Gerwig's flight into the director’s seat

[The Patriot]

Gerwig's flight into the director’s seat

09-15-2017 11:30 AM

Greta Gerwig didn’t get much sleep leading to the premiere of her directorial debut, the coming-of-age dramedy “Lady Bird,” at the Telluride Film Festival.For the actress turned writer-director, previously best known for her work in such movies as “Frances Ha” and “20th Century Women,” the thought of screening “Lady Bird” in front of an audience of die-hard cinephiles and awards-season tastemakers — in the same opening-night slot that launched “Moonlight” last year, no less — was both thrilling and utterly frightening. On the flight to the festival, she’d read through the program and had felt a shudder of fear at the caliber of filmmakers she would find herself among.


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