Okema T. Moore is an Emmy Nominated PGA producer and rising director. She’s created unscripted and branded content for Lifetime, Netflix, and Disney/Marvel, including: Beat Bobby Flay and The Kitchen on Food Network, Oprah’s Color of Care, Founding In Color on...
“So I wrote the spec script, and I got it to Larry David because I had known Larry David from New York stand up days and figuring he might buy the idea. Instead, he called me up and said, “Do you want a job?” And I said, “Yeah.” And he...
“And I said, I don’t know any editor. The only editor I’ve ever heard of is Jacqueline Onassis, and he said, she might be interested in this. And so he submitted the proposal to her…and that was it. The first time I went to her...
“With your drafts, be ruthless. What do you need? What can you toss away? And then read everything out loud. Because the way you read it versus the way it sounds… it’s a different experience and you catch things that you wouldn’t catch when you...
“…try to set up meetings and appointments with people. And through those meetings and appointments, you’re going to learn different things they’re working on or dealing with, and that’s going to broaden your horizons and allow you to...
