Craig Conway and Movies That Changed Your Life: La Haine, An American Werewolf In London & It's A Wonderful Life
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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Runway Rooms co-founder Craig Conway, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore La Haine’s impact, An American Werewolf In London analysis, and It's A Wonderful Life’s influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power on him. Craig Conway also discusses why he set up the people led micro-studio ecosystem RUNWAY ROOMS.
Movies That Changed Your Life
Find out about why Craig Conway set up Runway Rooms and the lasting impact of cinema on their lives with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.
[1:20] How Beeston Film Festival selects films and what we can expect at 2026’s edition
3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life
La Haine impact
[18:20] Craig Conway says La Haine is where his love of film and film education begins via watching movies and eating pizza at his Uncle John’s house.
An American Werewolf In London analysis
[23:40] Craig Conway says An American Werewolf In London blew him away. In particular the use of the fourth wall, use of music and being compelled to watch a lead who is so flawed, he positively awful.
It's A Wonderful Life Influence
[32:30] Craig Conway says It's A Wonderful Life is an example of a film that when he shows friends they come away thinking he’s insane. He believes It's A Wonderful Life moulded him to a filmmaker who is willing to be as bold as he wants and do stories that have never been done before.
Key Take Aways:
Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.
Learn about how Runway Rooms is a people led micro-studio ecosystem built to support independent creatives and practitioners for actors, writers, directors, producers, crew and makers, many of whom come from working class backgrounds and have historically had to navigate the creative industries without clear routes, safety nets or ownership
Understand cinema’s transformative power through La Haine (1995), An American Werewolf In London (1981), It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
About the Guest:
Craig Conway is an actor producer writer & director.
He is also the co-founder of Runway Rooms. For more information see https://www.issairview.com/runway-rooms
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Credits:
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Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)
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