millicent shelton – deconstructing hollywood
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TV Director
Award-winning writer/director Millicent Shelton is still on top of her
game. Having originally wowed the world with her impressive producing
and directing skills in over 100 music videos, her second act has been
all the more impressive. Now as a television director, Shelton has
directed episodes for hit shows like “Everybody Hates Chris,” “My Name
is Earl” and “The Bernie Mac Show”- the last of which earned her an
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.
As
Shelton looks back over her extraordinary career, she can’t help but
reflect on the mindset that allowed her to make it in Hollywood.
“I think that this job is just like any other job,” Shelton says. “You
really have to enjoy what you do, because at the end of the day it’s
work. On the outside, I think a lot of people fantasize about working
in the entertainment industry, and they think that it’s all glitz and
glamour. But it’s not easy. If it were, then everyone would be doing
it. It takes hard work, it takes perseverance and it takes a lot of
skill.”
The skill department is where Shelton has never
suffered a deficiency as evidenced by her superior résumé. But that
hasn’t stopped her from constantly working at her craft, and pushing
herself to even higher heights of greatness. “I never want to stop
learning,” she explains. “No matter how much I accomplish, I still feel
like there’s so much more to learn.”
