Adem Ay |Shooting People

Where I work: I am an individual working from home

Technical Skills: Know all shortcuts in Final Draft

Films I wish I had made:

I wish I'd made a lot, but the first was Raiders of the Lost Ark.

I cried watching:

I cry a lot, but La La Land was a good workout even for me.

I left the cinema during:

I never have - but the times I've really wanted to have always been down to people in the audience, not the film on the screen.

Directors I love:

David Lynch. David Fincher. All the Davids.

Actors I admire:

Mark Rylance. Emma Stone. Frances McDormand. Emily Blunt. Oliver Reed.

Writers I Respect:

Coen Brothers. Michael Frayn. Dennis Potter. David Lynch. Nora Ephron.

My desert island discs:

Carter Burwell. Alexander Desplat. Warren Ellis. Angelo Badalamenti.

Books I have given my friends:

The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Because if I'm not happy why should they be?

My death row meal:

Recently became vegetarian so this is complex. For now let's say Thai fried aubergine curry with noodles.

The best thing I own:

I have a bottle of whiskey from the 1970s. I don't think I'll ever dare open it.