Chris O'Falt
VP, Features Strategy
Chris O'Falt hosts the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. Previously, he covered the indie and doc film beat for The Hollywood Reporter. When he’s not writing about the innovation of today’s leading filmmakers, Chris is helping train the next (and hopefully more diverse) generation of filmmakers through a non-profit he co-founded in NYCHA’s Gowanus Houses. Follow @cofalt.
Latest by Chris O'Falt
Hollywood Goes Country
"I’d never seen a country album in an action film before," director Lee Isaac Chung tells IndieWire, taking us through the soundtrack from Chris Stapleton to Luke Combs.
Filmmaker Toolkit
The Incredible Photo of a Tornado-Damaged Kentucky Movie Theater That Inspired the ’Twisters’ Ending
Director Lee Isaac Chung discusses how he navigated making a big, fun summer popcorn blockbuster about real destruction that continues to upend people’s lives.
Filmmaker Interview
The CGI tornados are incredible, but to sell the action, director Lee Isaac Chung needed two jet engines, 10,000-gallon dump tanks, and water cannons to create a real storm for the actors.
The best cinematography of 2024 movies (so far) includes massive studio films like "Dune: Part 2" and singular indies like "I Saw the TV Glow."
Filmmaker Toolkit
Julio Torres, the creator, director, and star of HBO's 'Fantasmas,' talks to IndieWire about the Season 1 finale.
Filmmaker Interview
Writer/director Osgood Perkins explains how the band T. Rex cosmically connects to "Longlegs," and sound designer Eugenio Battaglia reveals what's hidden in the film.
Filmmaker Interview
"Longlegs" waits to reveal its serial killer's appearance — now director Osgood Perkins and makeup dept head Felix Fox detail how Cage's transformation came about.
Dogville, NYC
Creator and star Julio Torres tells IndieWire how the austere "Dogville" influenced his phantasmagorical HBO series.
Filmmaker Toolkit
Editor Thelma Schoonmaker tells IndieWire how her husband, the legendary “Red Shoes” director, contributed to some of Martin Scorsese’s greatest films.
Filmmaker Toolkit
When Scorsese started asking about his “Red Shoes” hero, he discovered a giant of cinema had been forgotten and discarded, Thelma Schoonmaker says on our latest podcast episode.
Interview
“MaXXXine,” “Pearl,” and “X” cinematographer Eliot Rockett breaks down the trilogy's cinematic inspirations and how he translated them into films that look like they were created in different eras.
Filmmaker Toolkit
The "Kinds of Kindness" director talks about forgoing character motivation and the silly theater games he uses to get bold performances from Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons in his study of human behavior.
