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How a DP Fresh Out of Film School Shot HBO's 'Quarry'
Pepe Avila del Pino had just graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts MFA program when he landed a gig shooting HBO and Cinemax's Quarry. In the new Cinemax series Quarry, created by Michael D....
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HBO's 'SOLITARY': How Kristi Jacobson Got Access to America's Off-Limits Prisons
"These places are known as 'black sites': you can't get in, you shouldn't expect to get in, and you shouldn't try to get in." Sterile concrete walls are punctuated only by rows of steel doors and...
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14 Behind-the-Scenes Reveals from the 'Game of Thrones' Showrunners at SXSW
At SXSW 2017, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner interviewed GOT showrunners, confirming rumors about Season 8 and revealing BTS secrets. For the first time, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner pointed...
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How the Writers of 'Silicon Valley' Build Compelling Character Arcs to Hook...
The writers of the HBO comedy series research the tech world extensively, discovering that truth is usually funnier than fiction. Writing a great character can be tricky. Even harder is creating a...
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Watch: Why Do We Keep Finding Ourselves Hooked on 'Game of Thrones'?
Throughout its six seasons, the fantasy epic has managed to keep us emotionally engaged for a few important reasons. [Note: GoT season six spoilers ahead.] Game of Thrones will be kicking off its...
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Watch: How 'Game of Thrones' Shot the Massive 'Silence' Ship Battle
Plus, a little insight into why Theon may have jumped ship. [Warning: Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 2 ahead!] So far, the most intense battle in the new season of Game of Thrones has...
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Watch: Behind the Scenes of 'Game of Thrones' Most Explosive Episode Ever
Here's why the technical effort behind last night's 'The Spoils of War' will go down as one of the greatest of all time. [Caution: Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 4 below.] Last week, we...
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Learn the Secrets to Making a Charming First-Person Doc with 'Happening'...
James Redford pursued a story about climate change and clean energy in America, and discovered the best (and worst) ways to lead a first-person doc. When a first-person story fails, the filmmaker can...
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How 'Westworld' Colorist Shane Harris Developed the Look of Shogun World
There are certainly challenges involved in color grading the most popular show on television. It's been a long road for colorist Shane Harris. From a cold-calling marketing gig straight out of college...
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HBO's 'The Tale': Director Jennifer Fox on Why 'There is Nothing in...
Jennifer Fox reveals how her doc film career did—and didn't—prepare her for her feature debut. Jennifer Fox, director of the much-buzzed about The Tale, is used to taking risks. At the age of 21, the...
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HBO Documentaries and IFP Have Teamed Up to Bring Your Doc Series To Life
The two giants of documentary announce their "New True Stories Funding Initiative." HBO and IFP have joined forces to create a new grant specifically designed for multi-format nonfiction storytellers....
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'Sharp Objects': DP Yves Bélanger on Letting Available Light and the Subject...
For DP Yves Bélanger of the HBO miniseries 'Sharp Objects', following the moment is central, even in a narrative. Sharp Objects, the new HBO miniseries adapted from Gillian Flynn's novel and directed...
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Watch: The First Episode of 'Random Acts of Flyness' Teaches the Art of...
The new series from filmmaker Terence Nance is a thrilling collaborative experience. Curiously placed to air at the bewitching hour of midnight on Saturday mornings, Terence Nance's Random Acts of...
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'Where We Reigned': Terence Nance on His HBO Series, 'Random Acts of Flyness'
Terence Nance hasn't waited for art and criticism to catch up to him. Filmmaker Terence Nance has made short films, features, and now, a TV series that is unapologetically his and rapturously black....
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How a Filmmaker Turned the Camera on Artists and Opulence in 'The Price of...
Nathaniel Kahn knows that artists have various demons, none more tormenting than money. In his first documentary, the Academy-Award nominated My Architect, Kahn tackled the subject of the memory of...
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'Deadwood' Movie Officially Begins; Legend Still Becomes Fact
Over 10 years of speculation and now the Deadwood movie is in production. Why does HBO's 3 Season anti-western continue to fascinate and will it translate to the big screen? Maybe everyone has...
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No Experience? No Problem: How a Filmmaker Succeeded by Becoming Utterly...
Rudy Valdez needed to make the most important film of his life without having made anything before, and the result is a Sundance award-winning documentary now streaming on HBO. Everything started when...
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Attention Hoopleheads: The First Deadwood Trailer is Here
The Deadwood movie is really happening! Listen up, varmints, I have been waiting for twelve years to see what has happened in the town of Deadwood, and now we are getting our chance. The first trailer...
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Here's When 'Game Of Thrones' is Returning
Winter is coming...and so are a lot of deaths. If you're like me, your eyes have been trained on Winterfell since Season 7 ended. Sure, we all wish the new episodes got to us as fast as Gendry ran to...
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HBO, IFP, and The Blackhouse Launch Brand-New Multicultural Producers Lab
Helmed by Effie Brown and Ron Simons, the IFP-Blackhouse Multicultural Producers Lab will support seven projects in its inaugural year. If you're a multicultural producer who needs tools, support, and...
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