Producer, writer, director in film and television, and professor Christine Fugate takes us behind the camera to give writers insights into how to use perspective, story telling, and the well crafted lie in dialogue to enhance our tales. Along the way we discuss talent meeting opportunity, advice on travel, an interlude with the rock band KISS and thoughts on the power of one-act plays.
Although we didn't chat about it in this episode, I encourage listeners to check out Christine's film, Queen Moorea and learn more about the silent disability Williams Syndrome (EDS), with which Christine herself has been diagnosed.
Christine is an award-winning producer and director whose work has been screened in theaters and broadcast on channels around the world. She has produced pilots and programming for networks including Discovery, VH1, Disney, A&E, Sundance, Travel Channel, PBS, and HBO. She has also spent time interviewing celebrities such as Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Julie Andrews, and Anne Hathaway. For her unscripted work, she was named one of Showbiz's Top 100 Directors.
Before working in unscripted, she spent years working in feature films as a Senior VP of Creative Affairs at Pacific Rim Productions and Schroeder & Hoffman Productions at Sony Pictures, and as a 2nd Unit Director at Five Star Productions in Bangkok, Thailand. She has also spent time filming in Fiji, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Malawi, and Thailand. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Documentary and Narrative Film at Chapman University.
