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  

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