{"id":13107,"date":"2019-07-22T11:36:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview\/"},"modified":"2019-07-22T12:56:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:56:59","slug":"doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-for-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-for-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Doc Filmmaker Louis Theroux Set for Edinburgh TV Fest Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Louis Theroux, a BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist and broadcaster, will be interviewed by the writer and journalist Dawn O\u2019Porter at this year\u2019s Edinburgh TV Festival.<\/p>\n<p>In the discussion panel, &#8220;When Dawn Met Louis,&#8221; O\u2019Porter will ask Theroux about his two-decade career in documentary-making. In addition to talking about his own work (<em>Weird Weekends<\/em>, <em>When Louis Met&#8230;<\/em>, <em>Altered States<\/em>, <em>Surviving America\u2019s Most Hated Family<\/em>), Theroux will consider the genre of authored documentaries from Michael Moore, Nick Broomfield and Ruby Wax; those fronted by such popular figures as Stacey Dooley and Reggie Yates; and the wave of self-publishers on platforms like YouTube. He\u2019ll also reveal a selection of his current favorite clips.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Porter said: \u201cSo excited for this. Louis continues to be the master of factual TV and I have endless questions to ask him about it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Theroux added: \u201cIt\u2019s been eighteen years since I was at\u00a0Edinburgh TV Festival! I\u2019m thrilled to be coming back and talking to Dawn about my favorite films and shows and opening up about my own process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CEO and Festival Director Lisa Campbell commented: \u201cLouis Theroux is a hero to many in TV. He consistently tops our Talent Schemes\u2019 poll of names who\u2019ve inspired them to enter the industry. His name is synonymous with high-quality, globally-renowned and ground-breaking documentary-making. With Dawn\u2019s journalistic questioning and good humor, &#8216;When Dawn Met Louis&#8217; promises to be both enlightening and entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louis Theroux, a BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist and broadcaster, will be interviewed by the writer and journalist Dawn O\u2019Porter at this year\u2019s Edinburgh TV Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":13108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3961,3962,3963],"class_list":["post-13107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-dawn-oporter","tag-edinburgh-tv-festival","tag-louis-theroux","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doc Filmmaker Louis Theroux Set for Edinburgh TV Fest Interview - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-for-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doc Filmmaker Louis Theroux Set for Edinburgh TV Fest Interview - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Louis Theroux, a BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist and broadcaster, will be interviewed by the writer and journalist Dawn O\u2019Porter at this year\u2019s Edinburgh TV Festival.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-for-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-22T15:36:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-22T16:56:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Louis-Theroux-719.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-for-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-for-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview\/\",\"name\":\"Doc Filmmaker Louis Theroux Set for Edinburgh TV Fest Interview - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-22T15:36:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-22T16:56:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-for-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-for-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/doc-filmmaker-louis-theroux-set-for-edinburgh-tv-fest-interview\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Doc Filmmaker Louis Theroux Set for Edinburgh TV Fest Interview\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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