mark Cendrowski and Pamela Fryman
Fall 2019
Pamela Fryman & Mark Cendrowski

Seasoned sitcom pros Mark Cendrowski and Pamela Fryman discuss working with live audiences, calming actors' nerves and how to best bring out the humor of their material.

DGA Quarterly Magazine Fall 2019 Conversation Martin Scorsese Quentin Tarantino
Fall 2019
Martin Scorsese & Quentin Tarantino

Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino talk movie obsessions, director heroes, process and violence as catharsis.

DGA Quarterly Magazine Jon Favreau James Cameron
Spring 2019

James Cameron and Jon Favreau, who have made it their business to push the cinematic medium beyond what was previously possible, exchange views on cutting-edge technology, their roles as directors and achieving the balance between emotion and spectacle.