Francis Ford Coppola- The DGA Interview - Cover: Photograph by Mark Estes
DGA Quarterly Features
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Spring 2007 - Volume 3, Number 1
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DGA Quarterly Feature Stories
Interview with Francis Ford Coppola - click here to to read.


The DGA Interview:
Coppola Rising

After a 10-year absence from directing, Francis Ford Coppola is back with Youth Without Youth, a return to the personal filmmaking of his younger days.

By Scott Foundas

Director Kenny Ortega on making a preteen phenomenon- click here to to read.

Back to School

When he directed High School Musical, Kenny Ortega had no idea it was going to turn into a preteen phenomenon. Working on the sequel, he tried to capture the same energy.

By David Mermelstein

Shooting The Sopranos - click here to to read.

Shooting The Sopranos

As David Chase’s 80-hour tale of crime and punishment comes to its grand finale, we look at the contribution of its unsung heroes—the directors.

By Jeffrey Ressner

Stephen Frears takes a close look at Hitchcock’s Notorious - click here to to read.


In the Screening Room:
Love for Sale

Stephen Frears takes a close look at Hitchcock’s use of close-ups in Notorious. Repression never looked so good.

By Rob Feld

Film preservation - click here to to read.

Save the Day

Film preservation used to be for old films. Not anymore. In the digital age, directors need to take responsibility for saving their own work.

By Steve Pond

Director Guillermo del Toro on his film, Pan’s Labyrinth - click here to to read.

What Makes
Del Toro Tick?

Guillermo del Toro loves to assemble the pieces of a film to see how they fit. For Pan’s Labyrinth, he created a child’s magical world side-by-side with the horrors of war.

By Henry Sheehan

Directing a network morning news show. - click here to to read.

Early Birds

Directing a network morning news show is no job for the faint of heart. For one thing, you have to get up in the middle of the night.

By Ann Farmer

Movies filmed in Africa - click here to to read.

Out of Africa

With a slew of recent films, it might seem Hollywood has just discovered Africa as a location. But directors have been using the sweeping landscapes and dramatic terrain since the ’30s.


DGA Quarterly - Beginning Section
DGA President Michael Apted's president's report - click here to to read.
On the Job With… Commercial whiz, art of the UPM, soap associate. - click here to to read.

Profiles
On the Job With…

Commercial whiz, art of the UPM, soap associate.

By Amy Dawes

After American Splendor, Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman take a different kind of risk with The Nanny Diaries. - click here to read

Independent Voice
Team Play

After American Splendor, Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman take a different kind of risk with The Nanny Diaries.

By Sylviane Gold

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos talks about how the online rental company has changed the video business…and what’s next. - click here to read
10 Questions
Straight to DVD

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos talks about how the online rental company has changed the video business…and what’s next.

The Cannes Film Festival, celebrating its 60th anniversary, has long been friendly turf for American directors. - Click here to read
The Industry
Doing the Cannes Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival, celebrating its 60th anniversary, has long been friendly turf for American directors.

By James Ulmer

The director of Meet the Fockers and Austin Powers looks for his “Inner Eastwood.”  - Click here to read
Funny Business
How to Be “Directorial”

The director of Meet the Fockers and Austin Powers looks for his “Inner Eastwood.”

By Jay Roach

Jack Shea - A look at the DGA President who led the Guild into the 21st Century. - Click here to read
Legends of the Guild
Jack Shea

A look at the DGA President who led the Guild into the 21st Century.

By Jesse Hiestand

Bill Condon's Dreamgirls - click here to read

Shot to Remember
Steppin’ to the Bad Side

Bill Condon explains how he kept the plot moving and the music jumping in one of the big production numbers from Dreamgirls.

By Rob Feld


DGA Quaterly - The End section
Critic's Corner - click here to to read.


Critic’s Corner
The Care and
Feeding of Critics

The critic for Entertainment Weekly offers some helpful hints on how the species thinks.

By Lisa Schwarzbaum

DVD Classics - click here to to read.


DVD Classics
Art House Confidential

A collection of 50 classic pictures from Janus Films brings the art house to your house.

By Gary Giddins

Books - click here to to read.

Books
Jean Renoir, Pioneering Women and the Digital Revolution

By John Patterson

In an excerpt from his latest book, director-writer David Mamet  dishes test screenings.- click here to read

In My Opinion
Failed Tests

In an excerpt from his latest book, the director-writer dishes test screenings.

By David Mamet

Out of the Past - click here to to read.

Out of the Past
Talkin’ to Me?

De Niro and Scorsese rehearse one of the great lines in movies.


Editorial Staff
Editorial Staff