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4-Time Emmy Nominated Writer Simon Rich, Creator of MIRACLE WORKERS from 2020-03-22T01:09:27

Guest: Simon Rich is an author who got his start in TV when Seth Myers read one of his books of comedic short stories and hired him as a writer on Listen

BLOW THE MAN DOWN Writers/Directors Bridget Savage Cole & Danielle Krudy from 2020-03-19T01:28:22

Guest: Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy wrote and directed the Amazon film Blow ...

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THE HUNT Writer Nick Cuse from 2020-03-12T01:53:53

Guest: Nick Cuse wrote the film The Hunt with Damon Lindelof. The controversial fil...
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SWALLOW Writer/Director Carlo Mirabella-Davis from 2020-03-05T19:40:58

Guest: Carlo Mirabella-Davis is the writer/director of the striking new body horror film Swa...
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THE INVISIBLE MAN Writer/Director Leigh Whannell from 2020-02-28T00:31

Guest: Leigh Whannell is best known for the Saw and Listen

IMPRACTICAL JOKERS: THE MOVIE Writer/Director/Producer Chris Henchy from 2020-02-21T20:29:10

Guest: Chris Henchy is best known as the producing partner with Will Farrell and Adam McKay, working on movies like Listen

Andrew Heckler, Writer/Director of BURDEN, Sundance Audience Award Winner from 2020-02-16T00:53:30

Guests: Andrew Heckler wrote and directed the independent film Burden. Thi...
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OLYMPIC DREAMS Writer/Director Jeremy Teicher and Real-Life Olympic Athlete and Writer/Star Alexi Pappas from 2020-02-07T22:53:30

Guests: Alexi Pappas and Jeremy Teicher met when they were undergrads at Dartmouth. Alexi pursued her Olympic dreams as a long distance runner while Jeremy purs...
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Emmy-Nominated Actor Brian Presley, Writer/Director/Star of THE GREAT ALASKAN RACE from 2020-01-24T02:30:08

Guest: Brian Presley started his career as an actor, finding success on the ABC daytime show Port Charles, which earned him two Emmy nominations....
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Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter of TROOP ZERO & BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD Lucy Alibar from 2020-01-17T04:46:25

Guests: LUCY ALIBAR, screenwriter and playwright, discusses her new Amazon film Troop Zero along with her 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild that was nomina...
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Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg — Writer/Director and Co-Writers of JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL from 2020-01-03T21:23:55

Guests: JAKE KASDAN (Director, Co-Writer, Producer) made his feature film debut as writer and director of Zero Effect. The following year, he directed the pilot episode...
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Krysty Wilson-Cairns — Co-Writer of '1917' with Director Sam Mendes from 2019-12-27T21:19:49

Guest: Krysty Wilson-Cairns was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, then trained at the National Film and...
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Charles Randolph — Writer of BOMBSHELL and Oscar-Winner for THE BIG SHORT from 2019-12-20T04:15:25

Guest: Charles Randoph, screenwriter of Bombshell and Oscar-winner for the 2015 film THE BIG SHORT. Bombshell tells the sensational t...
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Sophia Takal — Director and Co-Writer of Blumhouse's BLACK CHRISTMAS from 2019-12-12T21:37:18

Guest: Sophia Takal is an American actress, writer and director best known for her work in indie films such as Listen

Tom Harper — Director of THE AERONAUTS starring Felicity Jones & Eddie Redmayne from 2019-12-06T18:34:55

Guest: Director Tom Harper is a BAFTA-nominated film and television director. His credits include the fantastic 2016 miniseries WAR AND PEACE, PEAKY BLINDERS, and WILD ROSE. His...
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Minhal Baig — Writer/Director of HALA and BOJACK HORSEMAN + Actress Geraldine Viswanathan from 2019-11-30T23:43:45

Guest: Minhal Baig is the writer/director of Hala, a deeply personal film about a teen girl struggling to please her Muslim family while navigating her sexuality. The f...
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Christopher Pratt — Former Literary Manager Turned Screenwriter from 2019-11-23T19:36:32

Guest: Christopher Pratt is the author of Remember the Future: How Steve Jobs Used Time Travel to Think Different (Chaite Press, 2013). He wrote UNTITLED FAIRYTALE TEAM...
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Dan Ewen — Writer of PLAYING WITH FIRE from 2019-11-13T22:44

Guest: Dan Ewen is an L.A.-based writer, producer and longtime improv performer hailing from Athens, Georgia. His new film PLAYING WITH FIRE is currently playing in theaters. He...
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John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle — YA Authors of the Book that Inspired the New Netflix Film LET IT SNOW from 2019-11-08T18:37

Guests: John Green, author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, Maureen Johnson, author of TRULY DEVIOUS: A MYSTERY, and Lauren Myracle, author of UPSIDE DOWN MAGIC. The three authors cam...
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon — Director of THE CURRENT WAR: DIRECTOR'S CUT from 2019-11-04T21:36:54

Guest: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is an Emmy-nominated director known for American Horror Story (2014), and Listen

Dawn Luebbe and Jocelyn DeBoer — Writers/Directors/Stars of GREENER GRASS from 2019-11-01T17:30:19

Guests: Dawn Luebbe and Jocelyn DeBoer wrote, directed and star in the new feature film GREENER GRASS, a surreal comedy of manners that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. ...
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Max Eggers — Co-Writer of THE LIGHTHOUSE from 2019-10-24T17:17:13

Guest: Max Eggers and his brother Rob Eggers wrote the screenplay for THE LIGHTHOUSE, with Rob directing. The movie is a hypn...
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Tim Greenberg — Showrunner for Netflix's LIVING WITH YOURSELF & Two-Time Emmy-Winner for THE DAILY SHOW from 2019-10-19T20:00:33

Guest: Timothy Greenberg. As executive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Greenberg won tw...
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Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon — Directors of THE ADDAMS FAMILY and SAUSAGE PARTY from 2019-10-10T17:38:23

Guests: Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan again collaborate on the new animated film The Addams Fam...
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Kevin Smith — Writer/Director of JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT from 2019-10-08T17:03:25

Guest: Kevin Smith is an American writer/director and actor. His first movie, Clerks (1994), was filmed in the...
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Brian C. Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi — Writers of LUCY IN THE SKY from 2019-10-01T23:27:46

Guests: Brian C. Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi initially got attention when their biopic about Shel Silvertein made the Black List, allowing them to take numerous meetings where ...
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Robyn Paris — Writer/Director of the Award-winning Web Series THE ROOM ACTORS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? from 2019-09-15T21:45:34

Guest: Robyn Paris started her career as an actress and can be seen as Michelle in the cult favorite film Listen

Scott Beck and Bryan Woods — Writers of HAUNT and A QUIET PLACE from 2019-09-10T19:55:02

About: The new film Haunt, written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, is the perfect follow up to A Quiet Place (2018) and scared the living daylights...
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Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage — Writers/Directors of THEM THAT FOLLOW starring Walton Goggins and Olivia Colman from 2019-08-26T20:26:04

About: Set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, THEM THAT FOLLOW tells the story of a pastor (Wa...
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Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock — Writers/Director of BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, developed in the 2019 Sundance Filmmaker Labs from 2019-08-26T20:10:31

About: Today I speak with Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock, writers of the adorable indie comedy BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, which Hannah also directed. Hannah and Jen star as sisters f...
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Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky — Writers of GOOD BOYS (2019) and THE OFFICE (US) for Five Seasons from 2019-08-16T05:28:31

Guests: Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky writers of Good Boys (2019), Listen

Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz — Writers/Directors of THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON (2019) from 2019-08-15T21:36:31

Guest: First time writers/directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz chat with us about the challenges making this astonishing, heartfelt film. According to Tyler and Michael, ...
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Jennifer Kent — Writer/Director/Producer of THE NIGHTINGALE, Known for THE BABADOOK from 2019-08-14T21:12:42

Guest: Jennifer Kent is an actress and director, known for The Babadook (2014), Listen

Andrea Berloff — Writer/Director of THE KITCHEN (2019) and Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter of STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (2015) from 2019-08-12T17:27:59

Guest: Andrea Berloff is a writer and actress, known for Straight Outta Compton (2015), Listen

Casey Affleck — Oscar-Winning Actor and Writer/Director/Star of LIGHT OF MY LIFE (2019) from 2019-08-10T07:01:56

Guest: Affleck also directed I'm Still Here (2010), which he also wrote and produced starring Joaquin Phoenix....
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Lynn Shelton — Writer-Director of SWORD OF TRUST (2019) from 2019-08-10T01:21:50

Guest: Lynn Shelton is a director and actress, known for Humpday (2009), Listen

Weiko Lin — Author of Crazy Screenwriting Secrets: How to Capture a Global Audience from 2019-08-07T00:21:19

Guest: For film and TV, Weiko Lin has written projects for companies such as The Mark Gordon Company, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Ivanhoe Pictures (producer of bo...
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John August — Highland 2.5 Software, ALADDIN and His Upcoming GREASE Prequel from 2019-07-18T07:15:38

Guest: John August's screenwriting credits include Go (1999), Bi...
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James Vanderbilt — Screenwriter of MURDER MYSTERY starring Jennifer Aniston & Adam Sandler from 2019-06-19T03:22:12

Guests: James Vanderbilt was born in 1975 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Zodiac (2007), Listen

Jeff Chan & Andrew Rhymer — Writers/Directors of PLUS ONE from 2019-06-17T19:01:40

Guests: Jeff Chan is an American director and screenwriter. He grew up in Ridgewood, NJ and graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2008. His directorial debut, Listen

Madeleine Olnek — Writer/Director of new-release WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY from 2019-04-22T18:19:21

Guest: Madeleine Olnek is a director and writer, known for Wild Nights With Emily (2018) and Listen

Tim Disney — Writer/Director of new-release WILLIAM from 2019-04-19T19:29:41

Guest: Tim Disney is a director, writer and producer, known for William (2019) and Listen

Max Minghella — Writer/Director of TEEN SPIRIT starring Elle Fanning from 2019-04-15T18:19:41

Guest: Max Minghella is a director and writer, known for Teen Spirit (2018). He's also an actor known for his...
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Mike Leigh — 7-time Oscar-nominated Writer/Director from 2019-04-05T17:51:29

Guest: Mike Leigh is a director and writer, known for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Listen