Michael Spiller: Stepping Outside of His Comfort Zone

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Lisa and Emmy Award Winning Director Producer Michael Spiller
chat about life, work and believing that anything can happen when
you take healthy creative risks and get out of your comfort zone.


How fear of embarrassment gets in the way of growth

the importance of clarity, communication and collaboration

leading by example with vulnerability

creating safe spaces to create 

stepping out of your comfort zone



Michael Spiller won both an Emmy and a DGA award for his
directing work on TV’s Modern Family. He launched his successful
directing career after years of working as a director of
photography on high-profile feature films, documentaries,
commercials, and music videos. After getting his first directing
work on HBO’s Sex and The City, he moved to Los Angeles and
continued to direct some of the hottest shows on TV. His credits
include over twenty episodes of Modern Family and Scrubs, as well
as multiple episodes of The New Girl, Don’t Trust The B—- in Apt
23, The Middle, Cougartown, Bernie Mac, as well as directing the
pilots for Jake in Progress and Big Day and serving as a
supervising producer on those series. He was the executive
producer/director for the critically-acclaimed series, The Mindy
Project. Other work includes Ugly Betty, Life as We Know It and
the HBO series Big Love. And one of my personal favorites -
Firefly Lane.


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