Director Lee Isaac Chung (Minari, Twisters) and executive producer Ashley Jay Sandberg (Twisters, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart) discuss working together to balance science and storytelling with their latest film, Twisters. They share stories from the set, including real-life challenges from Mother Nature. The filmmakers and the Lighter Darker hosts chat about films that inspired them to choose their career paths and some roadblocks they faced along the way.

Chapter Markers

[00:00:00 ] Intro

[00:02:12 ] Questions from the mailbag

[00:10:42 ] Rejection letters

[00:19:44 ] Film foundations

[00:28:20 ] The quiet power of nature

[00:45:30 ] Final question

[00:48:24 ] The martini

[00:53:50 ] Outro

Episode Links 

• Ashley Jay Sandberg - IMDb


• Lee Isaac Chung - IMDb


• Twisters


• The Abyss (1989) - IMDb


• Back to the Future (1985) - IMDb


• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - IMDb


• Kar-Wai Wong - IMDb


• The Wizard of Oz (1939) - IMDb


• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - IMDb


• Phil Tippett on the set of The Empire Strikes Back


• Ben Snow - IMDb


• ILM VFX Supervisor Ben Snow on the set of Twisters


• Florian Witzel - IMDb

The Martini

Rob - The Greatest Night in Pop (2024) - IMDb

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Isaac - StarTalk Radio

Ashley BEATER BOARDS – Catch Surf USA

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Transcript: https://www.ilm.com/transcripts/s1e004-twisters-with-lee-isaac-chung-and-ashley-jay-sandberg/

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