How do you direct live TV? Whether 21 cameras or three, a live audience or not, there are so many considerations that differ from narrative filmmaking. What are those things? Filmmaker Sharon Everitt shares how she does it on this episode.
(Episode 38)
Hosted by Director/Producer Jenn Page.
To join our private FB group for directors, or to learn about The Working Director accelerator that helps emerging filmmakers become working directors faster, visit TheWorkingDirector.Pro.
MORE ON SHARON:
SHARON EVERITT is a 3-time Emmy nominee and has directed over 100 episodes of television, including “That’s My Time with David Letterman” on Netflix, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC, NBC’s “World of Dance”, and NBC’s “A Little Late with Lilly Singh”. Sharon is also an accomplished narrative writer/director whose projects frequent the film festival circuit. Her 2019 musical comedy “Brentwood” played dozens of festivals around the world and won Best Short Film at the Independent Filmmaker Showcase in Los Angeles. Sharon’s original sci-fi “Polybius” premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2019, and her sci-fi fantasy “Below the Root” was optioned by Walt Disney Pictures. Sharon began her career as a television editor, and was the Executive Producer of ABC’s long running Disney Christmas Day Parade special. She was part of NBC’s Alternative Directors Program, was named one of the “Future Women of Television” by Blackmagic Collective in 2020, and is part of the 2022 DGA Women’s Mentorship Group.
Follow Sharon:
IMDB
WEBSITE
021: Film Team Talks: Delicate State
020: Film Team Talks: Playing with Beethoven
019: Working with Actors from the Actor Perspective (Guest: Senta Moses)
018: Working With VFX PLUS Obtaining Sponsorship (Guest: John Parenteau)
017: Directing a Feature in Five Days: Prep, Working with Actors, and Trusting Your Intuition. (Guest: Kate Rees Davies)
016: Using Social Media to Grow Your Network Beyond Your Current Circle (Guest: Sarah J. Eagen)
015: Being Authentically You IS Your Brand: Let Go of the Ideal You and Just Be You! (Guest: Joy Donnell)
014: TV CASTING: The Process and How Are Directors Involved (Guest: Kendra Castleberry, CSA)
013: The DIRECTOR-COMPOSER Relationship
012: SELF-PRODUCING: Get Your Passion Project Made (Guest: Malia Miglino)
011: Directing Animation: From Selling Your Show to Running It and Everything in Between (Guest: Chris Savino)
010: Everything CROWDFUNDING: What, How, When, Where, and Everything in Between (Guest Leah Cevoli)
009: Working with Actors: Script Analysis to On Set (Guest: Lauren Patrice Nadler)
008: The Actor/Writer/Producer: Wearing All the Hats and Thriving! (Guest: Colette Freedman)
007: Pitching, Selling, Writing and Making Your First Network TV Show (Guest: Shilpi Roy)
006: Acting on a Network TV Show: from getting cast to working with directors (Guest: Geno Segers)
005: Directing for TV: what to expect script to screen (Guest: Betty Thomas)
004: Everything Short Films: Financing, Distribution, and are Film Festivals a Waste of Money? (Guest: Foster Wilson)
003: Making a Fan Film: Financing, Casting, Licensing, Filming, and Beyond (Guest: Jason Satterlund)
002: What makes a Good TV/Film Producer, Knowing Your Worth, and Finding Your Niche (Guest: Jenna Edwards)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Prestige Junkie
The Sackhoff Show
Team Deakins
Toon’d In! with Jim Cummings
You Can’t Make This Up