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In a new interview, Mimosa Arts blog talks to Stacey K. Black about her work and passions in music, documentary film and television, and her unlikely transition from hair stylist to director on The Closer and now, Major Crimes.
“During season 3 of The Closer, I approached Exec. Producer/Director Mike Robin and asked if he would consider me as a director, if and when they started to promote from within the company. I knew it was a long shot, because its just not done. Promoting a hairstylist to director? Its not. But I thought, well its not done, until it IS done. So, I just had to ask, and I gave him my short films to watch. If I didn’t, then the answer would automatically be no. Three years later, a couple weeks before we started shooting season 6, I was called in to the producer’s office, and greeted by Exec. Producers Mike Robin, Greer Shephard, James Duff, Rick Wallace, and Kyra Sedgwick, so they could all tell me that I was going to be directing an episode that season. It was surreal! ”
Read the whole article, and learn more about Stacey K. Black’s current documentary film project Send My Mail To Nashville, here.