Today’s guest is filmmaker Joe Swanberg. Over the last three years Joe has made four features Kissing on the Mouth, LOL, Hannah takes the Stairs, Nights and Weekends and a web series for Nerve called Young American Bodies. He makes personal lo-fi films with a core of collaborators (Mark Duplass, Andrew Bujalski, Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Ry Russo-Young, Kevin Bewersdorf and Todd Rohal) similar in approach to the way John Cassavetes and Mike Leigh have made their work. Often working with a crew of two Joe, produces, shoots and edits his films. His movies have done well on the festival circuit and his first two films can be found on DVD. In our discussion Joe explains his creative process, working with a team of collaborators, and his desire to make as much work as he can.
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