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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: 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

  • Director's Chair: Danny Boyle — 'Trance'
    Director's Chair: Danny Boyle — 'Trance'

    HOLLYWOOD — Visionary director Danny Boyle, who won the 2009 Oscar for Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire, has always been attracted to controversial stories and to pushing the cinematic envelope a ...

    May 6, 2013

  • Director's Chair: Tom Hooper — 'Les Miserables'
    Director's Chair: Tom Hooper — 'Les Miserables'

    HOLLYWOOD — British director Tom Hooper and The King’s Speech, his film about the true-life story of the stuttering King George VI and his Aussie speech therapist, swept the Oscars in 2011, with the f ...

    April 3, 2013

  • Director's Chair: Robert Zemeckis — 'Flight'
    Director's Chair: Robert Zemeckis — 'Flight'

    HOLLYWOOD — It’s been a long 12 years since Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis, who has focused his energy on animated projects over the past decade, has made a live-action film.

    February 4, 2013

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