{"podcast":{"title":"Film Ireland Podcast","slug":"film-ireland-podcast-896003","podcast_index_feed_id":896003,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/FilmIrelandPodcast","website_url":"http://filmireland.net/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/show-cover.jpg","author":"FilmIreland (hello@filmbase.ie)","episode_count":521,"summary":"Podcast by Film Ireland","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003"},"episode":{"title":"Presents: Writer/Director Fede Álvarez (Evil Dead, Don't Breathe, Alien: Romulus)","slug":"presents-writer-director-fede-lvarez-evil-dead-don-t-breathe-alien-romulus","published_at":"2026-05-06T23:31:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-writer-director-fede-lvarez-evil-dead-don-t-breathe-alien-romulus","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003","url":"https://www.filmireland.net/writer-director-fede-alvarez-evil-dead-alien-romulus","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/e/69fbcf528c59df7dd501983e/media.mp3","summary":"Recorded live on location at RENDR 2026 in Banana Block Belfast, we caught up with acclaimed filmmaker  Fede Álvarez , the director, writer and producer behind genre-defining features including  Evil Dead ,  Don’t Breathe  and  Alien: Romulus . In this in-depth conversation, he discusses breaking into Hollywood from Uruguay, working with iconic horror franchises and the key moment he reassessed his career. Fede has collaborated with some of the industry’s biggest names, including Ridley Scott, and reflects on the success of Alien: Romulus , the evolution of genre filmmaking, and the cinematic worlds he enjoys building. If you want to watch the video recording of this talk, check out the episode page here . We are delighted to present this very special speaker series in partnership with  RENDR Festival  and supported by the  National Talent Academy for VFX , recorded in  The Spinners Mill Studio. Fede Álvarez Director, writer & producer Federico Javier Álvarez Mattos is a Uruguayan filmmaker whose directorial debut was the 2013 remake of  Evil Dead , which he also wrote. The film starred Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez and Lou Taylor Pucci, and opened at number one at the box office. Following the success of his first film, Alvarez wrote, directed and produced the hit genre film  Don’t Breathe . The film premiered to rave reviews, grossed over $157 million globally. Alvarez also directed and wrote the action-crime film  The Girl in the Spider’s Web , starring Claire Foy and LaKeith Stanfield, based on the characters from the bestselling Stieg Larsson series,  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . He also produced and wrote  Don’t Breathe 2  and later produced and wrote the 2022 film  T…","meta_description":"Recorded live on location at RENDR 2026 in Banana Block Belfast, we caught up with acclaimed filmmaker Fede Álvarez , the director, writer and produ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2361,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-writer-director-fede-lvarez-evil-dead-don-t-breathe-alien-romulus/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-writer-director-fede-lvarez-evil-dead-don-t-breathe-alien-romulus.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}