recent interviews

Deep South
True blue: Kamera talks to the director of 40 Shades of Blue, Ira Sachs

A quick chat with Michael Costanza, director of The Collingswood Story
Cheap horror: Michael Costanza talks about his webcam horror movie The Collingswood Story

François Ozon:
The Ozon layer: Antonio Pasolini talks to François Ozon about his career and his new film, Le temps qui reste (Time to leave)

4th Discovering Latin American film festival, London 24/11 to 4/12/05
Antonio Pasolini talks to Yos Rivas, festival director, about the renaissance of Latin American cinema

Ten Questions with Bruce Campbell
"Pain can be very funny"

Seeking refuge in art
Davin Anders Hutchins gave up corporate television life to pursue his dream of becoming a feature director. His dream took him to the refugee trail between Sudan and Egypt to shoot The Art of Flight. Our man at the Amsterdam International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Boyd Van Hoeij, talked to Hutchins, whose film had its international premiere at the event

An Interview with Bill Moseley
On the 26th of December, the UK will be blessed by a great 2 disc 'Director's Cut' DVD of The Devil's Rejects (courtesy of Momentum) – Rob Zombie's brutal follow-up to his sleeper hit House of 1000 Corpses. Kamera.co.uk caught up with the film's star Bill Moseley

A quick chat with John Fiore
Johnny's Slade's Greatest Hits is a feel good movie that pulls deliciously at its darker undertones. Marcelle Perks talks to John Fiore

Walter Murch On Sound
In the last of our special features with filmmakers on the subject of sound in cinema, we end with a real treat with one of the undisputed masters of sound design – Walter Murch. Interview by Peter Cowie

Walter Salles On Sound
In the third instalment of our Filmmakers On Sound series, Walter Salles - director of the award-winning Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries - talks to Peter Cowie about the way sound has shaped his career

Alan Parker On Sound
In the second of our exclusive series of interviews with directors on the subject of sound in cinema, Peter Cowie talks to one of the foremost names in modern British cinema, Alan Parker

Philip Noyce On Sound
To mark the 40th anniversary of Dolby Sound, we're starting a brand new series this week exploring the relationship of sound and film through the eyes of some major directors. Peter Cowie opens the series with a fascinating interview with Philip Noyce

A Quick Chat With Andrés Waissbluth
The explosion of interest in Latin American cinema continues with Los Debutantes, the latest violent, gritty and enthralling picture from a young director making his debut film. Ian Haydn Smith chats to Andrés Waissbluth

The League Of Gentlemen
The League Of Gentlemen have undoubtedly entered the annals of British cult comedy, but their distinctive - and decidedly bizarre - style hasn't translated all that well beyond British shores. Xavier Mendik and Leon Hunt chat to the League about their debut film

A Quick Chat With Tony Fingleton
Tony Fingleton's story is the classic underdog tale - a working class kid who grew up in 1950s Brisbane, and went on to become an Australian swimming champion and silver medallist at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. Oliver Berry caught up with as a new film based on his life hit British screens

A Quick Chat With Patrick Keiller
Patrick Keiller is undoubtedly one of British cinema's true originals - a director whose work straddles the boundaries of art film, documentary, travelogue, social history and "psychogeography". With a new DVD just released, Patrick discusses his films with Edmund Hardy

A Quick Chat With Teresa de Peligri and Dominic Harari
The Israel-Palestine conflict doesn't seem the most obvious subject matter for a screwball comedy, but then, as Antonio Pasolini discovers, "Teresa de Pelegri and Dominic Harari are not your usual film directors"

An Interview with Minh Nguyen-Vo
The Vietnamese director Minh Nguyen-Vo may have started out as a physics teacher, but his low-budget film Buffalo Boy is currently making waves on the festival circuit and looks set to make his name as a serious filmmaker. Interview by KJ Doughton

A Quick Chat with Dogwoof Pictures
Dogwoof Pictures is a new distribution company based in London which aims to bring high-quality foreign language film to a UK audience. Oliver Berry chats to the director of Dogwoof, Anna Godas

An Interview With Jason Wood
With a 6 DVD boxset of his work and an accompanying book just released, Nick Broomfield is definitely back in the spotlight. In this exclusive interview, Daniel Graham talks to Jason Wood about interviewing Britain's greatest documentary filmmaker

A Quick Chat with Wes Anderson
With Wes Anderson's brilliant new film, The Life Aquatic, currently splashing its way across our screens, Ann Lee catches up with the director to discuss Fellini, the films of Jacques Cousteau and translating David Bowie into Portuguese

A Quick Chat with Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Uzak was one of the surprise hits at the Cannes Film Festival last year. In an exclusive interview for kamera.co.uk, the film's director Nuri Bilge Ceylan discusses the film and its future with Jason Wood

A Quick Chat with Natalie Portman
As a special New Year treat to kick off 2005, we've got an interview with one of America's finest young actresses - Natalie Portman. Ann Lee met her to discuss blockbusters and low-budget filmmaking

A Quick Chat With Bruce LaBruce
Bruce LaBruce is without a doubt one of the most provocative and controversial gay filmmakers working in contemporary cinema. Antonio Pasolini caught up with him to discuss his most recent film, The Raspberry Reich

A Quick Chat With Pawel Pawlikowski
Polish-born Pawel Pawlikowski is one of the most intriguing directors working in Britain today. In this exclusive interview for kamera.co.uk, he talks to Jason Wood about his new film, My Summer Of Love, and the pressures, pains and pleasures of low-budget filmmaking

M. Night Shyamalan Q & A
With the release of The Village just around the corner, M. Night Shyamalan was interviewed in a live satellite link-up between four English cities last week. Ben McCann was there to record the director's thoughts

A Quick Chat With Andrew Jarecki
Andrew Jarecki's new documentary, Capturing The Friedmans, has been taking film festivals around the world by storm in recent months. Hannah Patterson met the director to find out where the story began

A Quick Chat With Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater is one of the few American directors who seems able to combine mainstream success with personal, highly individual filmmaking. With his latest film about to hit our screens, Jason Wood caught up with the director in an exclusive interview for kamera.co.uk

A Quick Chat With Guy Maddin
The surreal style of Guy Maddin's films divides opinion amongst audiences and critics, but his recent film The Saddest Music In The World has drawn universal interest. Antonio Pasolini met the director in an exclusive interview for kamera.co.uk

An Interview with Maggie Gyllenhall
Before Secretary, Maggie Gyllenhall was a relatively unknown actress with a string of well-regarded indie films under her belt. Now Hollywood is knocking on her door. With the film's imminent release on DVD, Laurence Boyce met her to discuss sex, sado-masochism and satire

An Interview With Holly Hunter
In recent years, Holly Hunter has steadily carved out a niche as the first lady of independent filmmaking. She may not be on the Hollywood A-List, but as Ann Lee discovers, that's almost entirely her own choice

A Quick Chat With Lucas Belvaux
Belgium may not be renowned for its filmic exploits, but there can be little doubt that Lucas Belvaux's Trilogy is as ambitous as cinema gets. Stuart Henderson talks to the director about his new films, Jean-Pierre Melville and the mind of the suicide bomber

A Quick Chat With Dagur Kari
Dagur Kari's first short film won a raft of international awards, and his debut feature Noi Albinoi has been an unexpected success on the arthouse circuit. Jason Wood met the young Icelandic filmmaker to discuss rainbows, snow and Jerry Seinfeld

An Interview With Sarah Polley
Despite being one of the most gifted young actresses of her generation, Sarah Polley seems determined not to play by the usual Hollywood rules. Ann Lee met her to discuss politicians, zombies and her new film

Eyes Wide Open: An Interview with Takeshi Kitano
In Japan, Takeshi Kitano is revered as a comedian, chat show host and celebrity, but elsewhere, he's best known for his violent, funny, deeply philosophical films. Graeme Cole met him to discuss his new movie and the difficulties of acting with your eyes closed

A Quick Chat with Jeff Blitz
In a special interview with kamera.co.uk, Jeff Blitz, the director of Spellbound, talks with Paul Clarke about the making of the film, the joys of credit cards, and his own standard of spelling

A Quick Chat with David Gordon Green
With two critically acclaimed films already in the can, David Gordon Green is one of the brightest lights of American independent cinema - and he's only 28. Jason Wood caught up with him at the recent Cambridge Film festival

A Quick Chat with Tom DiCillo
A few years ago Tom DiCillo was one of the hottest indie directors around, but his most recent film didn't even receive a cinema release in the States. Paul Clarke catches up with the 'perennial teenager of American cinema'

A Quick Chat with Lukas Moodyson
After the success of Show Me Love and Together, Lukas Moodysson has returned with a scathing examination of teenage life in Russia, Lilya 4-Ever. Tom Dawson met him to find out why his new film is as much about Sweden as the Soviet Union

A Quick Chat with Neil Hunter
Lawless Heart was one of the most acclaimed and successful British films of 2002. With the DVD release only a week away, Jason Wood meets one of the film's co-directors, Neil Hunter, to discuss camaraderie, camerawork, and why you have to watch the film more than once

A Quick Chat with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Tom Dawson meets Belgium's answer to the Coen brothers to discuss their new film, Le Fils, along with symbolism, Olivier Gourmet's glasses, and why their lead character had to be a carpenter rather than a cook

A Quick Chat with Elia Suleiman
Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2002, Divine Intervention is a mosaic of vignettes that concerns itself primarily with Palestinian life under Israeli rule. Which doesn't sound very funny, but it actually is. Jason Wood talks with the film's director and star, Elia Suleiman, about having shot someone as a pre-requisite for casting

A Quick Chat with Duncan Roy
Debutant director Duncan Roy has the critics excited by his AKA, based loosely - or perhaps not - on his own eventful life. He sets the world to rights exclusively to kamera.co.uk's Jason Wood

A Quick Chat with Asif Kapadia
With his highly acclaimed debut feature The Warrior released on DVD, director Asif Kapadia sat down for a natter with our own Jason Wood

A Quick Chat with Cédric Kahn by Jason Wood
Roberto Succo has opened in the UK to some of the strongest reviews of any film this year. Here kamera.co.uk's Jason Wood talks to the film's director about not wanting to re-make Natural Born Killers.

A Quick Chat With Jan Hrebejk
The wartime black comedy Divided We Fall has arrived in the UK trailing awards and Oscar nominations in its wake. Nicci Tucker talks to director Jan Hrebejk about the success of this film and the critical comparisons with Wilder and Kusturica

A Quick Chat with Rachel Miner
Sameer Padania met the young star of Larry Clark's new movie, Bully

The (Un)Hollow Man
Paul Verhoeven Discusses the Politics of Pulp with Xavier Mendik

A Quick Chat with Catherine Breillat by Chris Wiegand

An uncomfortable tale of sexual awakening, A Ma Soeur! is the follow-up to French director Catherine Breillat's 1999 hot potato Romance. kamera.co.uk's Chris Wiegand caught up with Breillat to talk about her fourth decade of film-making

A Quick Chat with Andrew Kötting by Jason Wood

This Filthy Earth is Emile Zola meets John Berger via director Andrew Kötting. In this kamera.co.uk exclusive he talks about his film and the state of British cinema

A Quick Chat with Jan Svankmajer and Eva Svankmajerová by Jason Wood

Jason Wood catches up with the director of Little Otik

A Quick Chat with David Gordon Green

Hannah Patterson meets the director of George Washington

archived interviews

A Quick Chat with Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim

Together with veteran documentarist D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim charted the meteoric rise and fall of GovWorks.com and its founders in their film Startup.com. In this exclusive interview with kamera.co.uk they explain their methods and their feelings for the subject

A Quick Chat with Tran Anh Hung

As his new film At the Height of Summer goes on release, director Tran Anh Hung talks to kamera.co.uk's Jason Wood

Blackboards: A Quick Chat with Samira Makhmalbaf

To mark the video and DVD release of one of the most acclaimed films of the year, Jason Wood talks to Blackboards director Samira Makhmalbaf

Loving the Alien: Nic Roeg Interviewed

Xavier Mendik talks influences and artistic direction with one of kamera.co.uk's favourite directors

Go East, Young Man: A Quick Chat with Ayub Khan-Din

Mark Olden interviews Ayub Khan-Din, writer of this year's most unlikely British hit, East is East

Power of the Atom: A Quick Chat with Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan's latest film, Felicia's Journey, premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival. kamera joined the Canadian auteur on set to discuss neurosis, psychosis and Bob Hoskins

This Lunatic Artist: A Quick Chat with Tony Kaye

He's held the negative film hostage, attended a meeting at New Line with a rabbi, a priest and a Tibetan monk in tow, alienated - by his own estimate - 98% of Hollywood, and declared that he wants his name replaced on the film by that of Humpty Dumpty. What is Tony Kaye on?

Small Faces: A Quick Chat with Gillies and Billy MacKinnon

Brothers Gillies and Billy MacKinnon are two of Scotland's finest filmmaking exports. Now in their forties, the two brothers still exude a youthful exuberance, filling in each other's punchlines and laughing at their own jokes.

The Quiet Man: A Quick Chat with James Mangold

Despite being a screenwriter who gave the hero of his two-hour film debut Heavy just twenty lines, Mangold tries to cram in as many concepts as possible in his own speech. "It's not about hating words," he explains. "It's about loving pictures."