Watch: Full Q&A with Ethan Hawke on Blaze

On Friday, September 21, four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke joined us for multiple Q&As on opening night of his latest film as a director, Blaze.

Watch the Q&A through our YouTube channel below:

About Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke is a Tony and four-time Academy Award nominated actor and writer whose diverse career as a novelist, actor, director, and screenwriter spans more than three decades. Blaze is his most recent foray into directing, which he also wrote and produced, with his production company Under the Influence Productions. His other directing credits include Chelsea WallsThe Hottest State and the critically acclaimed documentary SeymourAn Introduction. Hawke starred in Paul Schrader’s acclaimed First Reformed and co-starred alongside Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd in the Judd Apatow produced romantic comedy JulietNaked based on the best-selling Nick Hornby novel of the same name.

Blaze and JulietNaked marked Hawke’s 12th and 13th films to screen at the Sundance Film Festival, with Blaze being the first time he attended as a director. He previously attended the festival for Ben Stiller’s Reality Bites, David Salle’s Search and Destroy, Peter McCarthy’s Floundering, Michael Almareyda’s Hamlet, Antoine Fuqua’s Brooklyn's Finest, Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini’s 10,000 Saints, Rebecca Miller’s Maggie's Plan as well as Richard Linklater’s films BoyhoodBefore SunriseBefore Midnight and Tape.

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