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RunningToStayStill t1_j1kua7x wrote

Reply to comment by mugenhunt in why do series shows always have so many seemingly random people directing every episode? by OctoberRust13

Fascinating, but I imagine this is less efficient when one of the cast member gets to direct an episode: Jason Bateman on Ozark.

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mugenhunt t1_j1kuf26 wrote

Slightly so. The big trick is that an actor directing an episode is generally assigned one that they aren't going to be playing a large role in, and where an assistant director can handle the scenes where the actor also needs to be performing.

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exsanguinator1 t1_j1lsc26 wrote

I noticed that with Atlanta—the episodes Donald Glover directs are ones where he isn’t in it or isn’t in much of it.

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thisgrantstomb t1_j1kxxio wrote

In the latter seasons of Breaking Bad Bryan Cranston would direct one episode a season it would always be the premier episode because it's the only one he would be available to do the pre production on. After that he was busy acting.

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emptythecache t1_j1mj08o wrote

I watched the Farewell to Ozark thing on Netflix, he only agreed to be in the show if he could direct it. He was meant to direct every episode of the first season, but couldn't due to time constraints.

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Professional_Mobile5 t1_j1muqqg wrote

Also Noah Emmerich on The Americans, Donald Glover on Atlanta, Rhea Seahorn on Better Call Saul, Giancarlo Esposito on Better Call Saul... Many great examples

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