The 69th BFI London Film Festival (8 to 19 October), in partnership with American Express, is thrilled to reveal the filmmakers participating in this year’s programme of Screen Talks. This year’s line-up of Screen Talks includes interviews with Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread, There Will Be Blood), Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness), Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Dazed and Confused), Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon, No Bears), Lynne Ramsay, (Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk About Kevin), Tessa Thompson (Thor: Love and Thunder, Passing) and Chloé Zhao (The Rider, Nomadland).
The ultimate actor’s actor, Daniel Day-Lewis has worked with some of the world’s finest filmmakers to amass a body of work that is defined by a commitment to excellence. The only person to win three Best Actor Academy Awards, Day-Lewis has forged a series of era-defining roles in such diverse films as My Beautiful Laundrette, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, My Left Foot, The Age of Innocence, There Will Be Blood, Lincoln and Phantom Thread…