Directors

David O. Russell ('The Fighter'), Darren Aronofsky ('Black Swan'), Lisa Cholodenko ('The Kids Are All Right'), Derek Cianfrance ('Blue Valentine'), Peter Weir ('The Way Back'), and Tom Hooper ('The King's Speech') join The Hollywood Reporter's Movie Directors Roundtable to debate maintaining their vision, fighting with actors, and what to do about the MPAA .

filmmakers Ben Affleck (Argo), Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained), Ang Lee (Life of Pi), Tom Hooper (Les Misérables), and David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook). They discussed their projects, the craft of directing, and the filmmaking business, with Tarantino expressing his desire to quit directing due to digital trends.

Steve  McQueen (12 Years a Slave), Paul  Greengrass (Captain Phillips), David  O. Russell (American Hustle), Ben  Stiller (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), Alfonso  Cuaron (Gravity) and Lee  Daniels (The Butler) join THR's Matt Belloni and Stephen Galloway to discuss their movies.

Angelina Jolie (Unbroken), Christopher Nolan (Interstellar), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) discuss their new films, open up about ethics, fears, family and what drives them: "We're all kind of control freaks, right?"

The year's most notable directors join for The Hollywood Reporter's Writer Oscar Roundtable. The directors include Quentin Tarantino ('The Hateful Eight'), Tom Hooper ('The Danish Girl'), Alejandro G. Inarritu ('The Revenant'), Ridley Scott ('The Martian'), Danny Boyle ('Steve Jobs') and David O. Russell ('Joy').

The Hollywood Reporter's Directors 2017 Oscars Roundtable is here! Join Mel Gibson ('Hacksaw Ridge'), Oliver Stone ('Snowden'), Denzel Washington ('Fences'), Damien Chazelle ('La La Land'), Mira Nair ('Queen of Katwe'), and Barry Jenkins ('Moonlight') for another full, uncensored discussion with some of Hollywood's biggest directors.

Guillermo del Toro ('The Shape of Water'), Angelina Jolie ('First They Killed My Father'), Patty Jenkins ('Wonder Woman'), Greta Gerwig ('Lady Bird'), Denis Villeneuve ('Blade Runner 2049'), and Joe Wright ('Darkest Hour')

Ryan Coogler ('Black Panther'), Yorgos Lanthimos ('The Favourite'), Alfonso Cuarón ('Roma'), Spike Lee ('BlacKkKlansman'), Marielle Heller ('Can You Ever Forgive Me?'), and Bradley Cooper ('A Star Is Born')