A few weeks ago, we hosted the Woodstock Film Festival’s State of the Artist Panel.
The participants included Tim Blake Nelson, who starred in the Coen Brothers’ last film together, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and has acted in:
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Lincoln (2012)
Minority Report (2002)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
On The End (2025)
Ellen Kuras, Oscar-nominated filmmaker who DP’d Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and made her narrative feature directorial debut with Lee (2023) starring Kate Winslet. She has won Sundance’s Best Dramatic Cinematography Award three times.
Tim Daly, an actor best known for his roles in The Sopranos and Madam Secretary.
The conversation delved into the following topics:
What films changed how you saw the world?
What projects have you been involved with that changed how you thought of yourself?
What does Carl Sagan’s quote, “For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love,” mean to you?
