038: How Do You Direct Live TV? (with filmmaker Sharon Everitt)
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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 INSTAGRAM --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theworkingdirector/message
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