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Thank you. wherever you get your podcasts. Today's episode is the second in our annual series devoted to our popular Meet the

nominees feature film symposium. Now in its 27th year, the event is a roundtable discussion

with the directors nominated for

the Guild's Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film.

This year's nominees include Guillermo del Toro, the director of the Shape of Water,

Rhettta Gerwig, the director of Lady Bird, Martin McDonough, the director of three billboards

outside Ebbing, Missouri, Christopher Nolan, the director of three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, Christopher

Nolan, the director of Dunkirk, and Jordan Peel, the director of Get Out.

Each of these talented directors were gathered on February 3rd at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles

to discuss the craft of directing and the making of their films with moderator Jeremy

Kagan. So please enjoy part two of our and the making of their films with moderator Jeremy Kagan.

So please enjoy part two of our Meet the nominees special, and listen to the five nominees share their insights. Highlights include Martin McDonough discussing how he communicates with actors

during the rehearsal process, Christopher Nolan on casting actors with a visual sense of empathy,

and why Greta Gerwig believes the other side of boredom is where the good stuff is.

Let's talk about cast. And not talking about your leads, because obviously you have

wonderful actors that we well know,

and I suspect asking them to do the part, is where you are.

But I'd like to talk about the audition process where you're casting people that you need

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