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'Mountainhead' Director Jesse Armstrong

'Mountainhead' Director Jesse Armstrong

Update: 2025-06-01
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The Emmy winning creator of 'Succession' is back on the Filmmaker Toolkit to discuss his feature directorial debut. Jesse was an erudite guest, exploring his writing process and how he approached some of the same themes of wealth and power as his previous work in new ways.

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'Mountainhead' Director Jesse Armstrong

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