is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists.
Every installment asks the same five questions. Today’s subject is Emmy-winning documentary maker RJ Cutler. Cutler got his big break in documentary making in 1993, producing the Oscar-nominatedAmerican Highand, for which he was granted unprecedented access to the singer. The movie drew a record-breaking 33% new viewers to Apple TV+, with young adult audiences fueling the momentum.