Emily Seale-Jones on transitioning from acting to writer/director - a podcast by Steve Whiteley

In this conversation I chat with the multi-hyphenate actor, writer and director Emily Seale-Jones (https://www.instagram.com/emilysealejones).

Emily started acting from a young age, training at North London Performing Arts School from the age of 14, but it wasn’t long before she had the urge to direct. She talks about how a comment from a pesky boyfriend stoped her from pursuing becoming a writer/director. But when she did finally make the jump and started writing, things progressed very quickly. She describes how learning Meisner as an actor helped her connect with other performers both as an actor and later as a director and writing. Emily tells her journey from writing, directing and starring in her web series Franke and Emma, to getting signed to an agent. And then writing and directing her short film and getting her series ‘brunch bitches’ commissioned with Comedy Central, which ultimately led to being broadcast on Funny Or Die and another series commission. Emily breaks down the whole development process, explains why she can’t write at home and we discuss whether being on social media is essential for your career or is it just something we convince ourselves we should be doing. We also compare our respective aunt and uncle duties and it turns out we both suck! Lots here to enjoy, Emily is great and funny and talented, you will love her.

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Steve - @offkeysteve

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