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Iain Blair
Iain Blair has interviewed industry's top filmmakers, including George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Brett Ratner, Rob Reiner and many, many more.

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  • Director's Chair: Peter Berg - 'Lone Survivor'
    Director's Chair: Peter Berg - 'Lone Survivor'

    HOLLYWOOD — Peter Berg may have started out as an actor in such shows and films as 21 Jump Street and Race For Glory, but it’s when he moved behind the camera that his career really took off, thanks t ...

    February 11, 2014

  • Oscar Picks
    Oscar Picks

    In terms of Oscar-worthy films, 2013 followed the usual release pattern; the first eight or nine months of the year saw a handful of potential contenders, including Fruitvale Station, The Great Gatsby ...

    January 15, 2014

  • Director's Chair: David O. Russell — 'American Hustle'
    Director's Chair: David O. Russell — 'American Hustle'

    HOLLYWOOD — Director/writer David O. Russell, who made his directorial debut with 1994’s dark comedy Spanking the Monkey, has since amassed a small but diverse body of work that includes the Gulf War ...

    January 15, 2014

  • Director's Chair: Paul Greengrass - 'Captain Phillips'
    Director's Chair: Paul Greengrass - 'Captain Phillips'

    HOLLYWOOD — After a long, distinguished career in documentaries that culminated in the award-winning documentary-style feature Bloody Sunday about the 1972 civil rights march in Northern Ireland, Brit ...

    December 10, 2013

  • Director's Chair: Alfonso Cuaron - 'Gravity'
    Director's Chair: Alfonso Cuaron - 'Gravity'

    HOLLYWOOD — Acclaimed Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron has tackled a lot of different projects — and subject matter — from the beloved children’s book “A Little Princess” (his 1995 American feature fil ...

    November 5, 2013

  • Director's Chair: Ron Howard - 'Rush'
    Director's Chair: Ron Howard - 'Rush'

    HOLLYWOOD — Since making his directorial debut in 1977 with Grand Theft Auto, director/producer and former child star Ron Howard has established himself as one of Hollywood’s most successful and versa ...

    October 8, 2013

  • Director's Chair: Neill Blomkamp - 'Elysium'
    Director's Chair: Neill Blomkamp - 'Elysium'

    HOLLYWOOD — South African writer/director Neill Blomkamp charged onto the international scene with his 2009 directorial debut District 9, the indie sci-fi thriller and thinly-disguised social commenta ...

    September 6, 2013

  • Director's Chair: Gore Verbinski - 'The Lone Ranger'
    Director's Chair: Gore Verbinski - 'The Lone Ranger'

    HOLLYWOOD — Gore Verbinski loves a challenge — and the bigger the better. After directing the first three films in the mega-franchise Pirates of the Caribbean, and following that up with the Oscar-win ...

    August 12, 2013

  • Director's Chair: Justin Lin - 'Fast & Furious 6'
    Director's Chair: Justin Lin - 'Fast & Furious 6'

    HOLLYWOOD — Justin Lin has been driving the Fast & Furious mega-franchise since 2006’s Tokyo Drift, and has become the go-to car-chase and car-stunt filmmaker of his generation. Now he’s back for ...

    July 8, 2013

  • Director's Chair: Andrew Niccol — 'The Host'
    Director's Chair: Andrew Niccol — 'The Host'

    HOLLYWOOD — Born in New Zealand, writer/director Andrew Niccol moved to London in the ‘80s and began his career directing TV commercials before making his movie debut in 1997 by writing and directing ...

    June 7, 2013

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