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MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the multi-decade incarnation of this disorder and remains so much cheaper than film school.

Music Video, Podcasts

DN095: The Beangrowers: Not in a Million Lovers – Duncan Bone

Director Duncan Bone joins us this week to discuss his multi-discipline career and recent move into music promos with the stop frame piece Not in a Million

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Art & Fashion, Live Action, Podcasts

DN094: Das Dores – Gabriel Tupinamba

Sometimes I go after a director for one film and they’ll come back at me with another that completely trumps my already high appreciation of their work.

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Podcasts

DN093: Waiting for the Guards & The Stuff of Life – Marc Hawker

Given last week’s UK parliamentary vote for a 42 day detention period, I’m especially glad to have Marc Hawker of Dark Fibre Films join us this

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News

The West Side – Episode Four

I’m a few days late with the news on this one, but frankly if you’ve been waiting on me for updates then more fool you as you should already be

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN092: English Language (With English Subtitles) – Tim Plester

Tim Plester joins us this week to discuss his DVD released trilogy of shorts and directorial debut English Language (With English Subtitles), which he also

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Podcasts

DN Special: Wholphin

There’s so much great work out there that even if I spent the full 24 hours a day on Directors Notes I’d still only be scratching the surface,

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Music Video, Podcasts

DN091: Honey Honey: Homeless Heart – Michael Johnson

Our guest Michael Johnson used his skills as an advertising writer to pursue his true passion for filmmaking by writing his own scripts to cut his teeth on

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN090: Anthropology – Victor Solomon

Victor Solomon is a director in the rare and enviable position of being able to initiate his own projects through self-funding. He joins us this week to

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Animation, Podcasts

DN089: Bendito Machine – Jossie Malis

Jossie Malis joins us to discuss the first two episodes of his shadow play inspired ten part animation series Bendito Machine, which explore the ever

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN088: All The Drunken Horsemen – Tomas Leach

Director Tomas Leach joins us to discuss his feature documentary All The Drunken Horsemen, which saw him travel to the isolated Mayan town of Todos Santos in

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN087: Sizzlean – Scott Keiner

This week we’re joined by Scott Keiner whose career has seen him direct TV pilots, music videos for bands such as OK Go and the recent short Sizzlean,

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN Special: Joy Division – Grant Gee

When I’m not working on Directors Notes you can normally find me trying to convince anyone and everyone that they really need a film podcast. CINECITY

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