Behind The Lens

Jam-packed week on BEHIND THE LENS as Kit Bowen joins debbie lynn elias in studio as Special Cinematic Co-Host! BEHIND THE LENS starts off with WELCOME TO HAPPINESS writer/director/editor Oliver Thompson calling in live, fresh off his Dances With Films screening. Then, a great friend of BEHIND THE LENS, ArcLight Cinemas VP of Programming Gretchen McCourt joins in to talk about this month's Ar...

A fun show for you this week, starting with a terrific new giveaway from Greg Srisavasdi through his Deepest Dream website, https://deepestdream.com ! (So check it out, guys! ) Director Sam Friedlander joins us live talking about is one of the funniest (and most socially incorrect) films of the year – LARRY GAYE: RENEGADE MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT!! A real treat is another first time filmmaker, Marcus...

This week on BEHIND THE LENS are two of our favorite new amigos – Ryan Nagata and George Edeman – talking about their feature film debut as co-writers and director/producer, respectively – AMIGO UNDEAD! And we hear more from director Courteney Cox on her feature directorial debut, JUST BEFORE I GO, as well as Sam Elliott on the script for I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS. And yes, there's Cloon...

First up, welcome writer/director Leah Meyerhoff at 11:15 to talk about the visually hypnotic and technically impressive indie darling I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS. Navigating the difficult and troubled course of young love, Meyerhoff is masterful with creating a dichotomous tonal bandwidth of visual imagery and story, all to powerful result. Using Super 8mm, Super 16mm and 16mm plus stop motion animatio...

This week on BEHIND THE LENS, debbie lynn elias and co-host Greg Srisavasdi welcome filmmaker Quincy Rose (MILES TO GO) for what both agree is one of the best (and favorite) interviews of the year!! Quincy Rose is a filmmaker to watch!! And hear what Dolph Lundgren has to say about his favorite parts of filmmaking while first time feature directors Courteney Cox (JUST BEFORE I GO) and Chad Archiba...

"The Force" is with us on The 4th with this week's BEHIND THE LENS! Watch now as Mali Elfman talks all about the big fun in FUN SIZE HORROR VOLUME 1, while first time feature director Vahe Gabuchian has boundless enthusiasm for his film, THE PARTY IS OVER!! And get a sneak peak of what Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera have to say about some of the technology behind Pixar's upcoming...

Watch all the fun and laughter (a whole lotta laughter this week) as co-host Greg Srisavasdi and I welcome that "Moxie Bright" wedding planner and musical theatre actress Renee Scotti Dalo in-studio! Award-winning theatre producer David Galligan is on the line live as he talks about his upcoming 31st S.T.A.G.E. LA production at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on May 9th. And a very bi...

It's another jam-packed week on BEHIND THE LENS starting with excerpts of my exclusive interview with visionary director and producer Timur Bekmambetov as we go 1:1 talking about UNFRIENDED. Then, Producer/Director/Writer/Editor Kyle Ham is live talking about his feature debut, REPARATION, which has its World Premiere this week at Newport Beach Film Festival. And everything is "Mo Bettuh...

This week's show has a little something for everyone starting with some thoughts from Captain James Tiberius Kirk himself (aka William Shatner) on the universality of storytelling, courtesy of my cinematic cohort Greg Srisavasdi. Joining us live at the quarter hour mark is Slamdance Founder and Programmer Paul Rachman to talk about the Arclight-Slamdance Cinema Club, as well as his own storie...

This week's BEHIND THE LENS is jam-packed from beginning to end with bitchy goodness and fun starting with the beloved legend Carole Cook who talks about the upcoming S.T.A.G.E. Los Angeles "TO BROADWAY, FROM HOLLYWOOD…WITH LOVE" benefit at the Saban Theatre on May 9th (plus some hilarious & charming Robert Osborne and Lucille Ball memories). Then, head crazy bitch Jane Clark ta...

Jam-packed show this week with the cinematic worlds of classic and contemporary coming together as director Mo Perkins talks about THE LAST TIME YOU HAD FUN, which is perfect not only because her film is so fun, but because debbie, Greg Srisavasdi and TCM Social Producers Kellee Pratt and Aurora "Citizen Screen" are all talking about the last time they had fun…..24 hours earlier as the T...

It's a "classic" week on BEHIND THE LENS as the classically funny "trouble dolls" Jess Weixler and Jennifer Prediger join debbie and regale the hilarity and directorial learning curve of APARTMENT TROUBLES. But about as classic as you can get is the TCM Classic Film Festival and TCM Festival Social Producer Kellee Pratt joins debbie to talk about the freshman Social Produc...

No tease. No "con". BEHIND THE LENS is huge this week as "Con Man" Alan Tudyk joins us live to talk about his new web series CON MAN with Nathan Fillion! Taking the world by storm, setting new crowdfunding records and already surpassing $2 million in the opening Indiegogo campaign insuring financing for a full 12 episode season, CON MAN, Tudyk and Fillion are the talk of the to...

It's a really big "shoe" this week as debbie bookends BEHIND THE LENS with "the dress", "the shoes" and "the Swarovski crystals" as we hear from CINDERELLA producers David Barron and Allison Schearmur and costumer designer extraordinaire, Sandy Powell, talk about the magic of CINDERELLA. Then Special Guest, actress Yvette Yates joins in live talking abo...

This week, debbie and co-host Greg Srisavasdi take a peek inside Pixie Hollow with TINKERBELL & THE LEGEND OF THE NEVERBEAST. We'll hear from Ginnifer Goodwin about voicing Tinkerbell's newest friend, Fawn. Then, music supervisor Brett Swain and singer/songwriter/composer/producer (and cocktail maker) Bleu, talk about designing the music for the film and for the newest cuddle monster...

This week on "Behind The Lens", novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner joins debbie and co-host Greg Srisavasdi live talking about his collaboration with David Cronenberg on their new film, "Maps to the Stars". And we hear from Spirit Award (and Oscar) winners Julianne Moore, Patricia Arquette, Laura Poitras and Dan Gilroy and what they had to say about their wins, as well as c...

This week on BEHIND THE LENS Greg Srisavasdi and I talk about the upcoming Oscars and Spirit Awards and then go in-depth "behind the lens and below the line" with THE LAST FIVE YEARS and the upcoming McFARLAND, USA. Hear excerpts of my exclusive interview with McFARLAND director Niki Caro, not to mention, some of the hilarity at the press day with Kevin Costner and a few of the film&apos...

This week on BEHIND THE LENS, we're talking Brides, Bitches, Baymax and, surprisingly, Bathrooms!! Catch the live hilarity between writer/director Jane Clark and debbie as they talk CRAZY BITCHES! And Jonathon Narducci fills us in on the good the bad and the oh-no-you-didn't exploits of the email Ukraine bride industry with the eye-opening doc LOVE ME. Listen to directors Don Hall and Ch...

This week, co-host Greg Srisavasdi ( https://deepestdream.com ) joins debbie as they go "Behind the Lens" and below the line LIVE with Edward James Olmos talking about an important documentary for the planet, ENERGIZING OUR WORLD. AND…. hear from the Backstreet Boys as they talk about their new documentary, BSB: SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF, marking their 20th anniversary, reun...

This week, co-host Greg Srisavasdi joins debbie as they go "Behind the Lens" and below the line LIVE with very special guest, director Deon Taylor, for an in-depth talk about one of the most powerful films of the year – SUPREMACY. And on a lighter note, we hear from Anne Hathaway and composers Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice as they talk about SONG ONE. Hathaway gives us some new perspecti...

This week, Special Guest Co-Host Chad Miller joins debbie as they go "Behind the Lens" and below the line LIVE with Slamdance Co-Founder and President, Peter Baxter.  And you'll also hear from writer/director Peter King in his exclusive interview with debbie talking about one of the world's (and childhood's) most beloved bears, PADDINGTON, and the importance of color in ci...

This week, co-host Greg Srisavasdi ( https://deepestdream.com ) and guest Ned Ehrbar of Metro Newspapers join debbie and go "Behind the Lens" and below the line with a look at some of the Golden Globe winners, including THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL and BOYHOOD, with interview excerpts from BUDAPEST writer/director Wes Anderson and "the boy" in BOYHOOD, Ellar Coltrane. You'll h...

This week, co-host Greg Srisavasdi ( https://deepestdream.com ) and special guest actor Chad Miller join debbie and go "Behind the Lens" and below the line with Disney's INTO THE WOODS featuring excerpts of debbie's  interviews with director Rob Marshall, costume designer Colleen Atwood and editor Wyatt Smith. http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com