IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit
IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit
Chris O'Falt
'You Can Count On Me' Director Kenneth Lonergan
55 minutes Posted Jul 25, 2025 at 6:09 pm.
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Kenneth Lonergan, one of our host's favorite filmmakers, joins Toolkit to reflect on his first film as a director, 'You Can Count On Me.' He walks us through his transition from writer to the director's chair, and shares stories of working with Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney on the film that would be their Sundance breakthrough.

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