Film Independent Directors Close-Up
February 3 – March 4, 2015
The Landmark Theatre
10850 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles
Film Independent Directors Close-Up gives you access to go behind the scenes with prolific film directors and their collaborators. Get your tickets.
Schedule:
- Tuesday, February 3 – Ava DuVernay: The Road to Selma
Panelists include:
- Ava DuVernay (director, Selma, writer/director Middle of Nowhere)
- Spencer Averick (editor, Selma, Middle of Nowhere)
- David Oyelowo (actor, Selma)
- Moderated by Robin Swicord (writer, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Memoirs of a Geisha)
- Wednesday, February 11 – In the Cutting Room with Richard Linklater and Sandra Adair
Panelists include:
- Richard Linklater (writer/director, Boyhood)
- Sandra Adair (editor/co-producer, Boyhood)
- Wednesday, February 18 – The Independent Spirit: A Directors Roundtable
- Panelists TBA
- Wednesday, February 25 – Writing & Directing
Panelists include:
- Scott Alexander (writer, Big Eyes)
- Dan Gilroy (writer/director, Nightcrawler)
- Larry Karaszewski (writer, Big Eyes)
- Gina Prince-Bythewood (writer/director, Beyond the Lights)
- Moderated by Robin Swicord
- Wednesday, March 4 – Justin Simien: Storytelling Across Platforms
Panelists include:
- Justin Simien (writer/director, Dear White People)
- Phillip J. Bartell (editor, Dear White People)
- Kathryn Bostic (composer, Dear White People)
- Lena Waithe (producer, Dear White People)
- Moderated by Stephanie Allain (Director, Los Angeles Film Festival; producer, Dear White People, Beyond the Lights)
Space is limited. Order passes at filmindependent.org/DCU2015passes.
This event is sponsored by SAGindie and Landmark Theatres
