The Director's Chair

The Director's Chair is an American talk show created and hosted by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. It premiered on May 10, 2014 on El Rey and features Rodriguez interviewing other filmmakers about their filmmaking techniques and their careers.^[1]

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"John Carpenter"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	May 10, 2014
Rodriguez and John Carpenter discuss many of Carpenter's films including Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, and They Live. They also discuss such influences as John Ford, Roger Corman, and Howard Hawks and Rodriguez later asks Carpenter questions submitted by directors Greg Nicotero, Edgar Wright, and Eli Roth.
2	2	"Guillermo del Toro"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	July 8, 2014
Rodriguez and director Guillermo del Toro discuss del Toro's films, including Cronos, Mimic, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, and Pacific Rim, as well as the television series The Strain. del Toro also answers questions submitted by directors J.J. Abrams, John Landis, and Francis Ford Coppola.
3	3	"Quentin Tarantino Vol. 1"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	August 14, 2014
Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino discuss the films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, the screenwriting process, the effect Tarantino's films had on the film industry in the 1990s and the early years of their friendship.
4	4	"Quentin Tarantino Vol. II"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	September 17, 2014
Rodriguez and Tarantino discuss Rolling Thunder Pictures and Tarantino's films Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Volume 1, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Inglourious Basterds, and Django Unchained, as well as their collaborative effort Grindhouse. Tarantino also answers questions submitted by directors Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Francis Ford Coppola, and Peter Bogdanovich.
5	5	"Francis Ford Coppola"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	March 2, 2015
Rodriguez and Coppola discuss The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, One from the Heart, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Coppola also answers questions submitted by directors Frank Darabont and Jon Favreau.
6	6	"Luis Valdez"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	March 29, 2015
Rodriguez and Valdez discuss Valdez's work in theater as well as his films such as Zoot Suit, The Cisco Kid, and La Bamba. Valdez also answers questions submitted by directors Joe Menendez, Eduardo Sanchez, and Guillermo del Toro.
7	7	"Robert Zemeckis"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	May 2015
Rodriguez and Zemeckis discuss the films Romancing the Stone, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, Contact, Cast Away, The Polar Express, Flight, and The Walk as well as the influence of technology on the art of cinema.
8	8	"Michael Mann"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	June 2015
Robert Rodriguez interviews Michael Mann.
9	9	"George Miller"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	August 30, 2015
In the first part of the episode, Rodriguez and Miller discuss Mad Max, Mad Max 2, Miller's segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, The Witches of Eastwick, Lorenzo's Oil, Babe: Pig in the City, and Happy Feet. In the second part, Rodriguez catches up with Miller again after a screening of Mad Max: Fury Road, which he had not yet seen when the first segment was filmed.
10	10	"Sylvester Stallone"	Robert Rodriguez	TBA	November 15, 2015
Robert Rodriguez interviews director Sylvester Stallone to discuss Sly's beginnings and inspirations, what it's like to write, direct and star in an action film and his return to directing with Rocky Balboa, Rambo, and The Expendables.

Notes

1. "Robert Rodriguez sits down with Sylvester Stallone in El Rey's The Director's Chair — free stream and exclusive poster".