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This episode takes us behind the scenes of director Matthew Miguel Cullen's new thriller,

London Fields, The Director's Cut.

The film Weaves the Tale of Nicola Six, a femme the tall who ensnars three men, a writer,

a small-time crook, and an upper-class banker, into a tangled love affair. The twist,

she knows that one of these men will ultimately become her murderer. London Fields is Mr. Cullen's feature directorial debut.

His other credits include music videos for Katie Perry, Green Day, The Black Eyed Peas, and Adele.

Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,

Mr. Cullen spoke with director Florian Henkel von Donorsmark about filming London Fields. During their conversation, Mr. Cullen discusses how he personally connected

with the main character, casting against type for some of the roles, and his motivation for

releasing the film despite the harrowing post-production process.

So just so you know who's who, I'm Florian, this is Matthew the director.

Hello.

And so just to explain why I'm here and doing this moderation, why Matthew asked me, I had, once when I was embarking on a project that was very complicated project where in a way my agent suggested that I create a movie to show people that this was actually something marketable, I was told that the person who really knows how to present and sell anything is Matthew Cullen.

And I was put in touch with his company, Marada, which was Matthew and Gilejamo del Toro as partners in this company.

And he put me in touch with an amazing creative team of really just top-level people.

He had hundreds of such creative people working for him

within this great company, Marada. And so that's how we got to know each other. And I know that at

that point, Matthew was someone who was probably, you know, is probably the hottest music video and commercial director in town

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