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There were all kinds of opportunities to make movies that would have filled the space but it’s not in my DNA to just do anything. I felt I’d be doing myself and the audience a disservice if I didn’t find something I didn’t feel strongly about it.Īfter “ Get Low ,” I had a hard time finding a project that I loved that loved me back. My first film, “ Two Soldiers,” was so close to me, so moved me, it set a template for what could be achieved with the right material. There was a long gap after “Get Low” came out in 2009. Tom the producer was ultimately my boss, and that was more intimidating, especially because of all the work he has done in the World War II genre as an actor but also as a writer, producer and director on “ Band of Brothers” and “ The Pacific.” He has expectations of the way to make a World War II movie. Tom Hanks is the easiest actor in the world to work with. What about working with Tom Hanks, who is not just a legendary actor but also your screenwriter and producer?

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I learned a lot making my short and spent a long time developing “ Get Low,” so I had a clear vision and confidence so by the time you cast these actors it feels like tumblers falling into place to make your movie rather than intimidating actors you have to figure out how to work with. He is actor-bait - he’s so admired and respected by his peers - so he helps you get in the door with the others.Īging boom could change what we consider beautiful Duvall was circling the project when I came on board but he had to be convinced. Go see Shakespeare put on by your high school: It doesn’t matter how great the writing is – if you don’t have the right cast, you’ll never get as much out of the material as you could. How did that happen and was directing them intimidating? I learned about having discipline but keeping the creative piece and when it came to directing it was the same toolbox.įor “ Get Low ,” your first feature, you managed to cast Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray. That taught me two things: How to keep a set moving but also the dangers of turning everything into a manufacturing process.

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I was green and Steven Bochco made me sit on the set of “ NYPD Blue” for a month to absorb the machine that is called TV production. I was a music video cinematographer and was pulled out of obscurity in the mid-’90s by Charlie Haid, who played Renko on “ Hill Street Blues,” to shoot a Steven Bochco pilot he was directing called “ Murder One. How did your cinematography career influence your directing style?

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