Episodes

  • Los Pérez are known for their colorful, hyperbolic, and larger than life short form work. Like podcast hosts King She, director duo Los Perez are partners in life and in cinema. The two directing duos got together to discuss process, practical effects, and parenting through production. It’s easy to assume Los Pérez’s dynamic and detailed filmmaking sequences are all CGI, but the duo strive to create as much in-camera as possible. In this episode, Los Perez dive into their pre-production heavy process and share what makes their relationship so successful creatively and beyond.

    Huracán Ramírez - Apple
    JR JR - Gone
    Indiewire
    Young Director Award Impact
    CGI - Computer Generated Images
    Succession (Show)
    Tinder - Going All the Way
    Love Battle - Cat People
    Coca Cola - Open that Coca Cola
    Klarna - Get Smooth Again

    This episode is sponsored by Somesuch, Supreme Music, Bonaparte Films, and Cartel.
  • Niclas Larsson began his career as a child actor and now is one of the leading commercial directors in the world. The Swedish director linked with King She to talk about the gift of being naive early in a director’s career, bringing a punk sensibility to commercial directing, and collaborating with clients to maximise artful output. Niclas shares many gems of insight from his robust career including how the foundation for it all is in the writing, how his early work as a child actor informs his directing today, and how to direct from a place of affirmation rather than critique.  

    Episode Mentions:    
    Adam Berg
    The Carousel - Phillips
    Erik Torrell
    Gustov Johansson
    Iconoclast
    Steven Spielberg
    Romain Gavras
    Mother Couch
    Ewan McGregor
    Camp David
    Volvo - The Parents Commercial
    Whats App - One Ad
    Kasper Tuxen
    Linus Sandgren
    Rodrigo Prieto
    Evan Prosofsky
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Boogie Nights
    Magnolia
    Taxi Driver . 

    This episode is sponsored by Somesuch, Supreme Music, Bonaparte Films, UN.STUDIOS, and Cartel.

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  • Born in Wuhan, China, Yuan Yuan is a Chinese filmmaker and recent NYU film school graduate whose journey as a student writer-director has garnered awards, grants, and accolades from all corners of the globe. Yuan Yuan sat down with hosts King She to discuss her journey as a director working primarily through the support of academic and festival institutions, pivoting from journalism to narrative filmmaking, and the process of selecting collaborators to be in a space of trust when shooting. Her short film Heading South won Jury Prize at Hong Kong International Film Festival, and Best Student Film at DGA Awards, Palm Springs and Aspen ShortFests, and the Young Director Award. She’s currently developing her first feature, Late Spring with support from the Sundance Writers & Directors labs.  

    Episode Mentions:
    DGA Best Student Film
    Sundance Director Lab
    Heading South
    Spike Lee
    Fala Chen
    Robert Bresson  

    This episode is sponsored by Somesuch, Supreme Music, Bonaparte Films, UN.STUDIOS, and Cartel.

  • Bradford Young (Pariah, Selma, Solo) is an Oscar award nominated cinematographer and an extraordinary new presence in the space of commercial directing. He sat down with his long-time friends, directing duo King She, to discuss the necessity of creative community, the cosmological ingredients of great filmmaking, and the unexpected potential for creative freedom found in commercial advertising.  
    In this episode we get to hear about how Bradford’s ethic of working was shaped by his mortician/Civil Rights-revolutionary Grandfather. He offers his interpretation of the spiritual and alchemical process of “getting the shot.” We hear how limitations in his early career and issues of technological accessibility both informed his visual aesthetic and galvanized him to create Tribe7, his cinema lens company. Bradford also speaks on the power of strong visual language paired with artistic rigor. He shares his vision for genuine creative trust and freedom in his working relationships and offers advice on building one’s own bridge to directing from other crew positions.  

    Mentions:
    Imar Hutchins
    Akin McKenzie
    Titus Kaphar
    Leslie Hewitt
    Harris Savides
    James Grey
    Roger Deakins
    Jason Moran
    Khalil Joseph
    Arthur Jafa
    Tribe7
    Neil Fanthom
    J Dilla
    SR2 Film camera
    Neéstor Almendros
    Pasolini
    Tarkovsky
    Vittorio Storaro
    The Conformist
    Belly
    Malik Hassan Sayeed
    Reed Morano
    John Hillcoat
    Haskell Wexler
    Shawn Peters
    Aint Them Bodies Saints  

    This episode is sponsored by Somesuch, Supreme Music, Bonaparte Films, UN.STUDIOS, and Cabin Edit.