2022 Macon Film Festival

Directing Television: Maintaining Creative Vision with Crystle Roberson

Description: Crystle's interest in film sparked here in Macon GA where she worked at a downtown camera shop converting 16mm films and selling to local photographers. Since then, Ms. Roberson has been creating cinematic stories for all who wish to see, and has garnered several awards including the Woman to Watch Award by Women in Film (2008) and the HBO Filmmaker Award by HBO, Chase, and Kodak (2009).

Since then, Crystle has directed several episodes of television including The Gilded Age (HBO), Queens (ABC), All American (CW), Black Mafia Family (STARZ), Greenleaf (OWN), and many more. In this workshop, she will share her thoughts and experiences on maintaining the creative vision as a Director in the television medium.