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Destiny Jackson
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Destiny joined Deadline in September 2022 from Netflix’s pop-culture news site Tudum and a freelance writing career that includes bylines at Oscars.org, Marvel, IGN, TV Guide, Script Magazine, Backstage, Filmmaker Magazine and MovieMaker Magazine to name a few. When not stuck behind her laptop, she can be found haunting her local cinema, listening to Coldplay (unironically) or looking for pictures of Spider-Man. She is based in Los Angeles.
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‘Dovecote’ Writer-Director Marco Perego On Showcasing Community Inside A Venetian Women’s Prison — HollyShorts Film Festival
In Dovecote, an atmospheric drama short film byItalian director and co-writer Marco Perego turns the camera on society’s often unseen citizens: the women confined to a seaside prison in Venice. Making its debut at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, Dovecote, filmed inside Giudecca’s working…
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Writer-Director Ziyu Luo On Tackling The Generational Divide Between Immigrant Parents And Their Children In ‘American Daydream’ — HollyShorts Film Festival
What happens when generational dependency causes a pressurized role reversal that is both tender and heartbreaking when the child becomes the caretaker, and the mother becomes the dependent? Writer-director Ziyu Luo explores this intricate and delicate dynamic in her debut short film, American Daydream…
‘Fellow Travelers’ Series Creator Ron Nyswaner Is “Not Ready To Retire” As There’s More Queer American History To Unveil
What is it like to have an all-consuming romance over the course of 30 years? Screenwriter-director Ron Nyswaner has written movies for over four decades, earning an Oscar nomination for Philadelphia, and has worked on critically acclaimed shows like Ray Donovan and Homeland. And now, with Showtime's…
‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Sound Editing Team On Turning Up The Volume Of Swordplay Intensity
From swift kicks to the alluring tinny ring of a deadly sword swing, soundscapes are one of the most important building blocks of great television, namely that of Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai. The adult animated series follows Mizu (Mayra Erskine), a young mixed-race warrior driven by revenge as she lives…
Writer-Director Alex Song-Xia On How They Turned Their Unique LGBTQ+ Experience Into A Driving Lesson — HollyShorts Film Festival
In Really Good Driver, which debuted at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, an Asian American mom (Keiko Agena) teaches her grown-up child (Alex Song-Xia) how to drive, forcing both of them to confront the slightly dangerous task at hand while resurfacing tensions between them in the past…
‘The Bear’ Star Lionel Boyce Talks Marcus’ Growth As A Character And His Emotional Journey: “He Has Grief Turning Into Inspiration”
On FX's hit comedy-drama series The Bear, Lionel Boyce plays Marcus Brooks, a humble pastry chef trying to balance the hardships within his life with the hectic environment of the restaurant. While Season 2 maintains the fast-paced, high-adrenaline storylines that the series is known for, the first few…
Writer-Director Wendi Tang On Tackling The Complex Female Experience in ‘Fishtank’— HollyShorts Film Festival
Sometimes, following your unique dreams can lead you to win unexpected rewards in coveted places. At least, this was the case for the Chinese-born writer-director Wendi Tang. In the surrealist drama Fishtank, which won the grand prize in the Tribeca Chanel Through Her Lens program, a young woman named…
‘Sarajin’ Writer-Director Justin Kim WooSŏk On Poking Holes in The “American Dream” Through A Korean Immigrant Experience In Alaska — HollyShorts Film Festival
What happens when you've exhausted all options and cast your last line of hope into the sea of unattainable American Dreams? This is the question posed by co-writer and director Justin Kim WooSŏk in his Korean American short film Sarajin. Making its debut at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival…
Production Designer Daniel Taylor On Creating A Frozen Maze For HBO’s ‘True Detective: Night Country’
Dark secrets lay deep below the icy surface in HBO’s detective anthology drama True Detective: Night Country. Set in the frigid fictional town of Ennis, Alaska, the show follows officers Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), who team up after a group of scientists vanish in the…
‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker Tries To Steer Clear Of Painting Technology As A Bad Thing: “It’s How You Use It”
From dubious social algorithms to killer surveillance systems, the dystopian anthology series Black Mirror is not afraid to shine a black light on the complex relationship between humans and technology. The decade-old series, created by Charlie Brooker, straddles the line between bleak and…
Writer Christy Hall On Balancing The Complex Subject Matter In ‘It Ends With Us’: “It’s Art’s Job To Create Safe Spaces”
The first feature-length film adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel, It Ends with Us, debuted this weekend. The film, adapted to screen by Christy Hall, who also wrote and directed her first feature in this year's Daddio, follows Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), who overcomes a traumatic childhood to start a new…
Writer-Director Henry Alexander Kelly On The Power Of Video Games And The Afro-Latino Community In Debut Short ‘Chuck And Fern’ — LA Shorts Film Festival
On the heels of well-received mainstream video game adaptations like HBO's The Last of Us or Prime Video's Fallout, the timing of fantasy dramedy short film Chuck and Fern couldn't be more appropo. Making its world premiere at the Oscar and BAFTA qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival on Friday…
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