Tributes and Portraits with Daniel Hymanson

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Tributes and Portraits with Daniel Hymanson

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1 hour 7 minutes 51 seconds

3 years ago

Tributes and Portraits with Daniel Hymanson

In this episode, filmmaker Daniel Hymanson speaks with host Edward Frumkin about the making of his debut film So Late So Soon, as well as finding cohesive ways to tell a story and doing principal photography by himself. Finally in today's concluding thought, Edward opens up about being neurodivergent.

Guest Bio:

Daniel Hymanson (he/him) is a documentary filmmaker from Chicago. His first feature SO LATE SO SOON premiered at the 2020 True/False Film Festival and was acquired for distribution by Oscilloscope Pictures. His work as a director has received support from IFP, the Illinois Arts Council, the True/False & Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, Kartemquin Labs, and the Sundance Documentary Film Institute.He was also an associate producer on Sara Dosa’s THE LAST SEASON (Independent Spirit Award nominee) and Bill and Turner Ross’s WESTERN (Sundance Special Jury Prize winner).In 2020, Filmmaker Magazine named him one of its "25 New Faces of Independent Film." In 2021, DOC NYC named him and 39 other documentary filmmakers on its 40 under 40 class.

Time Codes:

1:10 - Daniel's film upbringings

7:32 - Daniel'sExperience as an Associate Producer

12:10 - Daniel's Meeting Jackie and Don of So Late So Soon

17:09 - Origins of So Late So Soon through Queen of the Battling Butterfly Brigade

20:35 - Jackie and Don as Characters and Finding a Cohesive Way to Tell a Story

24:16 - Daniel's Influences for So Late So Soon

27:02 - Daniel Filming by Himself On Set and Getting Producers

29:48 - Using Archival Material in So Late So Soon

33:30 - The Correlations Between the House and the Characters

36:30 - Deciding Which Parts of Jackie's and Don's Lives Would Be in the Film

40:31 - Critiquing Critics Labeling Documentaries as Tributes

42:20 - Filming at Restaurants and Health Clinics

44:26 - Daniel's Process in Sharing the Film with Don and Jackie

48:58 - Sound Design in So Late So Soon

51:35 - Visual Effects and Daniel Not Including His Physical Self in So Late So Soon

54:44 - The Theme of Avoid Letting Go and Life After So Late So Soon

57:03 - Daniel Making a So Late So Soon follow-up Wind Up and His Involvement in Isidore Bethel's Acts of Love

1:01:43 - Daniel's recommendation: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

1:03:28 - Concluding Thought: Edward Being Neurodivergent

Show Notes:

Trailers for So Late So Soon, Western, and The Last Season

Hymanson's New Face Profile and 2022 Filmmaker Magazine Interview