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Chris Columbus Inks 3-For-1 Deal With CBS

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 19, 2011 @ 10:39am PDTTags: 1492 Pictures, CBS TV Studios, Chris Columbus, TV Directors
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Getting feature directors to helm pilots was a hot trend this development season. CBS is already looking to extend it to next season, signing a deal with Harry Potter director Chris Columbus. Under the 3-for-1 pact, Columbus will develop three projects for CBS though CBS TV Studios and his 1492 Pictures. The goal is for one of them to go to pilot, which Columbus will direct and executive produce. This will mark the TV directing debut for the WME-repped Columbus, who helmed the first two Harry Potter and Home Alone movies as well as Mrs. Doubtfire and, most recently, the adventure Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. He also produced the upcoming DreamWorks movie The Help.

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Larry Charles And Mark Piznarski Get Pilot Directing Gigs

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 18, 2010 @ 8:25am PDTTags: Fox Pilots, Larry Charles, Larry Charles Outnumbered, Mark Piznarski, Outnumbered Pilot, The Lying Game, The Lying Game Pilot, TV, TV Directors, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Borat and Bruno helmer Larry Charles has been tapped to direct Fox’s off-cycle comedy pilot Outnumbered. Meanwhile, Mark Piznarski, who directed the pilot for Gossip Girl, is set to direct another drama pilot based on an Alloy book series, ABC Family’s The Lying Game.

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Jonathan Demme To Direct Episodes Of HBO’s New Mike White Series ‘Enlightened’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday August 9, 2010 @ 1:00pm PDTTags: HBO, Honeymoon With Harry, Jonathan Demme, Laura Dern, Mike White, TV Directors
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: There is a saying that you’ve got to be an Oscar winner to get to direct an HBO pilot these days: look at Martin Scorsese (Boardwalk Empire), Alexander Payne (Hung), Bill Condon (Tilda) and Kathryn Bigelow (The Miraculous Year). Now you may need an Oscar statuette to be an episodic director on the pay cable channel too. The Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme has been tapped to direct two episodes of HBO’s upcoming Mike White/Laura Dern comedy series Enlightened. Read More »

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