Suggests: Directing Principles to Change Your Filmmaking with Rob Spera

Join Sundance Collab for an exclusive Advisor Studio session with acclaimed director, writer, playwright, and professor Rob Spera. With over three decades of directing experience, Spera has distilled his most valuable lessons into his new book, Film/TV Director’s Field Manual: Seventy Maxims to Change Your Filmmaking.

In this interactive 60-minute session, Spera will share four of his key “maxims” and explore how they can elevate your approach to directing. Through examples from classic and contemporary films, you’ll learn how to rethink blocking, framing, and composition to create more compelling visual storytelling. A Q&A session will offer you the chance to ask questions and gain insights tailored to your own filmmaking journey.

Topics include:

• Capturing the complexity of human nature

• Reimagining dialogue for greater impact

• Photographing subtext to enhance storytelling