What’s the greatest joy in directing an Emmy-nominated project? How do directors get the best out of actors? And what’s similar between making a documentary, drama series, and late night variety show?

The Directors Guild of America released a report today analyzing the percentage of directors working in television. Kim and John breakdown the shows with the best and worst numbers on diversity among ...

‘It’s not just the right thing to do, it is vitally important to keep our industry growing, changing and innovating.’ LOS ANGELES – August 30, 2018 – In a business where success often hinges on ...

Episodic television relies heavily on the synergy between a consistent ensemble cast and the fresh perspective of rotating directors. This production model allows different filmmakers to helm ...

Few people can claim to have as much of a bottom-to-top understanding of how a set works quite like Gen V director and executive producer Steve Boyum. Having started out working in stunts, Boyum cut ...

Christopher Nolan has been elected to lead the Directors Guild of America, the organization said late Saturday. The Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” filmmaker said in a statement that it is, “one of the ...

Veteran director Jon Cassar ("24") visits the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast to share 31 things that he's learned are essential for making great TV. One of Cassar’s teaching tools is a list of 31 rules he ...

Emmy-nominated casting directors celebrate the work of their peers from across 2025. So we went out to Emmy-nominated casting directors, asking them to highlight the effort and the craft that’s ...

When television sets first became popular, in the 1950s, many feared that the new medium would spell the death of the film industry. After all, who would want to go to a movie theater when they could ...

(WXYZ) — It’s a bittersweet day here at Broadcast House as WXYZ-TV director Mike Campbell is retiring after an incredible 21 years. Mike has been the steady hand ...

Dennis has written for publications like USA Today, Prediction News, and Psychology Today before bringing his thoughts to Collider. Despite consuming an arguably concerning amount of Netflix content, ...

Emmy nominees are Philip Barantini, Paul Pennolino, Amanda Marsalis, and Ian Bonhôte. Bonhôte says that the most important thing when directing is that “the story needs to be extremely emotional. We ...