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DGA Events Roundup
Eastern Region Special Projects
Documentary Series Screens
Erik Nelson's The Cold Blue
During WWII, DGA and Oscar-winning Director William Wyler
went to Europe to capture the air war in progress and flew on
actual combat missions. Director Erik Nelson's The Cold Blue
uses newly restored 4K footage from Wyler's work and narration
from some of the last surviving B-17 pilots to make both a tribute
to one of the world's great filmmakers and the men of the Eighth
Air Force. The Cold Blue premiered at AFI Docs and screened at
the New York Film Festival.
Following the DGA Eastern Region Special Projects Committee's
Documentary Series screening in New York on June 13, Nelson
discussed the making of the film in a conversation moderated by
Director Sandra Luckow.
Nelson's other credits include the documentary features A Gray
State, Dinotasia and Dreams with Sharp Teeth; and episodes of
Pearl Harbor Declassified and Secrets and Mysteries He has
been a DGA member since 1984.
Photo: Directors Erik Nelson and Sandra Luckow
(moderator) discuss The Cold Blue.
photo
by
Elisa
Haber
Olivia Wilde discusses Booksmart
Two overachieving girls decide to take their high school days
out in a blaze of glory in Director Olivia Wilde's new comedy,
Booksmart.
Wilde's film tells the story of best friends Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and
Molly (Beanie Feldstein), two academic superstars who've spent
their teenage years keeping their noses to the grindstone. But on
the eve of their graduation, they suddenly realize that they may
have missed out on some special moments and decide to make
up for lost time and cram four years of fun into one night.
Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on
June 2, Wilde sat down with Director Nicole Holofcener to
discuss the making of Booksmart.
Booksmart is Wilde's feature directorial debut. Her other
directorial credits include music videos for Red Hot Chili Peppers
and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and the short film
Free Hugs. She became a DGA member in 2018.
Photo: Directors Nicole Holofcener (moderator)
and Olivia Wilde discuss Booksmart.
photo
by
Ryan
Jensen
