When a filmmaker"s first-ever feature directorial credit makes $1.7 billion at the global box office, you should pay attention. Many may still not know the name Kelsey Mann, yet he steadily moved up the Pixar ladder and was finally given the reins to do…

Rachel Morrison made history as the first woman to earn a Best Cinematography Oscar nomination, as well as an ASC nomination, for her work on 2017’s Mudbound. Her career behind the lens also includes the history-making Black Panther plus Fruitvale Statio…

James Mangold has made a career out of versatility in tackling the kinds of movies he wants to do as a filmmaker. In fact. I compared him to Howard Hawks who seemingly could do it all. That versatility ranges from indie breakouts like his first…

Jon M. Chu is riding high these days. His smash screen adaptation of Wicked already has broken just about every record for a Broadway-to-screen adaptation, and he is about to restart postproduction on Part 2, the now-titled Wicked: For Good, which is…

Amy Pascal started off today with news of a Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Golden Globes nomination for producing Challengers, which got four nominations overall, a nice feat since it came out nine months ago and is still being celebrated as a…

Jesse Eisenberg appears determined to do it all. Best known as an actor in such movies as The Squid and the Whale, Now You See Me, Zombieland, Adventureland, Batman v Superman, and his Oscar-nominated performance as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Ne…

Douglas Wick won a Best Picture Oscar nomination for his first solo producing effort with 1988’s Working Girl, and then in 2000 he won the Best Picture Oscar for Gladiator. Lucy Fisher worked in various studio capacities at MGM, Fox, Zoetrope, Warner…

From his earliest memories, Sean Baker always has had his eyes on making movies. With acclaimed indies including Starlet, Tangerine, The Florida Project and Red Rocket, he has become a leading voice in the independent film scene. But now his wildly prais…

Pablo Larraín calls it an “accidental trilogy,” but nevertheless it has turned out that way. Starting in 2016 there was Jackie, which earned Natalie Portman a Best Actress Oscar nomination for playing the iconic Jacqueline Kennedy. Then in 2021 there…

Jason Reitman was born into the movie business, almost literally: He has a photo being held as a baby on the set where his father Ivan Reitman was making National Lampoon’s Animal House. He has been on a clear path to join the family business ever…

Ramy Youssef is no stranger to awards, having been nominated for Lead Actor in a Comedy as well as Directing for his Hulu series Ramy ,for which he also won a Golden Globe. This year he goes behind the camera again to direct the episode “Honeydew” for Th…

Since his first film as a screenwriter, The Falcon and the Snowman, nearly 40 years ago, Steven Zaillian has been at the top of the filmmaking game with credits including his Oscar-winning adaptation of Schindler’s List in 1993, plus writing nominations…