Meet The Filmmaker: Interviews From 20102012

Join environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and filmmaker Bill Haney as they discuss their film, "The Last Mountain."

Join Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed and fellow comedians Erik Griffin, Ted Alexandro and Angelo Tsarouchas as they discuss their documentary, “ Just Like Us”. Ahmed Ahmed’s directorial debut, the film exemplifies a goal of reintroducing socially relevant issues to the world to build cultural bridges in this age of greater tolerance and acceptance through comedy. The film documents stand-up comedy shows in four countries in the Middle East, showcasing the cultures of Dubai, Lebanon, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Egypt with sold out crowds totaling over 20,000 people.

Join Paul Bettany and Lily Collins as they discuss their new film, “Priest,” an adaptation of the Tokyopop comic book about war between humans and vampires.

Join Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone – the members of The Lonely Island - as they discuss "Turtleneck and Chain," the exciting follow-up to their 2009 platinum debut.

Join director Paul Feig ("Freaks and Geeks") as he discusses his new film, "Bridesmaids." Kristen Wiig leads the cast as Annie, a maid of honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and a group of colorful bridesmaids on a wild ride down the road to matrimony.

This director discusses his film “Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon”. One of the world’s biggest rock bands, Kings of Leon returns to Talihina, Oklahoma, for their annual family reunion. The documentary examines the band’s roots and explores how a strict Pentecostal upbringing preceded their unlikely transformation.

The director Deborah Chow, acclaimed actor and his co-star Isabelle Blais discuss their new drama, “The High Cost of Living”. One night, Henry’s (Braff) and Nathalie’s (Blais) lives tragically collide, forcing them both to confront loss, love, and life—and to decide whether the high cost of living is worth the price.

Join filmmaker and actor Ed Burns as he discusses his new film, Newlyweds. Referred to as a “companion piece of sorts” to his previous work, Sidewalks of New York, which followed the interwoven lives and loves of six New Yorkers, Newlyweds takes place entirely in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City.

Join the talented director as he discusses his film Flowers of Evil. Set in Paris, this experimental drama organically incorporates YouTube documentation of Iran’s 2009 post-election demonstrations and the government’s brutal reprisals into a tender love story between an Algerian-French hotel bellman and an Iranian student.

The renowned comic book writer and illustrator discusses his first film, The Bleeding House, which he wrote and directed. In the film, a stranger with mysterious intentions comes to stay the night at a secluded country home, where he meets a family torn apart by a violent past and a deadly secret.

Join filmmaker Gaukur Úlfarsson and Icelandic comedian Jon Gnarr as they discuss their documentary, “Gnarr”. Following his country’s economic meltdown, Gnarr formed a punk political party and ran for mayor of Reykjavik. When support for Gnarr’s mayoral bid snowballs, what began as a joke quickly captures the imagination of a nation desperate for a change.

Join actor Will Ferrell and filmmaker Dan Rush as they discuss their new drama, Everything Must Go. After losing his wife and job, Nick Halsey (Ferrell) holds a yard sale on the front lawn, and with the help of a neighbor, begins to start over.

Actor Eva Mendes and writer-director Massy Tadjedin discuss their provocative romantic drama, “Last Night”. The story follows a married couple who, apart for one night, are faced with a temptation that may decide the fate of their marriage.

Join the directors and actors of the comedy “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy”. Jason Sudeikis plays Eric, a thirtysomething party animal who, along with his longtime friends, throws an orgy at his father’s Hamptons beach house before it’s sold.

Join filmmaker James Westby and the lead cast of the new black comedy, “Rid of Me”. After being dumped by her husband, Meris (Katie O’Grady) takes a job as a candy store clerk, opening unexpected worlds into Portland’s underground punk scene and putting her on a bumpy road toward self-discovery.

Join filmmaker Steven Silver, photographer and author Greg Marinovich and actor Taylor Kitsch as they discuss this gripping drama based on the nonfiction book by Greg Marinovich. The film follows four young combat photographers who risk their lives and use their cameras to tell the world of the violence associated with the first free elections in post-apartheid South Africa.

Join film producers David Baron and David Heyman, and cast Michael Gambon (Dumbledore), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), James and Olivier Phelps (Fred and George Weasley), Warwick Davies (Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook) and Helen McCrory (Narcissa Malfoy) as they discuss the final installment of the Harry Potter film series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. The story follows Harry Potter on a quest to find and destroy Lord Voldemort's secret to immortality – the Horcruxes.

Join director James Gunn and as he discusses his new comedy “Super”. The story follows a man (Rainn Wilson) who decides to become a super hero after a series of unfortunate events, including his wife (Liv Tyler) leaving him, literally being touched by the finger of God in a dream, and seeing a morally-preachy superhero named the Holy Avenger (Nathan Fillion) on catholic television.

Actor Eric Bana discusses his new action thriller, "Hanna," a film which follows 16-year-old Hanna, raised to be the perfect assassin.

Join Oscar Award‒nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal, actress Michelle Monaghan and director Duncan Jones as they discuss their new film, "Source Code." Decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he’s part of a government experiment that enables him to cross over into another man’s identity in the last minutes of his life. Filled with heart-pounding suspense and mind-boggling twists, "Source Code" is a smart action thriller.