The instant I read it, I was like, "I know this story. I don't know exactly how I'm going to do with it, but immediately I have ideas." It's about, can I hear the music in it? Does it make sense to me? And fortunately, Rochelle Zimmerman and Leah Gonzalez wrote this fantastic script. Give someone else a shot." Of course, I never actually made that call, but you have those thoughts where I was like, "I want the episode now because I want to know what's going on." But the thing with me is, it's not about the amount of stuff I have to do. My nerves were a month and a half, two months before. ![]() Were there any nerves about juggling the various storylines?įortunately, no. This is quite a packed episode to plant your flag as a director. ![]() I was like, "So I will be doing this again." I wanted to do such a good job that everybody understood, unquestionably, "He earned his next shot at directing." I breathed a lot easier when I heard their response, when I got their feedback. Whatever my position was at Station 19, I understand that may be part of what got me a shot, but I wanted to kill it. Keeping the job should be about you actually doing a good job. Whatever gets you the job gets you the job. My joke is always that I have no problem with nepotism if it gets you the job, whether it's you being the boss' kid or you went to the same college, that's fine. I didn't want to let Stacey and Krista and Paris and all my other mentors down. They gave me the shot and I tried to run with it as best I could. She said, "You know what? I know you were going to do your own things, but let's just skip to the chase and let's do this." She believed in me and Krista Vernoff believed in me, I think, more than I did at some points. Black came in as our producing director this season because she's directed multiple episodes over the course of the life of Station 19, and I adore her. I was having to gear up to do some projects of my own to try and see what I had to say as a director behind the camera. And then COVID hit, so that got put on the back-burner. I started shadowing directors off and on, on different shows, and even shows that I wasn't on. She'd worked with me towards directing, but then the show got canceled and that opportunity never came. I did a sitcom a million years ago and shadowed the director on that show, Mary Lou Belli. ![]() Ahead of the episode, George spoke to ET about how the opportunity came to be, what he learned the most about directing and what awaits the Station 19 crew as they navigate uncharted territory - both personally and professionally.ĮT: How did the opportunity to direct this episode of Station 19 come about?
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