Introduction
Section I: Memory and Identity
1. The Interview is Dead
2. Memory and the Interview
3. The Three Story Framework
Section II: The Story
4. Eight Interview Forms
5. Research and Story
6. The Question Funnel
Section III: The Interview
7. The Room and Camera
8. The Interview
Section IV: Meaning and Ethics
9. The Edit
10. The Ethical Gates
Conclusion. The Interview Lives
Filmmaker Interviews
RJ Cutler
Lauren Greenfield
Renee Tajima-Peña
Sam Pollard
Dawn Porter
Ben Proudfoot
Sally Rubin
Ryan White
Biography
Christine Fugate is a renowned interviewer and award-winning filmmaker whose work has been widely screened in theatres and on global channels. Throughout her career, she has interviewed a diverse range of individuals, including Hollywood stars such as Dakota Fanning, Johnny Depp and , Julie Andrews, sports icons like NFL coach Pete Carroll and Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush, and documentary subjects like Appalachian mothers, tobacco farmers, adult film stars and the members of the KISS rock band. She is an Assistant Professor at the Dodge College of Film and Media at Chapman University, where she teaches documentary writing and filmmaking. Fugate’s current film and research focuses on the memory and storytelling.
