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2 DGA QUARTERLY 22 ONE FROM THE HEART Olympic-Level Craft Commercial director Alma Har'el takes the theme of "Love Over Bias" personally. BY BECCA NADLER 24 SHOT TO REMEMBER The Feeling of Discombobulation Director Roland Joffé captures the fear and dread of the Khmer Rouge in The Killing Fields with constant movement. BY ROB FELD 76 MILESTONE Fifty years ago, Mel Brooks' directorial debut, The Produc- ers, opened in New York and launched the career of one of cinema's most outrageously funny auteurs. 9 BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER Greta Gerwig's Search for Truth With Lady Bird, her solo debut as a director, the filmmaker ap- peared to be an overnight sensa- tion, but as an actress she'd been studying other directors' work for more than a decade, and the attention to detail paid off. 13 UNSCRIPTED All About Eve on Ice At the recent Winter Olympics, a coronation was expected for the reining women's figure skating champion, but her younger Rus- sian rival had other plans. Direc- tor Pierre Moossa helps recount the drama. 15 INQUIRING MINDS Juggling Act Director Pamela Fryman was tasked with directing no less than six comedy pilots by the time the broadcasters' upfronts start in May. How she did it. BY WHITNEY FRIEDLANDER C O N T E N T S O N T H E COV E R Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez Focus Back Page 16 20 22 15 9 16 GADGETS Extended Reality Three state-of-the-art VR cameras enable filmmakers to shape virtual storytelling. BY DARON JAMES 18 MADISON AVENUE Six Is the New 30 Micro commercial spots have been creeping up on television viewers during marquee sports events over the past few months. Is it a wave of the future or a passing fad? BY T.L. STANLEY 19 LOST EPIC Kubrick's Napoleon Complex As the newly scaled down yet no less comprehensive Taschen book Stanley Kubrick's Napo- leon: The Greatest Movie Never Made demonstrates, Kubrick was nothing if not a completist. 20 AT WORK WITH Stage manager Jerri Churchill, associate director Cory Fishman, 1st AD Marty Eli Schwartz and 2nd AD Lisa Zugschwerdt give a taste of their prowess on the set.