I first became aware of director Rich Newey’s work a few years ago when I caught his “Dreamland” episode of the sci-fi series Stitchers; working from an audacious script by Lynne E. Litt, Newey deftly juggled styles and tones with an inventiveness and confidence that led me to seek out his other episodic work on shows like Blindspot and The Fosters. I was consistently impressed by both his precise, expressive visual style and his sensitivity to dialogue and performance, skills on prominent display in his terrific new feature Killing Eleanor. The film tells the story of Natalie (Annika Marks), an […]
The post "Everyone Should Take an Editing Class, Even Actors": Rich Newey on Killing Eleanor first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post "Everyone Should Take an Editing Class, Even Actors": Rich Newey on Killing Eleanor first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 10/22/2020
- by Jim Hemphill
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
I first became aware of director Rich Newey’s work a few years ago when I caught his “Dreamland” episode of the sci-fi series Stitchers; working from an audacious script by Lynne E. Litt, Newey deftly juggled styles and tones with an inventiveness and confidence that led me to seek out his other episodic work on shows like Blindspot and The Fosters. I was consistently impressed by both his precise, expressive visual style and his sensitivity to dialogue and performance, skills on prominent display in his terrific new feature Killing Eleanor. The film tells the story of Natalie (Annika Marks), an […]
The post "Everyone Should Take an Editing Class, Even Actors": Rich Newey on Killing Eleanor first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post "Everyone Should Take an Editing Class, Even Actors": Rich Newey on Killing Eleanor first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 10/22/2020
- by Jim Hemphill
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Over 317 episodes, “Grey’s Anatomy” has tackled everything from mass shootings to plane crashes. But when the writers’ room for the ABC medical drama convened in June, showrunner Krista Vernoff posed a surprising hypothetical for Season 17: What if the show existed in a world without Covid-19?
“I think that people have fatigue of Covid, and I think they turn to our show for relief,” she told them over Zoom.
Then Vernoff challenged the room to change her mind: “Who wants to be brave and convince me that I’m wrong?”
Co-executive producer Lynne E. Litt went first, Vernoff recalled, and said, “’I think it’s the biggest medical story of our lifetimes.’” And then Litt pitched a story. Vernoff said she was also compelled by the doctors on the writing staff: Naser Alazari, who during the show’s hiatus had been working on the frontlines at a clinic, said that...
“I think that people have fatigue of Covid, and I think they turn to our show for relief,” she told them over Zoom.
Then Vernoff challenged the room to change her mind: “Who wants to be brave and convince me that I’m wrong?”
Co-executive producer Lynne E. Litt went first, Vernoff recalled, and said, “’I think it’s the biggest medical story of our lifetimes.’” And then Litt pitched a story. Vernoff said she was also compelled by the doctors on the writing staff: Naser Alazari, who during the show’s hiatus had been working on the frontlines at a clinic, said that...
- 10/1/2020
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
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