Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast

Images of the “Nosferatu” vampire are still under wraps, but Robert Eggers and prosthetic makeup designer David White break down the inspiration, process, and look for Skarsgard’s character. 

The "A Complete Unknown" director tells IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast how he consistently gets the best from his performers.

The filmmaker tells IndieWire about coming full circle as a director, eight years after announcing he’d be making "Nosferatu" on the Toolkit podcast.

The director of "Inside Out 2" tells the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast about making his feature directorial debut on the Pixar sequel.

How Brady Corbet, the cinematographer, and the composer pulled off the chaotic, overwhelming feeling of emerging under the looming Statue of Liberty. 

Coming off the advances of James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water," Wētā FX's technology hits the road to produce a very different type of performance capture film. 

Inspired by George Miller, and building off his documentary “Hale County,” Ross details why his orthodox process of adapting Colson Whitehead’s novel started out wordless. 

Director Pablo Larraín tells IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast about his approach to true stories and how he arrived at his film's striking opening.

To capture the feel of a Powell and Pressburger fantasy, the director hired a first-time production designer and shot all but one scene at Cinecittà studios in Rome.

Elizabeth Sankey tells IndieWire about the magic of fair use and using images of witches — and women — in film and TV to tell her own story.

As the director tells IndieWire, there are aspects of the Broadway musical that made sense on stage, but were illogical on the big screen.  

What "Wicked" has to say about gaslighting leaders, fascism, scapegoating entire races of people, and American resilience is something Chu thought a great deal about, so he's not surprised its timelessness speaks to this moment.