On today's conversation, Kaily chats with Shondaland's Senior Creative Production Advisor, Tom Verica. Tom discusses his unconventional path to directing television, as well as his desires and strategies for championing new directors into the industry.
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On today's conversation, Kaily chats with Shondaland's Senior Creative Production Advisor, Tom Verica. Tom discusses his unconventional path to directing television, as well as his desires and strategies for championing new directors into the industry.
At Shondaland, Tom aids in the creative vision and production for all series' or films produced and acts as a liaison for talent and new showrunners. As an actor, you’ll recognize Tom from his work playing Jack Pryor in the NBC drama "American Dreams" and Viola Davis’ husband Sam Keating on ABC’s "How to Get Away with Murder;" among others. As a director he’s helmed over 100 episodes for numerous television shows including the popular Shondaland series, “Bridgerton”—the most watched series debut in Netflix history—on which Tom also served as a consulting producer. He is currently overseeing and co-executive producing the second season of the series, as well as the upcoming highly anticipated series “Inventing Anna.”
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