| Genre: | Biographical interview |
| Director: | Sam Anthony |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 5 |
| Executive Producer: | Jez Nelson |
| Producer: | Ian Sharpe |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Company: | Somethin’ Else |
| Network: | BBC Four |
Life Cinematic is a BBC television series of in-depth interviews with notable filmmakers, with clips from movies that have influenced them.[1] [2] With The Film Review and associated programs, Life Cinematic fills the gap left by the cancellation of the BBCs long-running Film... series in 2018. It is produced by Somethin’ Else and presented either by Edith Bowman or Robbie Collin, who give a brief résumé of the interviewee's career before conducting the interview. In the first 60-minute episode, broadcast 30 January 2020, Bowman spoke with Sir Sam Mendes, the British director whose blockbuster film 1917 was released three weeks previously.[2] [3]
| No. | Interviewee | Presenter | First broadcast | |
| 1 | Sam Mendes | Edith Bowman | 30 January 2020 | |
| 2 | Edgar Wright | Robbie Collin | 6 February 2020 | |
| 3 | Edith Bowman | 13 February 2020 | ||
| 4 | Edith Bowman | 25 November 2020 | ||
| 5 | Edith Bowman | 4 March 2021 |