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DGA Events Roundup
Jon Favreau discusses The Lion King
A classic animated film is brought to stunning life in Director Jon Favreau's new
feature, The Lion King. Favreau's film is a photo realistic retelling of the beloved
Disney musical about a lion cub who runs away after a tragedy but ultimately
returns to accept his responsibilities as the leader of his pride.
Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on July 28, Favreau
sat down with Director Sam Raimi to discuss the challenges of bringing a
beloved animated film like The Lion King to life via groundbreaking technologies
married with standard directorial techniques.
Favreau's other credits include the feature films Made, Elf, Iron Man, Chef and
The Jungle Book; the movies for television Smog and Bad Cop, Bad Cop;
the pilots for the series Young Sheldon, Revolution and About a Boy; and
episodes of The Orville, The Office and The Chef Show. Favreau, who also
serves as the Third Vice President of the DGA, has been a member of the
Guild since 1997.
Photo: Sam Raimi (moderator) and Jon Favreau discuss The Lion King.
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Elisa
Haber
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Elisa
Haber
Lynn Shelton discusses Sword of Trust
Director Lynn Shelton's new comedic-drama feature, Sword of Trust, tells
the story of Cynthia who travels with her friend Mary to collect Cynthia's
inheritance, an antique sword that her deceased grandfather believed was
proof that the South won the Civil War. To sell the sword, they team up
with a cantankerous pawnshop owner and his employee Nathaniel, who've
discovered there's a market for the relic as a rarefied 'prover item' and the
ensuing adventure becomes a journey down a rabbit hole into the world of
conspiracy theories and Southern disillusionment.
Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on July 28, Shelton
sat down with Director Jake Kasdan to discuss the making of Sword of Trust.
Shelton's other credits include the feature films Outside In, We Go Way Back,
My Effortless Brilliance, Humpday, Your Sister's Sister, Touchy Feely, Laggies;
and episodes of the series New Girl, The Mindy Project, Master of None,
Casual, Fresh Off the Boat and GLOW. A DGA member since 2010, Shelton
also serves on the Independent Directors Committee and the Television
Creative Rights Committee.
Photo: Jake Kasdan (moderator) and Lynn Shelton discuss Sword of Trust.
Andrea Berloff discusses The Kitchen
Three women take over their incarcerated husbands' criminal empire in
Director Andrea Berloff's crime-drama, The Kitchen.
Based on the comic book series, Berloff's film tells the story of Kathy (Melissa
McCarthy), Claire (Elisabeth Moss) and Ruby (Tiffany Haddish), three 1978
Hell's Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by
the FBI. Forced to take matters into their own hands, they discover they are
unexpectedly adept at mob life including running the gangs and taking out
the competition.
Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on August 4,
Berloff sat down with Director Lisa Cholodenko to discuss the making of The
Kitchen, which was her directorial debut.
Berloff became a DGA member in 2018.
Photo: Lisa Cholodenko (moderator) and Andrea Berloff discuss The Kitchen.
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Byron
Gamarro
