Life Cinematic

*Life Cinematic*
Life Cinematic
Genre	Biographical interview
Directed by	Sam Anthony
Presented by	Edith Bowman; Robbie Collin;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Executive producer	Jez Nelson
Producer	Ian Sharpe
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Somethin’ Else
Release
Original network	BBC Four
Original release	30 January 2020 –; 4 March 2021
External links
	BBC Life Cinematic Programme Page
	Somethin’ Else

Life Cinematic is a BBC television series of in-depth interviews with notable filmmakers, with clips from movies that have influenced them.^[1]^[2] With The Film Review and associated programs, Life Cinematic fills the gap left by the cancellation of the BBCs long-running Film... series in 2018. It is produced by Somethin’ Else and presented either by Edith Bowman or Robbie Collin, who give a brief résumé of the interviewee's career before conducting the interview. In the first 60-minute episode, broadcast 30 January 2020, Bowman spoke with Sir Sam Mendes, the British director whose blockbuster film 1917 was released three weeks previously.^[2]^[3]

Episodes[]

No.	Interviewee	Presenter	First broadcast
1	Sam Mendes	Edith Bowman	30 January 2020
2	Edgar Wright	Robbie Collin	6 February 2020
3	Sam Taylor-Johnson	Edith Bowman	13 February 2020
4	Sofia Coppola	Edith Bowman	25 November 2020
5	Amma Asante	Edith Bowman	4 March 2021

Source: BBC Life Cinematic Episode Guide. Last updated 25 March 2021.

References[]

^ "Life Cinematic". BBC. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Acclaimed film director Sam Mendes to feature in Life Cinematic, a new series of television specials from BBC Arts" (Press release). BBC Media Centre. 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ Travis, Ben (30 January 2020). "Sam Mendes And Edgar Wright To Feature On New BBC Film Show Life Cinematic". Empire. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

External links[]

Life Cinematic at BBC Online

[BBC-Programes-1] "Life Cinematic". BBC. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[BBC-Press-2] "Acclaimed film director Sam Mendes to feature in Life Cinematic, a new series of television specials from BBC Arts" (Press release). BBC Media Centre. 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

[Empire-3] Travis, Ben (30 January 2020). "Sam Mendes And Edgar Wright To Feature On New BBC Film Show Life Cinematic". Empire. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

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