Off-topic of Trek, but on the topic of "women past a certain age," I'd just like to give a shout-out to my dear friend and mentor, Lee Shallat Chemel. She's pushing 80 and parlayed her successful career as a theatre director into a longer career in television (thanks in part to Gary David Goldberg). She's been doing mostly sitcoms since 1984, was nominated for three Emmys, and just finished working on a series that is being picked up by Fox eventually. She was the main director on "The Middle" (which is why, in its last season, she cast me as a featured extra -- which took a Taft-Hartley exemption). I'm attaching an on-set photo of us, for those who can see it (with another friend who actually had lines). She was "only" 73 then.
--Dave Sikula On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 9:50:39 PM UTC-7 David Bruggeman wrote: > I think she'll direct another episode this season, so maybe then? > > While I didn't know Thompson's directing resume, this makes a lot of > sense. Given her husband's background, and the all-too-common decreasing > opportunities for women past a certain age, going behind the camera is a > viable option (if still a mostly-boys club). > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/11cfc08e-3129-45ca-adfc-923629ee0304n%40googlegroups.com.
