Sophie Hyde Interview

09/14/22 • 49 min

Sophie Hyde, the director of films including Good Luck to You, Leo Grande with Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack, Animals with Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat, and Berlinale award-winning 52 Tuesdays, discusses her approach to the directing craft. "You've got to let go of showing that you're a good director to be a good director."
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

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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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00:07 - Introductions
01:54 - Pre-production
22:13 - Production
38:08 - Post-production
A video version of this interview can be found here:
https://youtu.be/8HK0n2pVMy8

The Film Director's Craft - Sophie Hyde Interview

Transcript

The Film Director’s Craft

Transcription of Sophie Hyde Interview

Rachel Carey: Welcome to The Film Director's Craft. I'm Rachel Carey. I'm a filmmaker and I also host a discussion with current filmmakers about the specifics of how they make their films. The purpose of this is to capture some hands-on techniques that current filmmakers use and also talk about how those inform the films they make and why those are useful