88 Cups of Tea

How to Become a TV Producer & Behind-The-Scenes of the World of TV Producing with Sought-After TV Producer & Director JOE LAZAROV

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:
  • Joe’s experience as a production assistant and how he climbed up the ranksto becoming a sought-after TV producer
  • Why mentors are crucial to your success
  • How to approach mentors
  • The very first step to take to jump into the producing world
  • Can producing really be taught?
  • What to do when you realize that you want to transition careers into producing
  • Why you’ll need a really thick-skin if you want to make it in this industry
  • Producer’s Guild mentorship program
  • The different tiers, roles, and responsibilities of TV Producers
    • ABOUT JOE LAZAROV:

    Joe Lazarov is well known as the producing director of the popular GOSSIP GIRL TV series in New York and more recently a producer of POWER on the Starz Network. He was fortunate to begin his career in television working on Emmy award winning series A YEAR IN THE LIFE, CHINA BEACH and NORTHERN  EXPOSURE. Joe continues to be a sought after producer having recently finished the spinoff ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND for ABC, 5 seasons of GOSSIP GIRL, TOUCHING EVIL, PSYCH, INVASION, NCIS, and LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. In 2008, Joe began a new phase of his career with his directorial debut of Gossip Girl with the emotional episode where Chuck Bass buries his father and subsequently directed 8 more episodes. Upon Joe’s return to Los Angeles from the Gossip Girl set, he directed several episodes of the stunt filled series NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING. Joe followed up that effort with a fun romp in HART OF DIXIE and thriller episodes of THE LYING GAME and TWISTED. Joe currently commutes between Brooklyn and Los Angeles where he lives with his wife of 20 years, 13 year old daughter, and two standard poodles.

     

    Be sure to visit his shownotes page at http://88cupsoftea.com/podcast/joelazarov/

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