Gideon Raff's guest appearances

Gideon Raff

Amanpour

The Celebrity Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano - Audio Podcast

Creative Principles

Mr and Mrs Binge-Watch

The Entertainment Answer

Mark Ruffalo

Keira Knightley

Steven Johnson

Sienna Miller

Ramy Youssef

Jon Meacham

Ethan Hawke

Ron Howard

Michael Mann

Jonathan Alter

Aaron Sorkin

Steve McQueen

Poorna Jagannathan

Pat Mitchell

Jane Eyre

OwlTail

After serving in the Army in Israel, Gideon Raff went to acting school and quickly realized it wasn’t a fit. He then got into advertising and then landed in the world of filmmaking. In the early days of his career, he worked in the horror genre, but then moved to espionage and political thrillers, like 'Prisoners of War' and 'Homeland.'In Raff’s latest series, 'The Spy,' Sacha Baron Cohen stars as the Israeli spy, Eli Cohen. In the six episode series, audiences are invited to look at the intense life in this remarkable true story. He felt like a 2-hour version would have felt too much like a James Bond movie, so he expanded the idea to six hours, focused on character and identity.In this interview, Raff discusses how stories stay within you, why everything he does puts character first, the differences between Homeland and Prisoners of War, why the story dictates the length, and how screenwriters need to show compassion for themselves. If you enjoyed this interview, look for the print version on Creative Screenwriting’s website, and join millions of viewers for the new YouTube video essay series, Creative Principles, which dissects new films, series, and more: bit.ly/2FARJz5

After serving in the Army in Israel, Gideon Raff went to acting school and quickly realized it wasn’t a fit. He then got into advertising and then landed in the world of filmmaking. In the early days of his career, he worked in the horror genre, but then moved to espionage and political thrillers, like 'Prisoners of War' and 'Homeland.' In Raff’s latest series, 'The Spy,' Sacha Baron Cohen stars as the Israeli spy, Eli Cohen. In the six episode series, audiences are invited to look at the intense life in this remarkable true story. He felt like a 2-hour version would have felt too much like a James Bond movie, so he expanded the idea to six hours, focused on character and identity. In this interview, Raff discusses how stories stay within you, why everything he does puts character first, the differences between Homeland and Prisoners of War, why the story dictates the length, and how screenwriters need to show compassion for themselves. If you enjoyed this interview, look for the print version on Creative Screenwriting’s website, and join millions of viewers for the new YouTube video essay series, Creative Principles, which dissects new films, series, and more: <a href="http://bit.ly/2FARJz5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/2FARJz5</a>

Ep214 - Gideon Raff, Screenwriter ‘Homeland,’ ‘The Spy,’ & ‘Prisoners of War’

Gideon Raff’s ‘The Spy’ on Netflix is extremely binge-worthy. But before Raff made the Sacha Baron Cohen-led show, he created the iconic Israeli series, ‘Hatufim’, and its American adaptation, ‘Homeland’. In this episode, Janice and Aniruddha talk about the thematic similarities in all of Raff’s shows, while Aniruddha delves into the process of adapting ‘Hatufim’ for the Indian audience as ‘P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke’, which he co-wrote. Follow them on Instagram and Twitter: Janice Sequeira: @janiceseq85 Aniruddha Guha: @aniguha This episode is powered by Storytel: https://www.storytel.com/in/en/  Use the link storytel.com/ivm to get a 30-day free trial as opposed to a 14-day free trial. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can also check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gideon Raff’s ‘The Spy’ on Netflix is extremely binge-worthy. But before Raff made the Sacha Baron Cohen-led show, he created the iconic Israeli series, ‘Hatufim’, and its American adaptation, ‘Homeland’. In this episode, Janice and Aniruddha talk about the thematic similarities in all of Raff’s shows, while Aniruddha delves into the process of adapting ‘Hatufim’ for the Indian audience as ‘P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke’, which he co-wrote. Follow them on Instagram and Twitter: Janice Sequeira: @janiceseq85 Aniruddha Guha: @aniguha This episode is powered by Storytel: <a href="https://www.storytel.com/in/en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.storytel.com/in/en/</a> Use the link <a href="http://storytel.com/ivm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">storytel.com/ivm</a> to get a 30-day free trial as opposed to a 14-day free trial. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/android</a> or iOS: <a href="https://ivm.today/ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/ios</a>, or any other podcast app. You can also check out our website at <a href="http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Ep. 19: ‘The Spy’, and Gideon Raff’s other works

Ariel Vromen

Gideon Raff (Writer, Producer of Homeland) and Ariel Vromen (Director of The Iceman) join for a quick conversation at the gala event supporting the Let the Animals Live-Israel Organization. For more information, visit http://LetLive.org.il/eng and http://TheDinnerParty.tv .  We ask the question, "What do you stand for?" Gideon and Ariel discuss why the support animal welfare and being vegan. 

Gideon Raff (Writer, Producer of Homeland) and Ariel Vromen (Director of The Iceman) join for a quick conversation at the gala event supporting the Let the Animals Live-Israel Organization. For more information, visit <a href="http://LetLive.org.il/eng" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://LetLive.org.il/eng</a> and <a href="http://TheDinnerParty.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://TheDinnerParty.tv</a> .  We ask the question, "What do you stand for?" Gideon and Ariel discuss why the support animal welfare and being vegan.

Homeland Writer and Producer Gideon Raff and Director Ariel Vromen