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Mar 3, 2021 · Running the Show is a recurring feature in which I speak with showrunners — the industry term for the person in charge in every aspect of a TV show — about how they do what they do.
- yvonne.villarreal@latimes.com
- Senior Television Writer
Oct 7, 2021 · TV News. Hollywood’s 50 Most Powerful TV Showrunners of 2021. The powerhouse creators on The Hollywood Reporter's annual rundown — including Tina Fey, Courtney Kemp and Jesse Armstrong — reveal...
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A film director is essentially the creative head of a movie. They work for (and can be fired by) the producer, but are responsible for the overall vision of the film – even if that vision did not originate with them. The general public are mostly aware of “auteur directors” such as Wes Anderson, Tim Burton and Guillermo Del Toro, who have a distinc...
The hallowed role of showrunner requires someone with a counter-intuitive combination of skills. Someone who is in equal parts sensitive artist and hardened executive. They are responsible for hiring and firing cast and crew, developing plot lines, writing scripts, overseeing production budgets and mediating with networks. The one role showrunners ...
While the term showrunner has entered popular parlance it isn’t used in official credits. Rather, the showrunner is often credited with the catch-all ‘executive producer’. If you watch any modern television show you’ll see there are usually at least half-a-dozen executive producers listed, with no indication as to who is the showrunner. This title ...
This obscurity is unlikely to change. Although the Writers Guild of Canada established the Showrunner Award in 2007, there have been no murmurs of discontent from the top global showrunners in a position to put pressure on the studios, guilds and unions. My bet is that showrunners may be reluctant to push for the credit for fear of falling foul of ...
Apr 28, 2020 · As their title suggests, showrunners run the show. But what does that mean exactly? And what do they actually do? Learn the wide-ranging responsibilities of television’s most important, and most demanding role. Showrunners are television’s heavy hitters.
Jun 7, 2024 · Are TV showrunners giving the audience too much power? If audience feedback is reshaping the story on screen, what's the point of creative storytelling?
- Thomas Godwin
- Staff Writer
- Male
- August 7, 1980
Oct 6, 2022 · The showrunners highlighted on these pages are all too sharp to crib low-hanging Dickens — yet, for the writer-producers fueling entertainment’s most prolific and popular medium, it really is...
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May 2, 2023 · In the days before the Writers Guild of America called on members to strike, the creators of hit shows, including 'Shrinking,' 'The Last of Us' and more, gathered to discuss the state of the...
