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Josh Margolin: Director, Writer, Editor, Actor

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Josh Margolin: Director, Writer, Editor, Actor

 

Introduction to Josh Margolin.   0:53 sec.  Interview:  Raymond Elman. Videography:  Lee Skye.   Music:  Carmen Cicero. Recorded via Zoom. 6/11/2024

 

JOSH MARGOLIN is a writer, director, editor and actor who grew up in Los Angeles.  Margolin is the grandson of prolific film and TV director Ted Post and Thelma Post.

Margolin co-wrote, edited and starred in the absurdist horror-comedy “Deep Murder,” which premiered at the LA Film Festival in 2018 and ran theatrically before streaming on Paramount+.

Previously, Margolin co-created the digital series “My Boyfriend Is a Robot” for Freeform, and has developed projects with TBS, Sony Pictures Television, Olive Bridge and Paul Feig’s Powderkeg.

He performed over 100 shows with “One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical,” which was produced by Marc Platt and had sold-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as appearances in the The New York Musical Theater Festival and a limited run in Los Angeles.

“Thelma,” featuring June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Malcom McDowell, Fred Hechinger, and Clark Gregg is Margolin’s feature directorial debut.

 

The videos below were recorded via Zoom, are organized by Success Factor, and run between 30 seconds and 3 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.

 

OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR “THELMA”: 2:02 min.

“Thelma” is a Magnolia Pictures release in theaters everywhere June 21, 2024.

 

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 1:02 min.

Where did you grow up, and what’s your first awareness of art of any discipline?

 

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES:  1:30 min.

Your grandfather, Ted Post, was a prolific film and TV director. How did he influence you?

 

UNDERSTANDS ARTISTS’ NEEDS:  3:07 min.

Where did you go to school and what did you learn that still informs you today?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:   2:01 min.

What was the motivation for creating your current movie, “Thelma”?

 

COLLABORATION:    1:27 min.

You assembled an extraordinary cast, including June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, and Malcom McDowell. How did they shape the film?

 

EMPATHY:    1:32 min.

Did 94 year-old June Squibb have a chance to meet your grandmother, whom she plays in “Thelma,” before your grandmother died?

 

SERENDIPITY:    0:48 sec.

Did you and Richard Roundtree, whose breakout film was “Shaft,” have a sense that “Thelma” would be his last movie before he died in 2023?

 

UNDERSTANDS ARTISTS’ NEEDS:    1:54 min.

Throughout her acting career, Parker Posey has created unusual characters. In “Thelma,” she plays the “Sandwich Generation” role of a distraught mother / daughter. Was her concept of the role your idea or her interpretation?

 

EMPATHY:    1:13 min.

In “Thelma,” Fred Hechinger portrays you as a bumbling character who consistently gets himself into minor trouble. Do you see yourself that way?

 

CRITICAL THINKING:    1:22 min.

Los Angeles feels like a character in “Thelma.” Were most of the filming locations already familiar to you?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:    1:45 min.

How have people from different generations reacted to “Thelma”?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:  0:28 sec.

What’s your favorite movie?