The Filmmaker’s Podcast #334: Florian Zeller talks ‘The Son’
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #334: Florian Zeller – Making an Oscar winning film as your debut movie. The director & screen writer of ‘The Father’ discusses his new film ‘The Son’ starring Hugh Jackman.
Oscar winner Florian Zeller joins us to talk about his Anthony Hopkins starring The Father and his latest film The Son. Florian’s debut feature The Father was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, winning Best Adapted screenplay and nominated for six Bafta’s, sits down for a chat with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir in London and they discuss:
- Adapting his plays in feature films
- Mental health and male suicide in films
- His writing process
- Why he often doesn’t rehearse and kept actors apart before filming
- How to direct actors
- Working with Anthony Hopkins and why an email from Hugh Jackman was a game changer
- How he believes anyone can learn to be a filmmaker
- And why Cows become quite a bit topic on this week’s episode
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