How Jon Stewart Learned To Be A Director

BuzzFeed - With Rosewater , based on the true story of a tortured journalist, the Daily Show frontman stepped behind the camera for the first time. “I think the best decision I made was to be cognizant of my own ignorance.” Jon Stewart, journalist Maziar Bahari, and actor Gael García Bernal at the gala screening of Rosewater during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 8. Sam Santos / Getty Images TORONTO — When Jon Stewart famously took off much of the summer of 2013 from hosting The Daily Show to make his feature directorial debut Rosewater — which just screened at the Toronto International Film Festival — he knew at the very least that he didn't know much at all. "I think the best decision I made was to be cognizant of my own ignorance," he told BuzzFeed News at the festival. The film is based on the memoir by British-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari (played by Gael García Bernal) about his 118-day incarceration and torture in t