The Innovators

Bo Burnham and Olivia Wilde trade war stories on making their first features, both coming-of-age sagas, and drawing on their own experience as actors to guide their young casts.

Kasi Lemmons and Ed Zwick hold forth on the responsibilities that come with fact-based historical dramas, achieving authenticity and connecting the past with the present.

Seasoned sitcom pros Mark Cendrowski and Pamela Fryman discuss working with live audiences, calming actors' nerves and how to best bring out the humor of their material.

Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino talk movie obsessions, director heroes, process and violence as catharsis.

James Cameron and Jon Favreau, who have made it their business to push the cinematic medium beyond what was previously possible, exchange views on cutting-edge technology, their roles as directors and achieving the balance between emotion and spectacle.