Interview by Greg Carlson Writer-director J.D. Shields, whose television credits include work on “Emperor of Ocean Park” and “The Company You Keep,” has also written for DreamWorks TV Animation, Wondery, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. J.D. has also participated in the Disney Writing Program, the HBOAccess Writing Program, Film Independent’s Project Involve and the American Film […]

Interview by Greg Carlson On Saturday, March 25, filmmaker Mike Flanagan returns to the Fargo Film Festival, where “Absentia,” his debut feature, made its world premiere in 2011. This time, he will be joined by his wife and regular collaborator Kate Siegel to talk about projects including “Hush,” “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting […]

Interview by Greg Carlson New York City-based director Emily Sheskin’s work has been featured in “The New York Times,” “The Atlantic,” and “National Geographic,” among others. In 2017, Vimeo named Sheskin one of “ten groundbreaking women in film to watch.” Previous commercial clients include Disney, Microsoft, and Pokemon. The director’s cut of her NYT Op-Doc […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Emmy award-winning filmmaker Chris Brown has directed, produced, and/or edited features and documentaries including “Fuego,” “Sylvie of the Sunshine State,” “Songs of Wood & Steel,” “Cries of Our Ancestors,” “Let Them Eat Dirt,” “The Providers,” and “A Thousand Mothers.” Brown’s “The Other Kids” won multiple awards internationally and was hailed as […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Filmmaker and educator Raymond Rea, who recently retired from Minnesota State University Moorhead, made an indelible impact on the Fargo-Moorhead film community. In 2008, Rea arrived in Minnesota following years in San Francisco, where he taught at City College and San Francisco State University. Rea made his way to the West […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Mylissa Fitzsimmons is a California-based writer, producer, director, and photographer. She is the co-founder of the Los Angeles Women’s Film Collective and recently served as an executive producer for “A Black Rift Begins to Yawn.” Her feature debut “Everything in the End” has been shown in more than 40 film festivals […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Nicole Rodenburg is a New York-based actor, writer and director. She’s known for her work developing new plays with our most groundbreaking and lauded contemporary playwrights, starring in Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Flick,” Samuel D. Hunter’s “The Whale,” and Ming Peiffer’s “Usual Girls” at the Roundabout Theatre Company. “Glob Lessons,” […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Kathleen Loock teaches American Studies and Media Studies at the University of Hannover. She writes about remakes, sequels, reboots, and seriality. Her recent publications include “Just When You Thought It Was Safe … : The Jaws Sequels,” “On the Realist Aesthetics of Digital De-Aging in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema,” and “Reboot, Requel, […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Before she introduced us, mutual friend Morgan Davy told me that Anthony Strand had the uncanny ability to remember the exact running time of every movie he had seen. And he has seen a lot of movies. Strand was born in 1984, under the sign of “Amadeus,” “This Is Spinal Tap,” […]

Interview by Greg Carlson The premiere screening of Tom Brandau’s final film, “Sadie Breaks the Silents,” will be held at 1 p.m. at the Fargo Theatre on Saturday, September 11, 2021. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments and conversation will follow at Drekker Brewing Company. Janet Brandau talked to HPR’s Greg […]