055: How To Get Paid To Direct (w/ Working Director Katie Hunter)

It doesn't matter if you are an aspiring director or a veteran, there is a non ending question of "HOW AM I GOING TO GET PAID TO DIRECT?!" In this live Q&A conversation we give you some ideas on how to do just that. How do you get clients/brands to work with you? How do you use TikTok to grow your directing career/video biz? How do you keep getting asked back? And more!

(Episode 55)

Hosted by Director/Producer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenn Page.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

If you want to be notified when we open our doors to our green screen virtual production studio dedicated to indie filmmakers (and indie film budgets) and other fun events fill out the form on our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheWorkingDirector.Pro.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You can also go there to join our private FB group for directors so you can attend these live conversations and get your questions answered; as well as, to learn about The Working Director course that helps emerging filmmakers become working directors faster.

More on Katie Hunter: Katie Hunter is a Chicago Emmy-nominated director. She creates commercials, short films, documentaries and viral moments for brands including Claire’s, Lincoln Park Zoo, Northwestern Medicine and more. Her creative work has been featured in the Washington Post, staged off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC and viewed by more than 15 million people on TikTok. Katie graduated from the University of Chicago where she studied theatre and film. After working as a playwright for the American Theatre Company, Katie began writing and directing indie film projects with comedians from Second City, iO and Reductress, including an improvised mockumentary web series, RideShare, a surrealist, feminist corporate comedy, It’s A Sign, and the first several episodes of a late night talk show filmed live in front of a studio audience, The L8-Bit Show. DM her your cool ideas at @mkatiehunter on all platforms. Katie's TikTok & Instagram: @mkatiehunter See Katie's work at KatieHunterCreative.com