Director Kristen Lappas on telling Giannis Antetokounmpo’s life story
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Episode 373 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kristen Lappas, the director of “Giannis: The Marvelous Journey.” The film debuts Feb. 19 on Prime Video. Lappas works as a director and producer with Words + Pictures and previously worked as a feature producer for ESPN and ESPN Films. In this podcast, Lappas discusses telling Antetokounmpo’s story; how the project came to her; filming in Greece with her subjects; why the Antetokounmpo ended up trusting her; how to navigate the journey of the family versus focusing on his NBA play; the wisdom of Antetokounmpo as a subject, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.
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| 1:09.0 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. I'm your host Richard De Deich. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. One guest this week, but an excellent one and a very, very talented filmmaker. Kristen Lapis is the director of Janus, The Marvelous Journey. It debuts February 19th on Prime Video. There is a lot of fanfare for that. Kristen, hopefully during this |
| 1:30.3 | podcast can help me pronounce Janice's last name perfectly. But you probably have seen |
| 1:36.9 | Kristen Lapis's work, even if you don't know the name. She's a director and producer with |
| 1:41.1 | words and pictures right now, but spent many years at ESPN, including |
| 1:47.7 | a lot of work with ESPN films. Many of her pieces were part of 30 for 30, won Peabody Awards. |
| 1:59.1 | She recently did what I wrote about in The Athletic, a documentary called Dream On, |
| 2:04.4 | which was about the U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball team, the themed one, and Don Staley, |
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