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Mel Stuart – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

In 2005 I met Mel Stuart, director of one of my all time favorite films Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Listen to the interview During the interview, Mel Stuart talked about Gene Wilder, making Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and casting Richard Pryor in Wattstax.

By |2023-09-05T18:08:30+00:00April 12th, 2023|Directors|0 Comments

Doug Hemphill – The Life of Pi

Doug Hemphill talks about working on The Life of Pi and other films. Doug Hemphill has been making movies sound sweet since he worked with Walter Merch as Mix Recordist on APOCALYPSE NOW. He won his first Best Sound Academy Award in 1993 for THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, then in 2022 for DUNE:

By |2023-04-12T20:29:13+00:00October 25th, 2022|Center Stage, Filmmakers|0 Comments

Raghu Markus – Brilliant Disguise: The Samadhi of KC Tewari

Raghu Markus talks about his documentary Brilliant Disguise: The Samadhi of K.C. Tewari. In the 60's Raghu Markus traveled to India on a spiritual quest and while there is met K.C. Tewari, a High Yogi, who had the ability to go into altered states of trance, known as Samadhi. Years later the story comes to

By |2022-11-03T16:06:36+00:00October 25th, 2022|Producers|0 Comments

Ryan Spindell – The Mortuary Collection

Ryan Spindell talks about his smartly-crafted horror anthology The Mortuary Collection. Set in the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, The Mortuary Collection, follows a misguided young girl who takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. There she meets Montgomery Dark, an eccentric undertaker with more than a few skeletons in his closet. Montgomery chronicles the

By |2023-04-10T21:40:33+00:00October 25th, 2022|Center Stage, Directors|0 Comments
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