Friday, Jul. 8, 2022

What do you do for an encore when the first season of a series receives critical acclaim to the tune of 13 Emmy nominations and three wins? That was a prime challenge facing the creative minds and artisans behind Russian Doll (Netflix).

The answer in part resided in adopting and...

Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022

Natasha Lyonne--director/writer/actor/producer/co-creator of Russian Doll, the Netflix series which earned 13 Emmy nominations in 2019, winning three (for Cinematography, Production Design, Contemporary Costumes)--has joined the filmmaker collective at The Directors Bureau, marking her...

Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020

At the New School in New York, Todd Downing--who was raised in Illinois--learned filmmaking and editing from the Kuchar Brothers and Alan Berliner. Downing went on to make short comical art films that played at hundreds of festivals, including The Berlinale and at esteemed cinemas such as The...

Friday, Sep. 20, 2019

When the winner of the best comedy series Emmy Award is announced Sunday, odds are good that a woman will be giving the acceptance speech.

An unprecedented number of the seven nominated comedies are from female creators: defending champion "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," ''Fleabag" and "...

Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019

Director Johan Renck was a bit apprehensive going in that the fallout from Chernobyl (HBO) could very well include a limited audience. His creative instincts told him that the story was worthwhile but he wasn’t sure that it would generate significant viewership.

Thankfully, the...

Thursday, Jul. 18, 2019

Prior to this week’s announcement of the season’s Emmy nominations, SHOOT connected with various contenders going back to our Spring Directors Issue in April and then this ongoing The Road To Emmy series of feature stories which started a little more than two months ago. As it turns out...

Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2019

The Television Critics Association (TCA) has unveiled the nominees for the organization’s 35th Annual TCA Awards. Winners will be announced at the invitation-only presentation on Saturday, August 3, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

HBO leads with 15 nominations this year, inching past Netflix...

Thursday, Jun. 13, 2019

For Chris Teague, Russian Doll (Netflix) was a cinematographer’s dream come true. He recalled seeing the lookbook for the show, describing the imagery as “unique,” “absurdist,” full of “surrealist art and photography,” serving to “illuminate what the world of the show was going to be....

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