The Directors’ Take Podcast

Jan 05 2025 76 ep. 73 mins 16

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Welcome to The Directors’ Take, a podcast where we explore how you go from directing something with your mates, to being the most senior decision-maker on a film set. Hosted by rising stars Oz Arshad and Marcus Anthony Thomas, The Directors’ Take Podcast will arm you with all of the knowledge you need to be a success in the Film & TV industry. Whether it’s the two of them talking through their own filmmaking journeys and experiences or conducting deep-dives on Directing craft with industry guests, they will offer you a look behind-the-curtain and demystify what it takes to Direct Film & TV at the highest level. For Directors... The pathway doesn’t exist, so we are going to do our best to help bridge the gap. Music by Oliver Wegmüller.

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E234 - The Season 2 Finale with Marcus & Oz

Jan 05 2025 75 mins

This is episode 34 and the FINAL EPISODE in our second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad do a round up of their 2024 highlights, lowlights and their favourite episodes from the second season of the podcast, before throwing out some optimistic feels for the year ahead. It’s been a tough year, but we are h

E233 - Directing Continuing Drama to Apple TV Series with Jim O'Hanlon

Dec 29 2024 123 mins

This is episode 33 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad are joined by Director Jim O’Hanlon, whose directorial work has been nominated for BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Emmy’s. Jim began his career working in continuing Drama on Coronation Street and has since gone on to direct Inside Number 9, 1

E232 - A Conversation with NFTS Director of School Dr. Jon Wardle

Dec 22 2024 87 mins

This is episode 32 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad are joined by the Director of the National Film & Television School, Dr. Jon Wardle. In this episode we demystify exactly what the NFTS is to give you all of the information necessary to understand how it can fit into your pathway into t

E231 - How we created EMILIA PÉREZ with Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain

Dec 15 2024 56 mins

This is episode 31 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s special episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad are joined in conversation by legendary French Director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) and his long-time Writer and Artistic collaborator Thomas Bidegain to discuss their latest project in partnership with Netflix, the mu

E230 - The Journey to Directing ONE PIECE with Marc Jobst - Part 2

Dec 08 2024 73 mins

This is episode 30 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad are joined by High-End TV Director Marc Jobst for the second part of our conversation. Marc began his career working in continuing drama on Casualty and Eastenders before working his way up to creating exceptional work on Hannibal, Daredevil

E229 - The Journey to Directing ONE PIECE with Marc Jobst - Part 1

Dec 01 2024 59 mins

This is episode 29 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad are joined by High-End TV Director Marc Jobst. Marc began his career working in continuing drama on Casualty and Eastenders before working his way up to creating exceptional work on Hannibal, Daredevil, The Witcher and most recently as the l

E228 - TDT LIVE PODCAST: Filmmaker Pathways with Actor, Writer, and Director Charlotte Hamblin

Nov 24 2024 51 mins

This is episode 28 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad are joined by Award winning actor, writer and director Charlotte Hamblin. This conversation was recorded at the Norwich Film Festival 2024. In this chat we cover:- The importance of preparation in development Developing an idea Preparatio

E227 - The Production Diaries Space Plug & Opening Up

Nov 17 2024 75 mins

This is episode 27 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad take you behind the scenes of their short films, Space Plug and Opening Up. Recorded in June 2023, the episode gives you their fresh thoughts on the wins and challenges of production one week after they wrapped on set. This conversation co

E226 - TDT LIVE PODCAST: Demystifying Producing 2 with BAFTA Winner Chris Hees

Nov 10 2024 60 mins

This is episode 26 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad are joined by BAFTA winning producer Chris Hees, who works across both animation and live-action. This conversation was recorded at the Spirit of Independence Film Festival in Sheffield alongside a bunch of other industry talks, as we aim t

E225 - The Insider's Guide to Notes, Script Editing & Development with Venetia Hawkes

Nov 03 2024 101 mins

This is episode 25 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad discuss the process of giving and receiving notes as a Writer & Director. We were joined in this conversation by Venetia Hawkes, who is the author of the book We Have Some Notes… The Insider’s Guide to Notes, Script Editing and Dev