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What Does a TV Director Actually Do? 40-Year Vet Bethany Rooney Explains
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Episode What Does a TV Director Actually Do? 40-Year Vet Bethany Rooney Explains
On this episode IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill is joined by veteran television director Bethany Rooney, who talks about a career that began on “St. Elsewhere” in the 1980s and continues to the present day on shows like “Tracker” and “Criminal Minds.” Rooney takes the listener through the nuts and bolts of every facet of TV directing, explaining the similarities between TV and features and the very real differences.
Watch full director interviews on our Toolkit YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_oEavFHbDlFCGlOmGO71Tvzb1qEHofCg&si=w5vAKxoVhhhSZLwT
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