Director Rhys Thomas on his unlikely journey from SNL to Disney’s Hawkeye

Recode Media with Peter Kafka

Rhys Thomas used to make short films for Saturday Night Live. Now he’s making Hawkeye, the newest installment of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, which debuts on Disney+ this week. Thomas sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to give a behind-the-scenes look at producing the series and how his previous work at SNL and IFC’s Documentary Now prepared him for his entry into the superhero world.

Featuring: Rhys Thomas (@rhysthom2), Executive Producer of Marvel's Hawkeye

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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