FALL 2009 ISSUE
The DGA Interview RON HOWARD The Professional
Ron Howard has spent his life in the business but may be the least jaded man in Hollywood. He explains why he has lost none of his boyish enthusiasm for telling stories.
The Piracy Problem WHY CULTURE ISN'T FREE The author of The Cult of the Amateur refutes the notion that all creative work on the internet should be free.
The Piracy ProblemINTERNET THEFT: How It Happens and Why It MattersDigital theft poses the most serious threat to the livelihood of Guild members. This primer explains why.
UPMs AND LOCATION MANAGERS GOTHAM RULES UPMs and location managers cover the waterfront—and every other part of New York City—to find unique sites for the three long-running Law & Order series. The trick is keeping it fresh and not tripping over each other.
DOCUMENTARIANS BELOW THE SURFACE With the decline of investigative journalism on TV and in newspapers, social activist documentarians are filling the holes. It's not always glamorous but getting the story has its own rewards.
COSTA-GAVRAS WORLD CLASS With films like Z and Missing, Costa-Gavras almost single-handedly created the modern political thriller. But for him, it’s the human drama that counts.
10 Questions Independent Thinker James Schamus, chief executive officer of Focus Features and producer and/or writer of all of Ang Lee’s films, looks at the specialty film business and sees a world in flux.
Funny Business By Paul Feig The director of The Office and Arrested Development offers some helpful hints that may improve your life on the set.
Shot to Remember Still Singing Stanley Donen remembers shooting the iconic sequence where Gene Kelly blissfully ignores the weather in Singin' in the Rain.
The DGA Interview