Meet The Filmmaker: Interviews From 2007–2009

Join director Kevin Tancharoen ("Dancelife") as he discusses his feature-length directorial debut, "Fame." Tancharoen's reinvention of the Oscar-winning hit film, which debuts in theaters on September 25, follows the lives of students who attend an elite school for the performing arts in New York City from audition to graduation.

Join filmmaker Richard Eyre ("Notes on a Scandal") as he discusses his newest film, "The Other Man," which tells the story of a husband (Liam Neeson) who suspects his wife (Laura Linney) of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man (Antonio Banderas) in her life.  The film released in theaters September 11, 2009.

Join filmmaker Mike Judge ("Office Space," "Beavis and Butthead") as he discusses his new comedy "Extract," starring Jason Bateman ("Juno," "Arrested Development") as Joel, the owner of a flavor extract plant. Joel is one step away from selling his factory and retiring to easy street, when a freak workplace accident sets in motion a series of disasters that put his business and personal life in jeopardy. The film also stars Ben Affleck, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig and JK Simmons. Miramax Films released "Extract" in theaters on September 4, 2009. http://www.miramax.com/extract/

Join filmmaker Robert Rodriguez ("Spy Kids", "Sin City") as he discusses his latest film, a magical fantasy adventure "Shorts". Written and directed by Rodriguez, the story centers around a young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock that ultimately causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls. Warner Bros releases "Shorts" in theaters August 7. http://tinyurl.com/l6mqu2

Join filmmaker and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait as he discusses his new film "World's Greatest Dad", which he both wrote and directed. Starring Robin Williams, the film is a thoughtful but outrageous dark comedy about a man that learns the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone. http://www.magpictures.com/

Join Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth")  as he discusses his new documentary, "It Might Get Loud" with Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis. Rarely can a film penetrate the glamorous surface of rock legends. "It Might Get Loud" tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos – The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes). It reveals how each developed his unique sound and style of playing favorite instruments, guitars both found and invented. Concentrating on the artist's musical rebellion, traveling with him to influential locations, provoking rare discussion as to how and why he writes and plays, this film lets you witness intimate moments and hear new music from each artist. The movie revolves around a day when Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge first met and sat down together to share their stories, teach and play. "It Might get Loud" releases in theaters August 14, 2009. http

Join filmmaker and actor Vin Diesel as he discusses "Los Bandoleros," an 18 minute film he wrote, directed, and produced, which reveals the events that lead up to the film "Fast & Furious". Both "Los Bandoleros" and "Fast & Furious" are available in iTunes.

Join filmmaker John Hindman, and actor Jeff Daniels ("The Squid and the Whale"), as they discuss "The Answer Man." Daniels plays Arlen Faber, a world famous author of the best-selling spiritual book "Me and God". Crotchety and disgruntled,  Arlen simply wants to be left alone, and so far he's been successful in keeping his identity a secret. But all that changes when troubled bookstore owner Kris Lucas discovers his home address and barters books for Arlen's words of wisdom. http://www.answermanmovie.com/

Join producer David Heyman as he discusses the making of the latest in the Harry Potter film series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." Warner Bros. released the film in theaters July 17, 2009. http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthehalf-bloodprince/

Join director Alex Karpovsky, and improvisational comedians and Second City legends TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi  as they discuss their new documentary “Trust Us, This Is All Made Up”, an entirely improvised 50-minute stretch of narrative exploration that received rave reviews at this year’s SXSW Festival. http://www.trustusfilm.com/

Join filmmakers Marc Webb, and writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, as they discuss their new film "(500) Days of Summer"—a quirky, unexpected love story starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Fox Searchlight releases the film in theaters July 17, 2009.  http://www.foxsearchlight.com/500daysofsummer/

 Join actress Lisa Kudrow and series co-creators Don Roos and Dan Bucatinsky as they discuss their new web show "Web Therapy." Kudrow stars as a therapist with limited patience for other people's problems in this hilarious original improvised web series. "Web Therapy" is available in the iTunes Store now.  http://bit.ly/13YHdC

Join filmmaker Lynn Shelton and actors Mark Duplass ("The Puffy Chair") and Joshua Leonard ("The Blair Witch Project") as they discuss "Humpday." Writer/director Lynn Shelton, recipient of the "Someone to Watch Award" at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards, expertly mines the biggest ironies of the male ego to hilarious effect. "Humpday" is a buddy movie gone wild and opens in select theaters July 10, 2009. http://www.humpdayfilm.com/

Join Kathyrn Bigelow("Near Dark", "Point Break") as she discusses her new film "The Hurt Locker", winner of the Best Film Award at the Venice Film Festival 2008. The film is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military's unrecognized heroes: technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and  save lives doing one of the world's most dangerous jobs. "The Hurt Locker" opens in select theater Friday, June 26, 2009. http://thehurtlocker-movie.com/

Join Oscar-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather" Trilogy, "Apocalypse Now") as he discusses his new film. "Tetro" is Coppola’s first original screenplay since "The Conversation." It is his most personal film yet, arising from memories and emotions from his early life, though totally fictional. It is the bittersweet story of two brothers, of family lost and found and the conflicts and secrets within a highly creative Argentine-Italian family. "Tetro" releases in theaters June 11, 2009. http://www.tetro.com/

Join Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes ("American Beauty," "Revolutionary Road") as he discusses his new film, "Away We Go."  From an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, this funny and heartfelt film follows the journey of an expectant couple  - John Krasinski ("The Office") and Maya Rudolph ("Saturday Night Live") -  as they travel the U.S. in search of the perfect place to put down roots and raise their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time. Focus Features released the film in theaters June 5, 2009. http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/away_we_go/

Join writer/director Todd Phillips ("Road Trip," "Old School") as he discusses the making of his hilarious new comedy, "The Hangover." The film released in theaters June 5, 2009. http://hangovermovie.warnerbros.com/

Join Whoopi Goldberg as she discusses her newest book in her children's book series "Sugar Plum Ballerinas #2 - Toeshoe Trouble". Book synopsis: Brenda Black prides herself on her logical and orderly mind. She studies anatomy books to get a twelve-year head start on medical school, and she idolizes Leonardo da Vinci. But things go haywire when her spoiled cousin Tiffany comes to visit. At first Brenda tries to ignore Tiffany's constant bragging. But when Tiffany implies that Brenda is not cultured enough to know who Miss Camilla Freeman is—Miss Camilla Freeman, the very famous prima ballerina—Brenda snaps. She tells Tiffany that not only does she know who Camilla Freeman is, but she happens to own an autographed pair of her toeshoes. So of course, Tiffany wants to see the shoes. The only problem? The shoes actually belong to Ms. Debb, the headmistress of the Nutcracker School! Brenda's anatomy books might get her into medical school, but they can't get her out of this mess--for that, she'll need the help of

Hear Nia Vardalos ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding") and director Donald Petrie ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") discuss their new romantic comedy, "My Life in Ruins." In the film, Vardalos plays a discouraged tour guide who begins to see things in new ways, finding her kefi—Greek for mojo—in the process. The Fox Searchlight film opens in June.

Join McG (Charlie's Angels) as he discusses the fourth film in the Terminator series and stars Christian Bale as John Connor and Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright, a cyborg who believes he is human. The film, set in 2018, focuses on the war between humanity and Skynet. Warner Bros. releases the film on May 22, 2009. http://terminatorsalvation.warnerbros.com/