In this final episode of CCFM Season 1, we motivate each other to stay the course! Following our dreams takes perserverence, unwavering determination, and a sense of humor. From navigating unexpected obstacles to surviving ridiculous setbacks, we talk about how to stay committed to our goals and dreams while making jokes along the way. Our guest is director Tessa Greenberg!
Guest Bio: Tessa Greenberg is a comedy director, editor, and writer from Brooklyn, NY. She’s been working in the film and television industry since 2007, and has edited for HBO (How To With John Wilson), directed & written original comedy series on IFC, MTV, and Fuse, and directed commercials for Universal Studios Theme Parks, Fresca, Heinz, Flonase, and LEGO among others. Tessa honed her comedic filmmaking sensibilities while working for the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and their production department, UCB Comedy & Don’t Think Productions where she was a resident director and editor.
In a past life, Tessa grew up in New Jersey playing with her Dad’s video camera and watching Pee Wee's Playhouse, Beetlejuice, and anything weird that could be recorded from TV onto a VHS. Since then she's spent her time finding ways to capture the joy of eccentricity through filmmaking. Her work has screened at SXSW, NYTVF, The Women in Comedy Fest, and Tribeca Film Festival (2016) where she won the Grand Prize for her Snapchat film, "Hot Dogs Forever". She was the winner of truTV's Comedy Breakout development deal in 2018, and also won the VICE Spammy award for "Best Comedy" on her 1 minute mobile phone short, "How I Lost My Virginity".
Tessa is also a co-founder of the Brooklyn indie filmmaking collective, Video Mass (videomass.tv). Their sci-fi and horror-anthology films have screened around the country in local and national film festivals.
When Tessa’s not making films and television, she enjoys writing synth pop music, community organizing for intersectional feminist and social justice causes, and taking picture of interesting garbage on the street. Prior to her life in film/tv, she studied theatre and performance at Marymount Manhattan College, and also toured in an electro-pop band.
Tessa's personal work has been described as something born out of the cult classic section of an old Blockbuster video store, and also "wrong in a way that feels fun and right". You can find her on Instagram: @tessagee, or on her Website: https://tessagreenberg.com/
Show Notes:
Tessa's Universal Studios Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZezHa3yK3Y and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk2nISErNzw
Tessa's Five Below Commercial: https://tessagreenberg.com/commercials/fivebelow
Watch THE SHITTING (NSFW): https://vimeo.com/144126833
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