Making Award-Season features & Huge Streaming series with 'One Life' & 'Slow Horses' director James Hawes

Happy New Year and as a treat for you for 2024, Dom Lenoir sits down with director James Hawes to talk making award season features and huge streaming series and discuss his latest feature 'One Life' starring Anthony Hopkins which is out NOW. James talks about his career how he got involved in One Life, how he dealt with the difficult but rewarding story. Working with young children in a psychological situation and casting. He also with Dom about having breakfast with Anthony Hopkins and persuading him that he can direct the film. Why cinema will make a comeback. Finance, scripting and editing. Camera moves, design and finding new crew. Why you should keep coming up with collaborations and ideas. Plus he chats about making Slow Horses and the pitching scenario. ONE LIFE is OUT NOW in cinemas. Join Giles at the premiere of his latest produced feature on 5th January, the documentary on Grimsby Town FC https://cleethorpes.parkwaycinemas.co.uk/atawpremiere MERCH Get your Xmas pressies here with our very own Tees, Hoodies, onset water bottles, mugs and more MERCH. https://my-store-11604768.creator-spring.com/ COURSES Want to learn how to finish your film? Take our POST PRODUCTION COURSE https://cuttingroom.info/post-production-demystified/ PATREON Big thank you to: Serena Gardner Mark Hammett Lee Hutchings Marli J Monroe Karen Newman Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making? Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects! SUPPORT THE PODCAST Check out our full episode archive at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com CREDITS The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative  Theme Music by John J. Harvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices