EPISODE 1 SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON

Turner nominated visual artist and BAFTA nominated director Sam Taylor Johnson talks to Charlotte Bogard Macleod about her poignant debut feature Nowhere Boy, which explores the early life of John Lennon.

DON’T MISS

  • Sam sharing what happened when Paul McCartney called her out of the blue, while she was shopping for cereal in Sainsbury’s.

  • Sam divulging an extraordinary story of abandonment from her own childhood that explains why the scripts resonated so personally with her.

  • The nail-biting moment when Yoko One watched Nowhere Boy, and Yoko’s astonishing reaction to the movie.

CHARLOTTE ON SAM

“When I first sent Sam an invitation to come and screen Nowhere Boy and talk at Screen Players Film Club I received a wondrous but brief reply. ‘Of course, Charlotte, I’ll do whatever you want!’ That is typical of Sam’s generosity.

I’ve never met anyone more open and soulful.  Sam’s artistic superpower is her ability to transform the privately felt into something that resonates universally.  No wonder Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law and a host of leading actors allowed Sam to capture them weeping for her iconic ‘Crying Men’ series of photographic portraits.  And it’s a sensitivity that permeates each frame of Nowhere Boy.

I cannot wait to share this episode with you, as Sam opens up to the personal and moving story of how her debut feature came to life.”