Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' Director Destin Cretton

Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 7 p.m.

b'It\'s not often that I get to say that I was there when a filmmaker\'s career began but I can say that about Destin Cretton. Currently he is ushering in Marvel\'s first Asian superhero with "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" but two decades ago he was a student who had not yet even thought about being a filmmaker. But then he attended the student film festival I ran called Film School Confidential and met San Diego State University professor and filmmaker Greg Durbin and decided to enroll at the SDSU film program.\\n\\nSo for this podcast I delve into Cretton\'s origin story to see how he developed from a student filmmaker to indie darling to Marvel\'s latest director.\\n\\nCretton talks about community, challenging himself as an artist and about making "Shang-Chi" and directing Hong Kong cinema royalty like Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh.\\n\\nPlus I\'ll preview next month\'s spy theme with a Share Your Addiction and Cold Turkey about James Bond.\\n\\nAnd check out the latest Geeky Gourmet video where I\'ll show you how to make the Chinese rice porridge Shang-Chi eats in the film: https://bit.ly/CJGeekyGourmet'