βSpider-Manβ director Destin Daniel Cretton
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Cretton grew up in Hawaii, and says movies expanded his perspective: βThat is how I traveled. That is how I was exposed to other cultures. That’s how I understand how kids grew up in high school on the mainland,β he tells co-host Tonya Mosley. He explains how his job at a group home for at-risk teens inspired his film Short Term 12, how he relates to Peter Parkerβs loneliness, and how his difficult relationship with his father helps him with directing.
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