Description
| Product ID: | 9781032287195 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Conversations with Women Showrunners |
| Authors: | Author: Marygrace O'Shea |
| Page Count: | 360 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art / art & design styles, Film scripts and screenplays, Television screenplays, scripts and performances, Television production: technical and background skills, Biography and non-fiction prose, History, Media studies, Gender studies: women and girls, Film scripts & screenplays, Television scripts & screenplays, Television production: technical & background skills, Prose: non-fiction, Humanities, Media studies, Gender studies: women, USA |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Featuring over forty interviews with America’s leading showrunners, this book provides unique perspectives and insights into the TV industry, demystifying the craft, backbone, skill, strategies, challenges, and persistence it takes to succeed in Hollywood and internationally. Featuring over forty interviews with America’s leading showrunners, this book provides unique perspectives and insights into the TV industry, and demystifies the craft, backbone, skill, strategies, challenges, and persistence it takes to succeed in Hollywood and internationally. Marygrace O’Shea’s conversations with women showrunners are part master craft lesson, part backstage pass, part career guide from the geniuses who create the best TV. The book shines a light on what it truly means to be a showrunner working in the industry today, and reveals how to navigate a career and a future in the global marketplace. Interviews include Angela Kang (The Walking Dead), Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Barbara Hall (Madam Secretary), Charlotte Brown (Rhoda), Chris Nee (Doc McStuffins), Elizabeth Berger (This is Us), Gloria Calderón Kellett (One Day at a Time), Ilene Chaiken (The L Word), Liz Meriwether (The New Girl, The Dropout), Liz Tigelaar (Tiny Beautiful Things, Little Fires Everywhere), Marta Kauffman (Friends, Grace and Frankie), Tracy Oliver (Harlem, Awkward Black Girl), Sierra Teller Ornelas (Rutherford Falls), and many more. Ideal for professional and aspiring television writers, as well as students of screenwriting, film and TV, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the art, craft and business of creating television. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-12-22 |
