Directing for Television: Conversations With American TV Directors

Though not as celebrated or as widely-known as film directors, TV directors face tremendous creative challenges in their work. Directing for Television looks at the work of more than two dozen TV directors and examines their role in the complex process of TV production. This book is the result of five years of conversations with directors representing virtually every part of the TV schedule. Author Brian Rose explores the craft and artistry directors utilize in coming to terms with each of the major TV formats. Among genres discussed are late-night television (with directors Jerry Foley The Late Show with David Letterman and Ellen Brown of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno), news magazines (with Arthur Bloom of 60 Minutes), network newscasts (with the directors of ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, and the CBS Evening News), soap operas (with veteran directors David Pressman and Larry Auerbach), afternoon talk shows (with the directors of the Oprah Winfrey Show and the Maury Povich Show), sports (with directors Bob Fishman of CBS Sports and Doug Wilson of ABC Sports), and music specials (with director Steve Binder of the 1968 Elvis Presley comeback special and Diana Ross's concert in Central Park). Other formats covered include news specials, early morning talk shows, prime time comedy and drama, pilots, and local newscasts.