E215 - The Journey to Directing PRESUMED INNOCENT with Greg Yaitanes Part 1

The Directors’ Take Podcast

This is episode 15 in the second season of The Directors Take Podcast.

In this week’s episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad are joined by legendary Emmy winning TV Director Greg Yaitanes, whose career has stretched over 30 years and landed him jobs on shows such as House M.D., Heroes, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Prison Break, Banshee, House of the Dragon and most recently on Apple TV’s most watched Drama of all time, PRESUMED INNOCENT starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

In Part 1 we cover his journey of directing over 200 hours of TV and unpick the nuggets of information he gained along the way. This chat includes:

-What is directing?

-Why did he become a director?

-Why does he prefer to work on Season 1 of a show, rather than something already established?

-His experience of directing on Lost.

-Building a relationship with producers such as JJ.. Abrams.

-How he approaches interviews.

-What does he look for when hiring directors?

-What did he learn whilst directing on House of the Dragon?

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Nuggets of the week

Greg: What you take for granted, someone else is praying for.

Oz: https://medium.com/@gregyaitanes

Marcus: The Mythical Production of Prometheus by Frame Voyager

Credits

Music by Oliver Wegmüller

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