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Steven Spielbergis not the only director in the family anymore.
On Monday, Spielberg, 76, expressed his excitement for his daughterDestry Allyn Spielberg’s upcoming feature film directorial debutFour Assassins (And A Funeral)during a wide-ranging conversation about his career on theSmartLesspodcast.
“I’m so excited about that,” theFabelmansdirector told cohostsJason Bateman,Sean HayesandWill Arnett. “She was hired based on a short film. She made a wonderful short film, which I adored, and the producers behind theJohn Wickseries saw it and gave her a movie — with a respectable budget, too.”
“So, it’s exciting for the whole family,” Spielberg added.
Deadlinefirst reported news of 26-year-old Destry’s upcoming film in December 2022, with the script described as a combination of theKingsmanfranchise,Knives Outand the HBO seriesSuccession.
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“She’d always come to the set and she worked on the property department forWest Side Storyfor three-and-a-half, four months, when we shot that movie, so she was on set every day,” Spielberg added of Destry’s film industry credentials. “And this was just something she was always interested in doing.”
The director also complimented his daughter’s still photography skills as she gears up for her first feature-length movie.
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“Her compositions and her use of black and white… I thought she might be the only kid that follows sort of in my directing footsteps, although all my kids are in one fashion or another in the arts,” he said on the podcast.
The director shares Destry, along with Sasha, 32, Sawyer, 30, Mikaela, 26 with his wife, actress Kate Capshaw, as well as her two: Jessica, 46, and Theo, 34. He also shares son Max, 37, with his ex-wife Amy Irving.
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“I am just a young aspiring female filmmaker who admires the art of cinema. People can argue nepotism, but I know deep down that I worked hard to get where I am and it wasn’t easy. Beyond proud of this film and proud of the team it took to make it,” Destry wrote in a since-deleted tweet, perE! News.
In a follow-up statement, which still remains on her Twitter account, the daughter of the Oscar-winning directoradded, “I acknowledge that i was born with privilege! I own that through and through! I make it my mission to bring new talent into the industry & give opportunities to artists of all backgrounds. No one should be left out because of the connections they dont have.”
source: people.com
