Paul Feig interview with Austinist

Paul Feig has directed over a dozen episodes of The Office since Season 2, most recently the wedding episode, ‘Niagara.’

Austinist interviewed Paul this past weekend during the Austin Film Festival:

Paul Feig, creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of every-other-critically-acclaimed-show-that-the-cool-kids-love, came to bedazzle a number of extremely lucky panels at the Austin Film Festival this weekend. On top of making sure that Jim and Pam’s Office vows made it to your television set a few weeks ago, Feig is currently directing Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and HBO’s Bored to Death in New York … Austinist tracked down the incredibly charismatic man for a widespread series of mostly appropriate questions at the Stephen F. Austin hotel.

Link: Austin Film Festival Interview: Paul Feig

7 comments

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   1. Kelly  Tue. Oct. 27, 2009 | 11:53am

   I had no idea Paul played a hand in the genius that is nurse jackie

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   2. Kenna  Tue. Oct. 27, 2009 | 3:44pm

   What a great interview! Paul is such a talented guy, and seems so classy. Plus he’s quite an entertaining “tweeter” (is that a word?). And I’m loving ‘Bored to Death’ – I got so excited when I saw his name in the credits the other night!

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   3. Brigette  Tue. Oct. 27, 2009 | 5:29pm

   Thanks so much for posting this, Tanster! Paul Feig is kind of my hero, as he has touched almost everything that I love, and he is from Michigan like me! Freaks and Geeks will always be my #1 all time favorite show. It never fails to amaze me how every time I watch F & G I’m enthralled, even though only 18 episodes were made and I’ve seen every one a million times. And I love that he spent so much time talking about Lindsay Weir in this interview– she and Pam are definitely my favorite female television characters of all time. Ahh! Too many good things to say. Yay Paul!

   [from tanster: you're welcome! even though i've never watched f&g myself, i know that f&g fans have a deep affection for the show (and for paul). :) ]

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   4. Brigette  Tue. Oct. 27, 2009 | 6:27pm

   Ah! You have to watch it Tanster! You will not be disappointed! :)

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   5. Debi  Wed. Oct. 28, 2009 | 7:48am

   Thanks for sharing this, Tanster!

   For more insight from Paul Feig about how he approaches his work, (including F&G’s), I’m reading this really cool book about comedy writing called “And Here’s the Kicker” by Mike Sacks. It’s filled with interesting interviews. I just finished reading Paul’s chapter, and he’s remarkable. I so want to meet him one day. (The whole book is fun too!)

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   6. what's the dealio?  Wed. Oct. 28, 2009 | 10:39pm

   (You’ve got to watch Freaks and Geeks, Tanster!) What a great interview–thanks so much for finding and posting this. He’s pretty incredible!

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   7. Jessica  Thu. Oct. 29, 2009 | 8:58am

   Paul Feig went to my high school! That’s right, I went to the high school that Freak and Geeks is based on!!! Haha! I think it’s so cool that he has made it in Hollywood. He’s really an inspiration to all the kids at that school. I’m still trying to figure out how I can use that connection to score a visit to “The Office” set!

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