The Directors Podcast

  • Chase Joynt

    Chase Joynt

    Chase Joynt discusses his documentary FRAMING AGNES which confronts a 1950s gender health research program and seeks to reclaim trans history. 

  • Liz Marshall

    Liz Marshall

    Changemaking filmmaker Liz Marshall sits down to talk about MEAT THE FUTURE, her latest documentary feature, with Director-Producer Shelley Saywell.

  • Judith Weston

    Judith Weston

    Famed acting coach Judith Weston speaks with DGC Director Aubrey Arnason on the first episode of our TALKING TO ACTORS series. 

  • Mina Shum

    Mina Shum

    Friends and colleagues Mina Shum and Don McKellar discuss their perspectives on the craft of directing. 

  • Jennifer Abbott

    Jennifer Abbott

    Award-winning fillmmaker Jennifer Abbott speaks with climate activist Avi Lewis about two of her acclaimed documentaries, THE NEW CORPORATION & THE MAGNITUDE OF ALL THINGS.

  • Stanley Nelson

    Stanley Nelson

    Renowned Director Stanley Nelson talks ATTICA and the naunce of point-of-view in documentary. 

  • Jeff Barnaby

    Jeff Barnaby

    The late Director Jeff Barnaby goes in depth on his film BLOOD QUANTUM with writer and broadcaster Jesse Wente. 

  • Jeffrey St. Jules

    Jeffrey St. Jules

    Jeffrey St. Jules and Randall Okita take a tour through St. Jules' filmography from his early surrealist short films to his more recent foray into psycologically thrillers. 

  • Deborah Chow

    Deborah Chow

    Deborah Chow receives the 2021 DGC Visionary Award and speaks to writer and critic Johanna Schneller about her path to the director's chair. 

  • Bretten Hannam

    Bretten Hannam

    Director Bretten Hannam explores their feature film WILDHOOD with filmmaker Shane Belcourt. 

  • Sarah Polley

    Sarah Polley

    Sarah Polley sits down with Director Thom Fitzgerald to discuss the adaptation process and how expectations for directors have shifted. 

  • Michael McGowan

    Michael McGowan

    Michael McGowan discusses his feature adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel ALL MY PUNY SORROWS with writer and critic Johanna Schneller.