Let's Shoot! with Pete Chatmon

Writer/Creator, Producer, Director, and Actor Rob McElhenney joins Pete for Episode 06 of the pod. With “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” entering its record breaking 15th Season on FXX and “Mythic Quest” preparing for season two on Apple TV+, they sat down to discuss how writing can be terrifying, the importance of creating your own opportunities, why receiving a director’s cut that’s 30-40% of...

Emmy and DGA award-winning director Michael Spiller shares nothing but the truth on Episode 05 of the pod. From his start as a cinematographer on Hal Hartley's "The Unbelievable Truth", to directing more than 175 episodes of television ("Scrubs", "Modern Family", "Sex and The City", "The Mindy Project"), including many as producing-director, Pete and Spiller talk about how to find yourself in the...

We're keeping it in the family on Episode 04 of the pod! Simone Missick currently stars as Lola Carmichael on CBS's "All Rise", making her the first Black woman to be a dramatic lead on the network. Before the industry shutdown, Pete was preparing to direct the season finale of her show, so we invite you to join them as they catch up and discuss why representation matters, how waiting tables and d...

Dorian Missick is one of those actors that directors and cast members alike look forward to seeing on the call sheet. Most recently, he delivered a brilliant performance as Jamal on ABC's "For Life", but before that you may have seen Dorian in "SouthLAnd", "Brian Banks", "Jinn", "Two Weeks Notice" -- or for the real fans -- as "Cool" in Pete Chatmon's debut feature "Premium". Pull a chair up and l...

Season 4 of "Insecure" may have just come to an end, but you can still hear from one of the most exciting voices on the scene on Episode 02 of the pod! Amongst many topics in a wide ranging conversation, Pete chats with Issa about making the impossible leap from webseries to premium cable, mistakes directors can avoid (at least on her show), and who might play her in the biopic we all know is comi...

Welcome to the premiere episode of Let's Shoot! with Pete Chatmon. Pete sits down to chat with his NYU buddy Theo Travers, a writer on season 6 of Showtime's "Billions" where he also serves as an executive producer. They chop it up about the state of things in America...in Hollywood...and discuss how storytelling, or the lack of it, affects perception in our culture...