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Out of the seven previous feature films Alexander Payne has directed, three of them have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, he has been nominated for Best Director three times and won two Oscars for Adapted Screenplay. That is not a bad track…

George C. Wolfe has been called everything from “the spectacular tornado” to “the keeper of African American culture.” Both of those would be right, but what is undeniable is this multiple Tony Award-winning theater legend has had a career hard to rival…

Everyone knows Eva Longoria as a TV and film actress, most notably her long run on the hit ABC series Desperate Housewives and so many other roles. But she has quietly been building up another career behind the camera as a director, having helmed numerous…

In May, Justine Triet became just the third woman to win the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The prize came for her acclaimed courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, which was picked up by Neon and is now in domestic release. It also is the…

These are good times for Eric Appel, who not only had a DGA Award nomination for his work as a director this season, he is also a double nominee as co-writer and producer of Roku’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. That film, which had its world premiere a year…

From giving tours as a page at NBC’s 30 Rock to becoming one of the darlings of this Emmy season, Beef’s multiple nominee Lee Sung Jin is riding high. His Netflix Limited Series, Beef scored an impressive 13 nominations overall including three for Lee Sung…

Davis Guggenheim comes from a prestigious family in terms of legendary documentary filmmakers. His father was the late great Charles Guggenheim, winner of several Oscars as well as numerous other nominations in the field. Perhaps that is why initially his…

If there was one big jaw-dropping surprise for pundits on Emmy nomination morning it had to be the four nominations — including one in the highly competitive Outstanding Comedy Series race — for Amazon Freevee’s Jury Duty. With the help of becoming a…

Paris Barclay has directed more than 170 episodes of television, been nominated for nine Emmys and won two in addition to numerous other industry accolades: 10 DGA nominations and a win, two Humanitas Prizes, and four Peabodys. And this year he made Emmy…

Editor’s note: This episode of Behind the Lens was taped before the start of the writers strike May 2. Versatile is certainly the word to describe Brett Goldstein. He is not only a two-time Emmy winner as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for…

Brooke Shields has been approached many times from documentary filmmakers about putting her story on film, but the pitches never intrigued her enough to give a green light or even more importantly agree to participate. That is until ABC News and…

Editor’s note: This episode of Behind The Lens with Scott Neustadter was taped before the beginning of the WGA strike on May 2. Apart from a single season 2011 TV series he and partner Michael H. Weber created and produced called Friends With Benefits…