image-1The producers of Film Independent Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival are holding their 13th annual Film Independent Directors Close-Up series from February 11 – March 12, 2014 at The Landmark – West Los Angeles.

Discussing their work across five separate panels will be Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity), Scott Cooper (Out of the Furnace), Ernest Dickerson (The Walking Dead, The Wire), Jeremy Podeswa (Boardwalk Empire, The Newsroom), and Jill Soloway (Afternoon Delight). Additional guests include writer/producer Scott Neustadter (The Spectacular Now), actor Tom Bower (Out of the Furnace, Crazy Heart) and casting director Ronna Kress (Out of the Furnace, Saving Mr. Banks).