Craig Johnson Interview

07/27/22 • 45 min

Craig Johnson, the director of films including Alex Strangelove for Netflix, The Skeleton Twins (starring Bill Hader and Kristin Wiig), and Wilson (starring Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer and Laura Dern), discusses his approach to the directing craft: "Your job is making every person that you're working with feel like their job is the most important on set."
00:00 - Introductions
02:24 - Pre-production
15:30 - Production
38:30 - Post-production
You can also check out the video of the interview on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/C7P46X7xdMg

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Introductions: 00:07
Pre-production: 02:01
Production: 17:18
Post-production: 38:54
A link to the Youtube version of this interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nUBihEr-74

The Film Director's Craft - Craig Johnson Interview

Transcript

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Rachel Carey: This is The Film Director's Craft, and it is a discussion about really hands-on filmmaking techniques with current filmmakers. I have Craig Johnson to discuss things with today. I'm completely thrilled about that, because part of the purpose of this is to talk to people who both really make wonderful work but also who have a nice healthy on-set technique, and I got to work on one of Craig's first films in film school. I can verify that he d