With Colette, director Wash Westmoreland attempts to dramatize what makes a writer tick.

Directors Joseph Kosinski and Hany Abu-Assad discuss working in extreme environments, and harnessing that authenticity, in the films Only the Brave and The Mountain Between Us.

Resurrecting famous athletes in their prime is no mean feat for directors Brian Helgeland, Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton

A prison riot is accomplished with maximum prep and knowing the lay of the land on Ric Roman Waugh's Shot Caller.

Jeffrey Reiner juggles multiple perspectives in The Affair.

Director Lev Spiro places an actor's health above all else while filming Orange is the New Black.

A delayed start and severe weather work in director Doug Liman’s favor on The Wall.

In the cover story of our newly redesigned DGA Quarterly, Directors Ava DuVernay, Hiro Murai, Steven Zaillian, Christine Gernon, Peter O'Fallon and Marcos Siega sound off on forging a series template for some of the most buzzed-about shows in the Platinum Age of Television, and why sometimes rules are meant for breaking.

For Alexander Payne, reality is the spice of life, with films populated with ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances, and a mordant humor that's grounded in the flaws and foibles of protagonists whose lives are spiraling out of control.

For Kelly Reichardt, her cross-country roadtrips inform her creative process.

In magnifying their subjects, filmmakers also hold up a mirror to society.

Directors bring comic book heroes to vivid life for television.

Director Denis Villeneuve and composer Jóhann Jóhannsson discuss their modus operandi as they team up on their fourth film, Blade Runner 2049.

Director Garth Davis opts for emotional immediacy.