‘Expats’ Director Lulu Wang on the Power of Saying “No”…and Sound
Let’s say you’re an indie filmmaker and Nicole Kidman asks you to direct her tv show. You say “hell yeah,” right? Well, that wasn’t Lulu Wang’s first response when she was approached to direct the Amazon Prime limited series, Expats.
In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins, speaks with Director Lulu Wang to discuss:
Why Lulu originally rejected Nicole Kidman’s proposal to direct the showHow she protected her creative vision in a high production, studio projectExploring and dissecting privilege throughout the showWhere they always start when planning each episodeChanging the visual language in each episodeEpisode 5, “Central” (who premiered as a standalone film at TIFF)The different perspectives represented in the writer’s roomThe benefits to shooting on locationRecording real life sounds while location scoutingStarting a production company to support other filmmakersWhy emerging filmmakers shouldn’t follow industry trends
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This episode of The No Film School Podcast was produced by GG Hawkins.