Transitions: A Director's Journey and Motivational Handbook

by Pete Chatmon

Overview

Becoming a director is not just about making a film, webseries, commercial, or music video. The opportunity to direct for television is not a given because you’ve successfully completed a project in another medium. Turning your passion into your profession requires the ability to make transitions at the exact moment a pivot is needed, with creativity and confidence. Chatmon’s book helps directors across all mediums shape their career with targeted anecdotes, worksheets, and other resources, all of which fall into three designated categories: How-To, Self-Help, and Inspiration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615933310
Publisher:	Wiese, Michael Productions
Publication date:	01/03/2022
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

With a deft ability to balance both half-hour single camera comedies and one-hour dramas, Pete Chatmon has directed episodes of HBOMax’s The Flight Attendant, Insecure, Silicon Valley, and Love Life, Netflix’s You and Atypical, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Black-ish, A Million Little Things, Station 19, Mixed-ish and Single Parents, CBS’s All Rise and The Unicorn, Starz’ Blindspotting, FX’s
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FreeForm’s Grown-ish, TBS’s TheLast OG, OWN’s Greenleaf, and the Apple TV+ series Mythic Quest. He is also in development on The Education ofMatt Barnes with Showtime, for which he will direct the pilot and serve as executive producer.


His debut feature as writer/director, Premium, starred Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, and Hill Harper, and premieredon Showtime after a lim- ited theatrical run. Chatmon also wrote, produced, and directed 761st, a documentary on the first Black tank battalion in WWII, narrated by Andre Braugher. He received the Tribeca Film Institute “AllAccess” Program’s Creative Promise Narrative Award for the heist screenplay, $FREE.99. Through The Director, his Digital Studio, he has directed, shot, and edited content for advertising agencies and Fortune 500 brands.Chatmon’s career began in 2001 with the Sundance selection of his NYU thesis film, 3D, starring Kerry Washington. His most recent short film, BlackCard, premiered on HBO, and his narrative podcast, Wednesday Morning, engaged voters around the 2020 election. He is developing several episodic concepts and feature films while booking episodes for the upcoming cable, broadcast, and streaming seasons. His podcast, Let’s Shoot! with Pete Chatmon is available on YouTube, iTunes, and all podcast platforms. Follow him on Instagram @pete- chatmon and @letsshootwithpetechatmon

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Kenya Barris Introduction Act I: The Set-Up Chapter 1: The Early Years Chapter 2: NYU Film School Chapter 3: The Real World aka The School of Hard Knocks Chapter 4: Who’s Got $520,000? Anyone… Anyone? Chapter 5: Premium — The Making Of My First Feature Film Act II: The Confrontation Chapter 6: Bills to Pay: 12 Years of Empowerment at NYU Chapter 7: Premium — The Road to Distribution Chapter 8: 761st and Tribeca All Access Chapter 9: A Production Company, a Podcast, and a Monthly Event Chapter 10: BlackCard — The Psychological Pivot Act III: The Resolution Chapter 11: Television Director Development Programs Chapter 12: Securing Representation Chapter 13: The Road to My First Episode Chapter 14: Reflections and Next Steps How I Did It: Directors Reflect On Their Journey to the Director’s Chair: Romany Malco, Molly McGlynn, Michael Spiller, Seith Mann, Keith Powell, Anu Valia, Rob McElhenney, Millicent Shelton Appendices Index