Jackie van Beek: On the importance of chaos in filmmaking...

Interview – 2018

Jackie van Beek is an actor, director and writer who first honed her storytelling skills in theatre. She has acted in a variety of television and film roles, and directed several award-winning short films. In 2017 van Beek directed her first feature film The Inland Road, then co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in hit comedy The Breaker Upperers, with Madeleine Sami.

In this ScreenTalk, van Beek talks about:

Losing and finding confidence in her acting on Shortland Street
How being a clown led to her first short film One Shoe Short
Thriving amidst the on-set chaos of What We Do in the Shadows
Feeling blissful directing her feature film The Inland Road
Co-directing The Breaker Upperers with Madeleine Sami
Managing their on-set relationship, and their lack of ego
Why she is proud of the film
The dream job of directing on What We Do in the Shadows spin-off Wellington Paranormal

This video was first uploaded on 25 June 2018, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside

Madeleine and I co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in the film, so it was a circus.

– Jackie Van Beek on co-directing 2018 hit movie The Breaker Upperers, with Madeleine Sami

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