The Business

Jimmy Chin, Chai Vasarhelyi on making ‘Wild Life,’ WGA strike vs. Upfronts

Hosted by Madeleine Brand May. 19, 2023 Entertainment

Chai Vasarhelyi (L) and Jimmy Chin hold their award for best documentary feature for “Free Solo” at the Vanity Fair party in Beverly Hills, on February 24, 2019. Photo by Danny Moloshok/Reuters.

“Wild Life” directors Jimmy Chin and his wife Chai Vasarhelyi discuss mortality, making the film, and its uncanny parallels with their own lives.

Plus, guest host Matt Belloni of Puck News speaks with Lucas Shaw, head of entertainment at Bloomberg, about the stakes for streamers and striking writers at the 2023 Upfronts in New York this week.

From this Episode:

2023 Upfronts: Strikers and streamers up the stakes

As major television companies and streaming services court potential advertisers at the 2023 Upfronts, WGA members picket outside these events in New York.

6 min

Filmmakers Jimmy Chin, Chai Vasarhelyi examine their mortality in ‘Wild Life’

“Wild Life” doc directors Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi on mortality, making the film, its parallels with their own lives.

22 min

Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producer:

Joshua Farnham