Thursday September 27, 2007

‘Life’ Boy

In the current issue of Creativity, I talk to Chris Wilcha, the director of the television version of the popular NPR staple This American Life. Although the piece was assigned, it just so happens that I met Chris—who began his career with the Gen-X documentary The Target Shoots First—a few years ago at this party, where the then-homeless pilot for This American Life was screened. His career has really taken off since then. The show was picked up by Showtime, nominated for three Emmys (Chris lost out to Spike Lee for outstanding non-fiction direction), and will begin production on a second season shortly. Meanwhile, Chris just finished shooting a major ad campaign for Microsoft. The full Creativity article will be available without a subscription for a week or so.