On the Directors UK Podcast, journalist and filmmaker Shiori Itô discusses her debut feature documentary Black Box Diaries, In Conversation with Jeanie Finlay.

Shiori shares how the documentary format gave her more freedom to tell her own story, and helped facilitate her own investigation into her sexual assault in an effort to prosecute her high-profile offender.

In Conversation: Shiori Itô and Jeanie Finlay on Black Box Diaries

Recorded live at our In Conversation members event in December 2024, Jesse Eisenberg is on the Directors UK Podcast speaking to Sandra Hebron about his latest film A Real Pain.

Jesse shares his process, how his work as an actor prepared him for directing, and the risks he’s glad to have taken as a filmmaker.

In Conversation: Jesse Eisenberg on A Real Pain

Ellen Kuras speaks about what went into directing her latest film Lee, which tells the true story of American photographer Lee Miller on her quest to document the truth of the Nazi regime.

Ellen discusses what sparked her interest in Lee Miller’s work, her approach to telling a story through images, and her commitment to telling this story from a woman’s perspective. 

In Conversation: Ellen Kuras on Lee

Greg Kwedar shares the work that went into directing his latest film Sing Sing.

A stirring true story featuring an ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors, Greg talks about how he worked with the cast to translate real experiences into powerful scenes, and how he practised filmmaking “in community” on the set.

In Conversation: Greg Kwedar on Sing Sing

Brady Corbet is on the Directors UK Podcast, In Conversation with Sam Mendes on what went into directing The Brutalist.

Brady reflects on the importance of a director’s creative vision, and his journey bringing this epic story to screen.

In Conversation: Brady Corbet and Sam Mendes on The Brutalist

John Crowley is on the Directors UK Podcast speaking to Anna Bogutskaya on what went into directing We Live In Time.

John shares his experience in the edit, his approach to rehearsals, as well as what challenges come from working on a non-linear story.

In Conversation: John Crowley on We Live In Time

Sean Baker is In Conversation with Ian Haydn Smith on directing Anora. Sean shares his experience casting and working with Mikey Madison, what it was like shooting on a tight budget,  and how the story grew from the film's locations.

Image credit: Christopher Andreou

In Conversation: Sean Baker on Anora

One from the vaults. I have been meaning to post this for over a year but life has been life-ing. This is the audio from my sell out book launch 'in conversation' talk with Jamz Supernova in January 2024. If you haven't already read the book this is as good a place to start as any. Welcome to the Club is published on Manchester University Press and is available in hardback, paperback and audiobook.
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183569/

BOOK LAUNCH IN CONVERSATION WITH JAMZ SUPERNOVA AT HOME, MCR JAN 2024

 Olaide Sadiq’s directorial debut Grenfell: Uncovered examines the disturbing chain of events that led to the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, giving survivors, bereaved families and firefighters a platform to share their story.

In the latest episode of the Directors UK Podcast, recorded live at our exclusive member event last month, Olaide sits down with fellow documentary director Toby Trackman, to discuss how she became involved with the project, her approach to working with collaborators and the responsibility she felt towards them as director, and what it was like working with Netflix on this project.

Olaide Sadiq and Toby Trackman on Grenfell: Uncovered

Throwing it back on a Wednesday with OG @platformldn member @seneomwamba talking about her decade of a journey through the music industry hosted by Astro girlie @ishashahphotography celebrating music from the UK festival season 🎼

Platform LDN - 27/08/2025 [Voices Radio]

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The Directors UK Podcast allows the listener to attend our member events with top directors. Hear what directors have to say when they speak to a room of their peers, and gain exclusive insight into their creative process.

Directors UK is the professional association for UK screen directors. With over 8,500 members, we represent directors’ rights and concerns, promote excellence in the craft of direction and champion change to the current landscape to create an equal opportunity industry for all.

THE CATEGORY IS … AWARD WINNING …

Award winning is no understatement.

Winner of the DJ Mag Top 100 Lifetime Achievement Award (November 2022), the Keychange (PRS) Inspiration Award (Sound City April 2023), the NTIA Ambassadors of The Night Award (March 2024) DJ of the Year (Nordoff and Robbins) Northern Music Awards 2024, Manchester Culture Awards – Inspiration Award 2024 – Paulette is certainly racking up the awards and plaudits. 

No surprises here though, since Paulette is a highly regarded DJ, broadcaster and now author, celebrated around the world, born and raised in (and still resident of) Manchester. Over a 30-year career, she has scaled the heights of dance music fame and hedonism playing disco, house and techno to huge crowds and in cool underground basements. She is a DJ who is renowned for consistently ‘smashing’ every set she plays. One of two women to have a monthly residency at the Hacienda, she went on to have residencies at Brighton’s Zap Club and London’s Heaven and Ministry of Sound, before serving successful stints in Paris and Ibiza then returning to Manchester to rise again in her birth and spiritual home. She has a keen talent for reinvention and replicating excellence. Her second Essential Mix was broadcast on Radio One in February 2023. She is known for her monthly radio shows with Reform Radio, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM and has a Global Residency show produced in collaboration with The Radio Department that can be found on Apple Music. She is a regular presenter stand-in on BBC 6 Music. 

She has played iconic B2Bs with Radio One Introducing Dance’s Jaguar, The Blessed Madonna, Erol Alkan, Stacy ‘Hottwax’ Hale, Prosumer, IsaBELLA and there are more planned for 2026. She shines consistently from disco through to tech house and has dazzled with sets for The Hacienda, Warehouse Project, Faith, Trade, HeSheThey, Kaiku in Helsinki, Corsica Studios, Blitz Club in Munich, Horsemeat Disco, El Row, Levels, Scissors, San Remo, Stonebridge and Greenpeace at Glastonbury, Bugged Out, Drumsheds , Glitterbox at Hi Ibiza and Defected in Malta amongst many more!

Aside from dj’ing Paulette is an events and exhibition curator and a regular contributor to radio shows as diverse as Afrodeutsche’s ‘The People’s Party’, Craig Charles’ Funk and Soul Show, Jamz Supernova on 6Music, Radcliffe and Maconie, Amy Lame, Anamatronic’s ‘Dance Devotion’, Eats Everything’s ‘Edible Beats’. She sits on the Regional and Live Events Committees (North) for the Musicians’ Union and is a Power Up mentor for shesaidso.  Her debut book ‘Welcome To The Club: The life and lessons of a black woman DJ’ published in January 2024 by Manchester University Press to huge critical acclaim and became available in paperback and audiobook formats in April 2025.  She is working on her second book and is closing out 2025 with a nomination for I Love Manchester’s Emmeline Pankhurst Award and has been permanently honoured by the city with an Akse-P19 mural in Deansgate, Manchester (creator of the George Floyd, Ian Curtis, Marcus Rashford, Victoria Wood, Michelle Yeoh landmarks).

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