Here is a list of all of The Seventh Row’s interviews with directors, writers, writer-directors, documentarians, cinematographers, documentary subjects, and actors.
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Christopher Abbott (Actor) — JAMES WHITE (March 2016)Abra (Actor) — ASSASSINATION NATION (September 2018)
Rebecca Addelman (Writer-Director) — PAPER YEAR (August 2018)
Jonathan Alberts (Editor) — LEAN ON PETE (April 2018)
Maren Ade (Writer-Director) — TONI ERDMANN (January 2017)
Aisholpan (Subject) — THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (November 2016)
Rick Alverson (Writer-Director) — ENTERTAINMENT (April 2015)
Mathieu Amalric (Actor) — ISMAEL’S GHOSTS (March 2018)
Kamila Andini (Writer-Director) — THE SEEN AND UNSEEN (September 2017, TIFF)
Benedict Andrews (Director) — UNA (October 2016) — PART 1
Benedict Andrews (Director) — UNA (October 2016) — PART 2
Gillian Armstrong (Director) — WOMEN HE’S UNDRESSED (TIFF 2015)
Amma Asante (Writer-Director) — WHERE HANDS TOUCH (September 2018)
Olivier Assayas (Writer-Director) — PERSONAL SHOPPER (March 2017)
Rania Attieh (Writer-Director) — H. (January 2015)
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Jennifer Baichwal (Writer-Director) — ANTHROPOCENE (September 2018, TIFF)
Sean Baker (Writer-Director) — TANGERINE (June 2015)
Vivian Bang (Writer-Actress) — WHITE RABBIT (Sundance 2018)
Sofia Banzhaf (Actor) — SPLINTERS (October 2018, TIFF)
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Director) — ANGRY INUK (January 2017)
Gerard Barrett (Writer-Director) — GLASSLAND (January 2015)
Beatrice Behn (Director) — THE ARTIST AND THE PERVERT (June 2018)
Otto Bell (Director) — THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (November 2016)
Kalina Bertin (Director) — MANIC (May 2017, HotDocs)
Richard Billingham (Writer-Director) — RAY & LIZ (September 2018, TIFF)
Joe Bini (Editor) — YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (March 2018)
Noa Biron (Actress) — MONTANA (September 2017, TIFF)
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (Actor) — BPM (Beats Per Minute) (October 2017, TIFF)
Sean Bobbitt (Cinematographer) — ON CHESIL BEACH (June 2018)
Sofia Bohdanowicz (Director) — MAISON DU BONHEUR (November, 2017)
John Boorman (Writer-Director) — QUEEN AND COUNTRY (February 2015)
Paddy Breathnach (Director) — ROSIE (September 2018, TIFF)
Olga Breeskin (Subject) — BEAUTIES OF THE NIGHT (October 2016)
Sue Brooks (Writer-Director) – LOOKING FOR GRACE (TIFF 2015)
Edward Burtynsky (Director) — ANTHROPOCENE (September 2018, TIFF)
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Terril Calder (Director) — SNIP (September 2016)
Robin Campillo (Director) — BPM (Beats Per Minute) (October 2017, TIFF)
Hélène Cattet (Writer-Director) — LET THE CORPSES TAN (November 2017, TIFF)
Jakob Cedergren (Actor) — THE GUILTY (October 2018)
Damien Chazelle (Writer-Director) — WHIPLASH (October 2015)
Neasa Ní Chianáian (Director) — IN LOCO PARENTIS/SCHOOL LIFE (March 2017)
Marie Clements (Director) — THE ROAD FORWARD (May 2017)
Erika Cohn (Director) — THE JUDGE (September 2017, TIFF)
Kasper Collin (Director) — I CALLED HIM MORGAN (April 2017)
Ashley Connor (Cinematographer) — THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST / MADELINE’S MADELINE (August 2018)
Dominic Cooke (Director) — ON CHESIL BEACH (October 2017, TIFF) — PART 1
Dominic Cooke (Director) — ON CHESIL BEACH (June 2018) — PART 2
Maria Jose Cuevas (Director) — BEAUTIES OF THE NIGHT (October 2016)
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Rebecca Daly (Writer-Director) — MAMMAL (January 2016)
Paul Davies (Sound Designer) — YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (March 2018)
Terence Davies (Writer-Director) — A QUIET PASSION (April 2017)
Julie Delpy (Writer-Director) — Lolo (March 2016)
Yann Demange (Director) — ’71 (March 2015)
Arnaud Desplechin (Writer-Director) — ISMAEL’S GHOSTS (March 2018)
Ramona Diaz (Director) — MOTHERLAND (February 2017)
Hannah Donegan (Director) — SUGAR SISTERS (October 2016)
Hannah Donegan (Producer) — MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER (April 2017, HotDocs)
Bruno Dumont (Writer-Director) — JEANNETTE: THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC (February 2018)
Stephen Dunn (Writer-Director) — CLOSET MONSTER (September 2016)
Callum Dunphy (Actor) — SPLINTERS (October 2018, TIFF)
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Gwaai Edenshaw (Writer-Director) — EDGE OF THE KNIFE (September 2018, TIFF)
Sally El-Hosaini (Writer-Director) — MY BROTHER THE DEVIL (February 2015)
Anne Émond (Writer-Director) — NELLY (January 2017)
Anne Émond (Writer-Director) — OUR LOVED ONES (September 2015)
Benedikt Erlingsson (Writer-Director) — WOMAN AT WAR (September 2018)
Richard Eyre (Director) — THE CHILDREN ACT (September 2018)
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Phillipe Falardeau (Writer-Director) — MY INTERNSHIP IN CANADA (April 2016)
Jian Fan (Director) — STILL TOMORROW (May 2017)
Coralie Fargeat (Writer-Director) — REVENGE (November 2017, TIFF)
David Farrier (Director) — TICKLED (June 2016)
Nick Fenton (Editor) — ON CHESIL BEACH (June 2018)
Sophie Fiennes (Director) — GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI (September 2017, TIFF)
Kleber Mendonça Filho (Writer-Director) — AQUARIUS (October 2016)
Dana Flor (Director) — CHECK IT (May 2016)
Sadaf Foroughi (Writer-Director) — AVA (September 2017, TIFF)
Bruno Forzani (Writer-Director) — LET THE CORPSES TAN (November 2017, TIFF)
Ben Foster (Actor) — LEAVE NO TRACE (July 2018)
Jennifer Fox (Writer-Director) — THE TALE (June 2018)
Josh Fox (Director) — HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD (AND LOVE ALL THINGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE)
Sarain Fox (Host) — RISE (Sundance 2017)
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Daniel Garcia (Writer-Director) — H. (January 2015)
Adam Garnet Jones (Writer-Director) — FIRE SONG (September 2015, TIFF)
René Gebhardt (Director) — THE ARTIST AND THE PERVERT (June 2018)
Maxime Giroux (Writer-Director) — FELIX AND MEIRA (May 2015)
Susan Gluth (Director) — URMILA: MY MEMORY IS POWER (June 2016)
Sophie Goyette (Writer-Director) — MES NUITS FÉRONT ÉCHO (January 2017)
Debra Granik (Director) — LEAVE NO TRACE (July 2018)
Maggie Greenwald (Writer-Director) — SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN (January 2016)
Luca Guadagnino (Director) — A BIGGER SPLASH (March 2016)
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Andrew Haigh (Writer-Director) — 45 YEARS (January 2016)
Andrew Haigh (Writer-Director) — LEAN ON PETE (April 2018)
Brett Haley (Writer-Director) — HEARTS BEAT LOUD (June 2018)
Chris Hegedus (Director) — UNLOCKING THE CAGE (February 2016)
Kathleen Hepburn (Director) — NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL (September 2017, TIFF)
Atsuko Hirayanagi (Writer-Director) — OH LUCY! (May 2017, Cannes)
Eliza Hittman (Writer-Director) — BEACH RATS (September 2017)
Anna Rose Holmer (Writer-Director) — THE FITS (February 2016)
Billy Howle (Actor) — ON CHESIL BEACH (October 2017, TIFF)
Bronwen Hughes (Writer-Director) — JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION (September 2016)
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Jakob Ihre (Cinematographer) — LOUDER THAN BOMBS (April 2016)
Jakob Ihre (Cinematographer) — THELMA (November 2017)
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Steve James (Director) — ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail (June 2017)
Susan Johnson (Director) — Carrie Pilby (September 2016)
Magnus Jønck (Cinematographer) — Lean on Pete (April 2018)
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Wanuri Kahiu (Writer-Director) — RAFIKI (October 2018)
Alexandra Therese-Keining (Writer-Director) — GIRLS LOST (TIFF 2015)
Amanda Kernell (Writer-Director) — SAMI BLOOD (Sundance 2017/TIFF 2016)
Michael Koch (Writer-Director) — MARIJA (September 2016)
Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer-Director) — APOSTASY (July 2018)
Nicolette Kribetz (Writer-Director) — WILD (January 2016)
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Ariane Labed (Actress) — THE LOBSTER (May 2016)
Penny Lane (Director) — NUTS! (February 2016)
Yorgos Lanthimos (Writer-Director) — THE LOBSTER (May 2016)
Michelle Latimer (Writer-Director) — RISE (Sundance 2017)
Hope Dickson Leach (Writer-Director) — THE LEVELLING (September 2016)
Francis Lee (Writer-Director) — GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (Sundance 2017) – PART 1
Francis Lee (Writer-Director) — GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (November 2017) – PART 2
Xavier Legrand (Writer-Director) — CUSTODY (October 2017, LFF)
Sebastián Lelio (Writer-Director) — A FANTASTIC WOMAN (February 2018)
Chloé Leriche (Writer-Director) — AVANT LES RUES/BEFORE THE STREETS (February 2016)
Philippe Lesage (Writer-Director) — THE DEMONS (April 2016)
Sam Levinson (Writer-Director) — ASSASSINATION NATION (September 2018)
Niki Lindroth von Bahr (Writer-Director) — THE BURDEN (TIFF 2017)
Alice Lowe (Writer-Director) — PREVENGE (Sepember 2016)
Irene Lusztig (Director) — YOURS IN SISTERHOOD (March 2018)
Matilda Lutz (Actress) — REVENGE (November 2017)
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Alison Maclean (Writer-Director) — THE REHEARSAL (September 2016, TIFF)
Keith Madden (Costume Designer) — ON CHESIL BEACH (June 2018)
Lucrecia Martel (Writer-Director) — ZAMA (September 2017, TIFF)
Aoife McArdle (Writer-Director) — KISSING CANDICE (March 2018)
Michael McDonough (Cinematographer) — LEAVE NO TRACE (July 2018)
Ian McEwan (Screenwriter) — ON CHESIL BEACH (October 2017, TIFF)
Ashley McKenzie (Writer-Director) — WEREWOLF (October 2016)
Dilip Mehta (Director) — MOSTLY SUNNY (January 2017)
Catalina Mesa (Director) — INFINITE FLIGHT OF DAYS (May 2016)
Rebecca Miller (Writer-Director) — MAGGIE’S PLAN (May 2016)
Teresa Miller (Animal Trainer) — WHITE GOD (March 2015)
Kyoko Miyake (Director) — TOKYO IDOLS (May 2017)
Gustav Möller (Writer-Director) — THE GUILTY (October 2018)
Josh Mond (Writer-Director) — JAMES WHITE (March 2016)
Peter Monsaert (Director) — LE CIEL FLAMAND (September 2016)
Kornél Mundruczó (Writer-Director) — WHITE GOD (March 2015)
Cristian Mungiu (Writer-Director) — GRADUATION (April 2017)
Rosemary Myers (Director) — GIRL ASLEEP (September 2016)
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Darlene Naponse (Writer-Director) — FALLS AROUND HER (September 2018, TIFF)
Hari Nef (Actor) — ASSASSINATION NATION (September 2018)
Laura Nix (Director) — INVENTING TOMORROW (May 2018)
Tuva Novotny (Writer-Director) — BLIND SPOT (September 2018, TIFF)
Rungano Nyoni (Writer-Director) — I AM NOT A WITCH (June 2017, Cannes)
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Alanis Obomsawin (Director) — OUR PEOPLE WILL BE HEALED (October 2017, TIFF)
Josh O’Connor (Actor) — GOD’S OWN COUNTRY, THE DURRELLS, and more (November 2017)
Josh O’Connor (Actor) — GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (Sundance 2017)
Jenni Olson (Director) — THE ROYAL ROAD (September 2016)
Joshua Oppenheimer (Director) — THE LOOK OF SILENCE (July 2015)
Toby Oppenheimer (Director) — CHECK IT (May 2016)
Ruben Östlund (Writer-Director) — THE SQUARE (October 2017)
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Kire Paputts (Writer-Director) — THE RAINBOW KID (TIFF 2015)
Michael Pearce (Writer-Director) — BEAST (Sundance 2018)
Jennifer Peedom (Director) — SHERPA (TIFF 2015)
Nicholas de Pencier (Director) — ANTHROPOCENE (September 2018, TIFF)
D. A. Pennebaker (Director) — UNLOCKING THE CAGE (February 2016)
Jennifer Phang (Writer-Director) — ADVANTAGEOUS (April 2015)
Shira Piven (Director) — WELCOME TO ME (May 2015)
Leanne Pooley (Director) — 25 April (TIFF 2015)
Sally Potter (Writer-Director) — THE PARTY (February 2018)
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Lynne Ramsay (Writer-Director) — YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (March 2018)
David Rane (Director) — IN LOCO PARENTIS/SCHOOL LIFE (March 2017)
Eddie Redmayne (Actor) — THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (November 2014)
Kaitlyn Regehr (Producer) — TEMPEST STORM (June 2016)
Kelly Reichardt (Writer-Director) — CERTAIN WOMEN (February 2017)
Joshua James Richards (Cinematographer) – GOD’S OWN COUNTRY & THE RIDER (November 2017)
Jane Rizzo (Editor) — LEAVE NO TRACE (August 2018)
Chloé Robichaud (Writer-Director) — BOUNDARIES/PAYS (February 2017)
Jaime Rosales (Director) — PETRA (July)
Gianfranco Rosi (Director) — FIRE AT SEA (October 2016) — Making Of
Gianfranco Rosi (Director) — FIRE AT SEA (October 2016) — Editing
Matthew Ross (Writer-Director) — FRANK & LOLA (May 2016)
Matthieu Rytz (Director) — ANOTE’S ARK (May 2018)
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Krisikka Saari (Writer) — STUPID YOUNG HEART (September 2018, TIFF)
Marcela Said (Writer-Director) — LOS PERROS (May 2017, Cannes)
Yasemin Samdereli (Director) — THE NIGHT OF ALL NIGHTS (May 2018)
Hubert Sauper (Director) — WE COME AS FRIENDS (August 2015)
Matthew Saville (Writer-Director) — A MONTH OF SUNDAYS (November 2015)
Matthew Saville (Director) — PLEASE LIKE ME (November 2015)
Lone Scherfig (Director) — THEIR FINEST (April 2017)
Céline Sciamma (Writer-Director) — GIRLHOOD (January 2015)
Alec Secareanu (Actor) — GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (Sundance 2017)
Léonor Serraille (Writer-Director) — JEUNE FEMME (May 2018)
Anne Sewitsky (Writer-Director) — HOMESICK (January 2015)
Nermeen Shaikh (Producer) — ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE (September 2016)
Tali Shalom-Ezer (Writer-Director) — PRINCESS (March 2015)
Ann Shin (Director) — MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER (April 2017, HotDocs)
Limor Shmila (Writer-Director) — MONTANA (September 2017, TIFF)
Kelly Showker (Director) — SLUT OR NUT (April 2018)
Netta Shpigelman (Actress) — MONTANA (September 017, TIFF)
Mina Shum (Director) — NINTH FLOOR (September 2015, TIFF)
Mina Shum (Writer-Director) — MEDITATION PARK (March 2018)
Vaishala Sinhi (Director) — ASK THE SEXPERT (May 2017)
Sebastian Silva (Writer-Director) — MAGIC MAGIC (February 2014)
Claire Simon (Director) — PREMIÈRES SOLITUDES (April 2018)
Ryan Warren Smith (Production Designer) — LEAN ON PETE (April 2018)
Mark Smolinski (Scientific Advisor) — CONTAGION (September 2012)
Alba Sotorra (Director) — COMMANDER ARIAN (May 2018)
Whit Stillman (Writer-Director) — LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (May 2016)
Elizaveta Stishova (Writer-Director) — SULEIMAN MOUNTAIN (September 2017, TIFF)
Kris Swanberg (Writer-Director) — UNEXPECTED (July 2015)
Zsófia Szilágyi (Writer-Director) — ONE DAY (August 2018)
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Stacey Tenenbaum (Director) — SHINERS (April 2017, HotDocs)
Imogen Thomas (Writer-Director) — EMU RUNNER (October 2018, TIFF)
Josh Thomas (Writer-Actor-Producer) — PLEASE LIKE ME (November 2015)
Shelley Thompson (Actor) — SPLINTERS (October 2018, TIFF)
Warwick Thornton (Director) — SWEET COUNTRY (September 2017, TIFF)
Pia Tjelta (Actress) — BLIND SPOT (September 2018, TIFF)
Tom Townend (Cinematographer) — YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (March 2018)
Joachim Trier (Writer-Director) — LOUDER THAN BOMBS (April 2016) — Part 1
Joachim Trier (Writer-Director) — LOUDER THAN BOMBS (April 2016) — Part 2
Joachim Trier (Writer-Director) — THELMA (November 2017)
Athina Tsangari (Writer-Director) — CHEVALIER (June 2016)
Mila Turajilc (Director) — THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING (September 2017, TIFF)
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Camille Vidal-Naquet (Writer-Director) — SAUVAGE (May 2018, Cannes)
Arnaud Valois (Actor) — BPM (Beats Per Minute) (October 2017, TIFF)
Nacho Vigalondo (Writer-Director) — COLOSSAL (April 2017)
Selma Vilhunen (Writer-Director) — LITTLE WING (February 2017)
Selma Vilhunen (Writer-Director) — STUPID YOUNG HEART (September 2018, TIFF)
Eskil Vogt (Writer) — THELMA (November 2017)
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Tim Wardle (Director) — THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS (July 2018)
Stephanie Wang-Breal (Director) — BLOWIN’ UP (May 2018)
Haya Waseem (Writer-Director) — SHAHZAD (September 2016)
Suki Waterhouse (Actor) — ASSASSINATION NATION (September 2018)
Daryl Wein (Writer-Director) — WHITE RABBIT (Sundance 2018)
Leilah Weinraub (Director) — SHAKEDOWN (February 2018)
Ali Weinstein (Director) — MERMAIDS (May 2017, HotDocs)
Joshua Z. Weinstein (Director and Co-writer) — MENASHE (August 2017)
Ine Wilmann (Actress) — HOMESICK (January 2015)
Jim Wilson (Producer) — YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (March 2018)
Alice Winocour (Writer-Director) — DISORDER (August 2016)
Carmel Winters (Writer-Director) — FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY (September 2018, TIFF)
Frederick Wiseman (Director) — EX LIBRIS: NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (October 2017, TIFF)
Frederick Wiseman (Director) — IN JACKSON HEIGHTS (September 2015)
Frederick Wiseman (Director) — NATIONAL GALLERY (December 2014)
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Leena Yadav (Writer-Director) — PARCHED (June 2016)
Heather Young (Writer-Director-Editor) — MILK (October 2017)
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Elite Zexer (Writer-Director) — SAND STORM (February 2016, Sundance)
Chloé Zhao (Writer-Director) — THE RIDER (May 2017, Cannes)
Anna Zohra Berrached (Writer-Director) — 24 WEEKS (February 2016, Berlinale)
