Take 94 - Showrunner Luke Tunnecliffe, Making their Mark, Fearless
Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss
English - February 16, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsTV & Film Arts hollywood screenwriting writing writer actor rejection failure tv writer tv writing screenwriter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We talk to Australian showrunner Luke Tunnecliffe.
He tells us about trying to run a sports documentary during a global pandemic, bringing an LA production to Australia only to get locked down and moving from sports documentaries to scripted dramas.
He explains the difficulty of pitching Australia in Hollywood, the Australian obsession with sport and what he learned about showrunning managing productions during Covid.
We talk the shows that got away, the importance of trust and relationships with streamers and editing 7,500 hours into 7 episodes of television.