From Agency Assistant To The Director's Chair With TV and Film Director Natalie Van Doren

My guest today is Natalie Van Doren, a writer/director and assistant director in film and television, in Los Angeles. Natalie has directed multiple network episodes of the Nickelodeon show, Side Hustle, and That Girl Lay Lay for Nickelodeon and Netflix, with famed producer Will Packer.After graduating from Colorado State University, Natalie moved to LA and began her career in the entertainment business as an assistant at ICM Talent Agency. While there, she worked with Francis Ford Coppola, Baz Luhrmann, Luc Besson, and others. Soon after, she was accepted into the prestigious Directors Guild of America Training Program. While in the program, Natalie produced and directed her first short film, The SharkTank Redemption, a parody of The Shawshank Redemption, which was purchased by HBO and aired on HBO and Cinemax for 6 years. Natalie has since gone on to direct the second unit of CSI Miami, was the DGA trainee on on Ocean’s 11, and was the assistant director, CSI, The West Wing, ER, and many more productions. She also recently finished a graphic novel, Infinite, which she wrote with her brother, writer Doug Van Doren.Learn more about Natalie on her website, natalievandoren.com, and connect with her there.Visit Trinette's website, trinettefaint.comFollow Trinette's insta: trinette.faint