BPS 171: Becoming a Successful Writer/Director with Brad Silberling

Today on the show we have writer, producer and director Brad
Silberling. I had the pleasure of meeting Brad back in 2005 at my
first Sundance Film Festival. He was very kind with his time and
gave me some great advice.

His feature films include City of Angels starring Meg Ryan and
Nicholas Cage, Moonlight Mile, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin
Hoffman and Susan Sarandon; Lemony Snickett’s A Series of
Unfortunate Events, starring Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep; 10 Items
of Less starring Morgan Freeman, Land of The Lost starring Will
Ferrell, as well as his debut film, the family classic Casper,
produced by Steven Spielberg.

In television, his growing stable of hit series include the
critically acclaimed comedy Jane The Virgin as well as the period
drama Reign, contemporary reboots Dynasty and Charmed, and the new
Disney Plus series Diary of A Future President. He is a graduate of
the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television where he earned his
masters degree in production, following his bachelor’s degree in
English from UC Santa Barbara.

Brad and I had an amazing talk about the business, warts and all,
what it was like having Steven Spielberg as a mentor and how he
built his directing career.

Enjoy my conversation with Brad Silberling.

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