# 'Hedda' Director Nia DaCosta

An episode of [IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1142632832), 29 Oct 2025, 37 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC8781491763.mp3

Writer and director Nia DaCosta joins IndieWire's Sarah Shachat to dive deep into her 1950s-set adaptation of Hedda Gabler. DaCosta explains how the film's lush look and sound came from years of building her team, and how the brilliance of the lead performances from Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss allowed for incredibly layered character studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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