Ema Ryan Yamazaki: Monkey Business & The Curious Adventures of George’s Creators
The biggest challenge in making this documentary for the past two years has been figuring out how to gather the funds... I seemed to be stuck in a chi…
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FRONTRUNNER magnifies the voices of filmmakers and documentarians who are constantly breaking down mainstream barriers. Candid conversations with directors, screenwriters and actors offer readers a deeper, closer look at the film industry from those undaunted by the status quo. Featured interviews include Guillermo Arriaga, Alexander Nanau, Emily Hoffman, Octavia Spencer, Jean-Jacques Anaud and Adrien Brody.
Chris Myers: Guap. A Comedy. About Gentrification.
We're living in a New New York, and films set in this New New York have a gloss that I don't think is what the origin of film in New York is about. I'…
Doran Danoff & Edward Symes: Black Magic Piano
This thing is very out, it’s very avant-garde, it’s very art house. We just did it. We were just doing what we wanted to do. It was free. It was t…
Dianne Griffin & Erica Jordan: Painted Nails
We believe Van’s story is extra poignant because she is an immigrant and came to the United States with the assumption that she would be working in …
Dustin Grella: Time & Movement
This process forces me to continue drawing, and not get distracted by operating the camera or deciding when the next frame will be captured.
Luke Lorentzen: Santa Cruz del Islote
I wanted the film to be much more of a character piece than a broad statement regarding global issues of environmentalism. As a filmmaker, it’s grea…
Max Good: Vigilante Vigilante
I respect both sides' willingness to go outside the accepted legal channels to express themselves, but the buffers seem to think they have societal su…
Sara Newens & Mina T. Son: Top Spin
It’s an incredibly nuanced sport that most people in the U.S. haven’t seen at this level.
J. Christian Jensen: White Earth
I'll never forget the feeling of driving through the oil fields at night for the first time. It was like an otherworldly invasion with lights from oi…
Greg Stimac: Americana
My work is a study and meditation into the slippery notion of American identity, quietly for myself to process, and publicly to contribute what the pr…