4.6 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2016
⏱️ 29 minutes
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James Schamus was a successful producer of independent films with his company, Good Machine, and then as the CEO of art-house label Focus Features for 13 years. In 2013, he was fired and decided to try something new. Schamus tells us about calling the shots on his directorial debut, Indignation.
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