Each year, both for Oscar and Emmy season, The Hollywood Reporter releases a series of candid and informative roundtable interviews with some of the film and TV industries’ hottest and most respected talent—all of whom are in awards contention for their most recent works. This season, the focus is on movies and the men and women who bring them to life. Visit THR.com to watch or read. So far, the following roundtables have been conducted (with more to come, including some of this year’s actress contenders):

Directors (image above)

L to R: Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips), David O. Russell (American Hustler), Ben Stiller (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), Lee Daniels (Lee Daniels’ The Butler)

Actors

L to R: Forest Whitaker (Lee Daniels’ The Butler), Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club), Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), Josh Brolin (Labor Day), Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station), Jake Gyllenhaal (Prisoners)

Writers

L to R: Danny Strong (Lee Daniels’ The Butler), John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said), George Clooney (The Monuments Men), Grant Heslov (The Monuments Men), Julie Delpy (Before Midnight), Jonás Cuarón (Gravity)

Cinematographers

L to R: Barry Ackroyd (Captain Phillips), Sean Bobbitt (12 Years a Slave), Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis), Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska), Stuart Dryburgh (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)