when we were scouting in the Czech Republic, we've looked at several locations and it was

shooting in the winter. So the Czech crew came with us and I said, oh, the sun will be right here

at 11 a.m. And my first AD was very, Will Dodds was like took no, said, okay, we're going to shoot

here at 11 a.m. And the crew looked at me like what you're talking about.

There is no sun in the winter here.

And every time we got to one of the locations,

so if the sky opened up, the sun was there for an hour and a half.

So we were very blessed. Hello, and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, a young boy learns of his grandmother's youth during World War II

in director Mark Forrester's family drama, White Bird.

The film follows Julian, who struggles to fit into his new school after being expelled for bullying

a student. When his grandmother hears of his

expulsion, she attempts to transform his outlook on life by sharing the story of her youth in Nazi

occupied France. In addition to Whitebird, Forrester's other directorial credits include the feature

films, Monsters Ball, Stranger Than Fiction, The Kite Runner,

Quantum of Salus, World War Z, and A Man Called Auto, and episodes of the series Hand of God.

He was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures

for his 2004 feature, Finding Neverland.

Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in New York, Forster spoke with director

Michael Pressman about filming Whitebird. Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

I'm Michael.

This is Mark.

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