Nora Fingscheidt On Being 'Drafted' to Direct a Large Scale Feature

Nora Fingscheidt shares what it’s like to be plucked from German filmmaking to direct a Netflix feature film starring Sandra Bullock… In this episode, we talk about… How Nora skipped “Development Hell” and got hired for The Unforgivable Shifting from System Crasher to a commercial film with a massive Hollywood set How the core work of directing remains the same regardless of film types What it’s like to work with giants of cinema and dealing with the unexpected challenges of filmmaking How COVID interrupted production and impacted casting, locations and filming Conversations about the story being told and the power of silence in Unforgivable What the research process entailed and making it feel like an American story Examining the life of an incarcerated woman and acknowledging different perspectives on racial experiences Advice for new filmmakers to experiment, be as a radical as possible, stay true to your own voice and give yourself time Links to Resources: https://nofilmschool.com/antihero-definition-examples Find No Film School everywhere: On the Web https://nofilmschool.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool Twitter https://twitter.com/nofilmschool YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool Get your questions answered on the podcast by emailing [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices