Like the Coen brothers, Baker hails from the total-filmmaker tradition, which extends to the editing room and beyond.

Contemporary Chinese cinema is littered with decades-spanning epics designed to chronicle the country’s changing fortunes in the 20th century. With Living the Land, which won the best director ...

Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, New York, the region’s “ most fearless professional stage company ,” is currently ...

Chinese filmmaker Erica Xia-Hou talks to Deadline about her personal familial connection to her directorial debut Slamdance ...

Here are some notable examples: A landmark in documentary-style fiction filmmaking, this film about the Algerian War was shot with handheld cameras, non-professional actors, and a newsreel ...

He often casts new or non-professional actors and prefers to shoot on location with natural light. His breakout film Tangerine (2015) followed two transgender African American sex workers in Los ...

The lineup is heavy on first-time filmmakers, often working with microbudgets and non-professional actors. The purest way to experience the festival might just be to dive in head first and see as ...

Although the cast is predominantly comprised of non-professional actors playing themselves, the ensemble also includes award-winning performers like Jennifer Ehle (“Dead Ringers”) and Scoot ...

Madison was hired by Baker – who often works with non-professional actors – after he saw her in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood. Her performance was honed with the help ...

“A Little Something Extra,” a smash hit comedy featuring non-professional actors with disabilities which sold nearly 11 million admissions, was nominated for best film but lost to Louise ...

Adams and Buda are non-professional actors; Arnold – who writes her screenplays as she’s shooting – has said she changed the character as well as the script to suit her young lead.

When writing the script, I followed a chronological order to help the non-professional actors and crew understand the story clearly. However, during the editing process, I completely rearranged ...