Nicholas Britell

Nicholas Britell

Up next

Fernando Meirelles and Mark Tildesley

Fernando Meirelles is the Academy Award-nominated director of films like “City of God,” “The Constant Gardener,” and “Blindness,” among many others. His mixture of authenticity and flash made him a fascinating match for “The Two Popes,” his latest film starring Anthony Hopkins an ...  Show more

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood brings a delicate but assured touch to everything she’s involved in, whether on the big screen with films like “Love & Basketball” and “Beyond the Lights,” or in the world of television with projects like the riveting limited series “Shots Fired.” ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

The Sunday Read: ‘The Composer at the Frontier of Movie Music’
The Daily

You have almost certainly heard Nicholas Britell’s music, even if you don’t know his name. More than any other contemporary composer, he appears to have the whole of music history at his command, shifting easily between vocabularies, often in the same film.

His most arre ...

  Show more

Hans Zimmer - 'Dunkirk'
Awards Chatter

The Oscar and Grammy winning composer, who has masterfully scored some 150 films, reflects on his musical influences; how he began combining instruments and technology to produce new sounds; why he nearly passed on projects for which he later produced iconic work, including 'The ...  Show more

Peter Morgan - 'The Crown'
Awards Chatter

The British playwright and screenwriter known for imagining what goes behind the walls of power reflects on his unexpected journey to writing, how he came to focus on the royals in numerous projects, and what he hopes will be the legacy of the landmark six-episode Netflix drama s ...  Show more

The King with David Michôd and Neil Burger (Ep. 227)
The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Director David Michôd discusses his new film, The King, with fellow director Neil Burger. The film stars Timothée Chalamet as Prince Hal, who had turned his back on royal life to live among the people until the death of his tyrannical father. Now, crowned King Henry V, the young ...  Show more