Last year’s broadcast pilot season was dismal for female directors — out of the 41 drama pilots ordered, only one, ABC’s Las Reinas, was directed by woman. A total of four women were hired to direct 10 of 70 broadcast pilots in 2017. It was a low point, and a turning point.
This year, out of 41 broadcast drama pilots…
Emmy-winning TV director Gail Mancuso has been tapped to direct Besties, a big, female-driven ensemble comedy in the works at DreamWorks Pictures that was written by Cassie Daniels and Mark Bartosic. DreamWorks/Amblin Partners along with Montecito Pictures beat out two other studios and slapped down low- to mid-six…
It’s been a big weekend for female comedy directors. Sitcom veteran Pam Fryman is filming her 500th episode of television, a milestone that just a few helmers have ever achieved. And tonight, Transparent creator Jill Soloway won her second consecutive Emmy Award for directing in a comedy series. Before her, the…
Emmy-winning director Gail Mancuso has booked a second comedy pilot this season. The Emmy-winning helmer, who is directing and executive producing Fox’s single-camera female buddy comedy pilot The Enforcers, starring Niecy Nash and Christine Woods, also has been tapped to direct ABC’s hybrid comedy pilot Toast,…
It has been a noticeable trend at Fox this pilot season — many of the network’s pilot orders came with a director already on board, leapfrogging the first stage in pilot production which involves locking in a helmer. All of Fox’s comedy pilots except for the very first to get ordered — Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Juliu…
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