Filmmaker Antonio Negret for feature film SHAMAN (Riverdale, Arrow, The Flash)

About this episode

Filmmaker Antonio Negret discusses his career and the making of his feature film SHAMAN.

Colombian writer-director Jose Antonio Negret first made waves when his debut film TOWARDS DARKNESS premiered in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. It starred America Ferrera, and was distributed by MGM. Negret was subsequently named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of their "Top 10 Latino Directors to Watch.' His follow-up was SECONDS APART, a supernatural thriller released by Lionsgate, which was followed by the action film TRANSIT, produced by Joel Silver and Dark Castle Entertainment. Most recently, Negret directed the car heist action/thriller OVERDRIVE starring Scott Eastwood and Ana de Armas (released by Paramount and produced by TAKEN helmer Pierre Morel). In addition to his feature film accomplishments, Negret is also a highly in-demand television director. An alumni of the Warner Brothers' Directing Workshop, Negret has directed episodes for series such as THE LINCOLN LAWYER (Netflix), HIGHTOWN (Starz), CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA (Netflix), PRODIGAL SON (Fox), NATIONAL TREASURE (Disney+), RIVERDALE (CW), MAGNUM PI (CBS), THE 100 (CW), SUPERGIRL (CW), LETHAL WEAPON (Fox), ONCE UPON A TIME (ABC), THE FLASH (CW), SCORPION (CBS), LA'S FINEST (Spectrum)…

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Simone Miller

Guest: Antonio Negret

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• interviews
• television directing
• feature films
• Latino directors
• horror
• action films

Keywords

• Antonio Negret
• SHAMAN
• filmmaking
• Latino directors
• action films
• horror
• television directing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MGM, Lionsgate, Joel Silver, Dark Castle Entertainment, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Netflix, Starz, Fox, Disney+

Books & works: TOWARDS DARKNESS, SECONDS APART, TRANSIT, OVERDRIVE, SHAMAN

Places: Ecuador

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