Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show
2014 · 88 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 1,286 VOTES · DIR. Des Doyle
Overview
“Showrunners” is the first ever feature length documentary film to explore the fascinating world of US television showrunners and the creative forces aligned around them. These are the people responsible for creating, writing and overseeing every element of production on one of the United State’s biggest exports – television drama and comedy series. Often described as the most complex job in the entertainment business, a showrunner is the chief writer / producer on a TV series and, in most instances, the show’s creator. Battling daily between art and commerce, showrunners manage every aspect of a TV show’s development and production: creative, financial and logistical.
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00:05:20 It felt very relevant to me.
00:09:15 we're writing a script every ten days.
00:12:30 And so that we're all on more or less the same page.
00:16:13 that Joss Whedon wants to see you.
00:19:20 with the network – not to talk out of school.
00:23:17 what insight it gives into my soul.
00:26:48 And for us, the clue path is these... is the heist.
00:30:30 but make sure it's the hill, yeah.
00:34:17 [Mike Kelley] One of the funnier notes I ever received
00:37:44 which we've never thought of as a four-letter word
00:41:13 Because that's... That's the time
00:44:45 to get a simple street scene ready.
00:48:13 All I can do is tell a better story.
00:51:49 is on a hospital gurney with an IV running into my line
00:55:22 And I remember one day, I turned to Clark Johnson
00:58:48 and I'm going to do another show."
01:02:32 just like actors and directors.
01:05:53 But, at one point, Carlton Cuse said, "You know
01:09:34 I have not spent enough time in here.
01:13:23 It was a very bad number.
01:17:28 I miss that job, and being there and doing that.
01:20:54 But, I think, if you said to me
05:05:06 so that's days and days of extra work.