Episode 002: Emily Ziff Griffin

Episode Summary

Emily Ziff Griffin joins Jessica Kantor on the Raising Cinephiles Podcast. Emily discusses the films that captivated her as a kid and how she translates her love of cinema for her children. In addition, Emily highlights how films and TV are a vehicle for lively discussions with her daughter about what's coming up in life.

Episode Notes

Emily Ziff Griffin joins Jessica Kantor on the Raising Cinephiles Podcast.  Emily is a writer and producer. Emily’s critically-acclaimed novel, Light Years, was developed for television by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. She is adapting her beloved New Yorker essay, “Last Dance With My Father,” for Endeavor Content. As the co-founder of Cooper’s Town Productions with her long-time collaborator and producing partner, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emily produced the Oscar-winning feature Capote and PSH’s directorial debut, Jack Goes Boating. Emily was recently on the Mothering Heights podcast, where she goes in-depth on her career journey.

Please visit Emily’s website at https://emilyziffgriffin.com/ to learn more about her and her work!

Films Discussed include:

E.T.
Jaws
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and His Lover
True Romance
Top Gun Maverick
The Joy Luck Club
Heavenly Creatures
Pulp Fiction
Maltese Falcon
To Catch a Thief
Oceans Eleven
Oceans 8
Oceans Twelve
The Italian Job
Clueless
Mean Girls 
Legally Blond
The Wizard of Oz
Pretty in Pink
Riverdale
Gilmore Girls
The Fablemans
Good Night Oppy
Planet Earth
Easy A
Arthur
Toy StoryCars
North by Northwest
Heartstopper