"The Chair Company" Director Andrew DeYoung
From IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit by Chris O'Falt
June 9, 2026 · 30 min
About this episode
Andrew DeYoung discusses his new HBO series 'The Chair Company' and the creative processes behind it.
Andrew DeYoung returns to the Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast to discuss his new HBO series with Tim Robbins. DeYoung talks frankly about how budget limitations lead to the series' visual creativity, his process with Robbins, and how make an internet rabbit hole interesting on screen. Andrew DeYoung's Toolkit episode on "Friendship" - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3AR0dIo2bvRvk6mG4YgFD6?si=e80d0f2af093409e Read our review of "The Chair Company" - https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/the-chair-company-review-tim-robinson-hbo-series-1235154393/?v3=true Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Chris O'Falt
Guest: Andrew DeYoung
Topics covered
- directing
- television
- budget limitations
- visual creativity
- collaboration
- storytelling
Keywords
- Andrew DeYoung
- Tim Robbins
- HBO
- The Chair Company
- visual creativity
- budget limitations
- storytelling
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: HBO
Books & works: The Chair Company
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