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51. Marty Callner: Legendary Director HawkeTalk
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Sometimes you go searching for a career.
Other times, the career seems to find you.
Which is exactly what happened for Marty Callner. Marty is a world renowned television director who has directed some of the biggest names on the planet (Jerry Seinfeld, Cher, and Garth Brooks to name a few) and learned a ton along the way.
Oh, and he also started at HBO when there were 7 employees, and directed nearly every major music video from the 1980’s.
But he didn’t grow up wanting a career in Hollywood. How did that happen then? It involved a three month bender, Nietzsche, and a chance interview at a television station as an out of work 22 year old.
What we talked about
How his parent’s divorce tuned his eye towards the artistic.Why a three month bender on psychedelics opened his creative side.Joining HBO in the early stages.How he ended up directing the world’s biggest stars. For more interviews like this one, subscribe to HawkeTalk on Apple Podcasts , Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!
Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for Hawke Talk in your favorite podcast player.
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Sometimes you go searching for a career.
Other times, the career seems to find you.
Which is exactly what happened for Marty Callner. Marty is a world renowned television director who has directed some of the biggest names on the planet (Jerry Seinfeld, Cher, and Garth Brooks to name a few) and learned a ton along the way.
Oh, and he also started at HBO when there were 7 employees, and directed nearly every major music video from the 1980’s.
But he didn’t grow up wanting a career in Hollywood. How did that happen then? It involved a three month bender, Nietzsche, and a chance interview at a television station as an out of work 22 year old.
What we talked about
How his parent’s divorce tuned his eye towards the artistic.Why a three month bender on psychedelics opened his creative side.Joining HBO in the early stages.How he ended up directing the world’s biggest stars. For more interviews like this one, subscribe to HawkeTalk on Apple Podcasts , Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!
Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for Hawke Talk in your favorite podcast player.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
30 min