Perez talked about making a movie about swordplay, how his research taught him the history of dueling, the connections between historical film and modern life, and how he approached dual roles of director and actor.

When Misty Copeland shot the last scenes of the short Flower, she was “very pregnant.” She was blooming into motherhood, and entering new beginning as producer and actor.

Elizabeth Olsen, whom he directed in Wind River, once described Sheridan as “a cowboy who’s like a combination of your dad and the Marlboro Man.”