Thomas Zimny: making the Johnny Cash doco

Melbourne is deep into the 2019 International Film Festival and there are plenty of excellent music documentaries, including The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, directed by Thomas Zimny - Brian Wise's guest in the this podcast - and made in collaboration with the Cash Estate.

Thom Zimny, has a number of award-winning documentaries and has also been working with Bruce Springsteen for the past 18 years. He directed Springsteen’s High Hopes, The Ties That Bind, the Grammy award-winning Wings For Wheels: The Making of Born to Run, and the Netflix-released Springsteen on Broadway. He also directed the 2018 documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher.   

During our conversation Zimny will tell you about his latest project with Springsteen. Zimny has also edited episodes of David Simon’s acclaimed HBO series, The Wire, and helmed music videos for Bob Dylan, The Low Anthem and many others.