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The \u201812 Years a Slave\u2019 director and producer (the first black producer ever to win a best picture Oscar) opens up about how his work in art led to his career in film, his close collaborations with Michael Fassbender and why he followed his big Oscar night with an elevated heist flick he has been mulling for 35 years.\n\nBut first: Matthew Heineman, a 35-year-old filmmaker best known for his Oscar-nominated doc \u2018Cartel Land,\u2019 explains how he came to make his narrative directing debut with \u2018A Private War,\u2019 a new film about war correspondent Marie Colvin.\n\nCredits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices