Director George Clooney discusses his new film, The Boys in the Boat, with fellow Director John Watts in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses the logistical nuances of filming scenes on the water, finding actors who could inhabit their characters and show physical prowess, and taking notes from other rowing movies as well as borrowing filming techniques from the actual 1936 Olympics.

The film tells the true story of the University of Washington men’s rowing team, who stun the world when they unexpectedly win gold at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics.

See photos and a summary of this event below:

https://dga.org/Events/2024/January2024/BoysInTheBoat_QnA_1223.aspx