J.A. Bayona: “Intuition is one of the most important tools a director has”

As the director of “The Orphanage” (2007) and “A Monster Calls” (2016), Spanish-born filmmaker J.A. Bayona (b. 1975) […]

Francis Ford Coppola: “Actors give the performances, and the director is like a coach”

Francis Ford Coppola (b. 1939) is a five-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who became a living […]

Neil Jordan: “You can photograph an actor and create an image out of him he wasn’t aware of”

Before Neil Jordan (b. 1950) became an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and film director, he earned a living as […]

Bela Lugosi, Jr.: “My father was very urbane and cultured, and he always tried to teach me something”

In Robert Cremer’s 1976 publication “Lugosi: The Man Behind the Cape” (Henry Regnery Company, Chicago), Lugosi’s son Bela […]

Carla Laemmle: “Growing up on the Universal lot, near the New York street, was like a dream come true”

As the niece of Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Studios in 1915, Carla Laemmle lived a long and […]

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