This week as her special guests from the arts Ruth Copland is pleased to be interviewing Academy-Award-winning director Gavin Hood about new film Eye In The Sky, and screenwriter and film-maker Michael David Lynch, and actor and filmmaker Joe Burke, about their new film Dependent’s Day.
Gavin Hood is a filmmaker, screenwriter, director and actor best known for writing and directing Tsotsi (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and for directing X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Ender’s Game. Written by Guy Hibbert, Eye In The Sky stars Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman and explores the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
Michael David Lynch makes his long awaited feature film directorial debut with Dependent’s Day, having previously worked on films such as Inception, Die Hard 4, Ironman 2 and Transformers 2 and producing several successful films including Drop, Between Us, and This Thing with Sarah. Dependent’s Day recently won the Audience Award Narrative Feature Comedy at the Cinequest film festival 2016. Michael studied film at Columbia College, Chicago.
Joe Burke is a filmmaker and actor who received his MFA from th American Film Institute. He earned his BA degree in Film and a minor in Theater from Columbia College. Burke has acted in several national commercials and has appeared on the critically acclaimed Showtime show Ray Donovan, and the popular Disney show Dog With A Blog. Recently Joe is starring in the Screen Junkies Interns of F.I.E.L.D. a parody on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Known for playing a witty, quirky character, Joe embodies Dependent’s Day’s protagonist Cam, and his eternal struggle to claim his manhood.
Tune in Saturday 8-9 PM to find out more about the life and art of these talented film-makers. For more info and to hear previous shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com
