From Agency Assistant To The Director's Chair With TV and Film Director Natalie Van Doren

My guest today is Natalie Van Doren, a writer/director and assistant director in film and television, in Los Angeles. Natalie has directed multiple network episodes of the Nickelodeon show, Side Hustle, and That Girl Lay Lay for Nickelodeon and Netflix, with famed producer Will Packer.

After graduating from Colorado State University, Natalie moved to LA and began her career in the entertainment business as an assistant at ICM Talent Agency. While there, she worked with Francis Ford Coppola, Baz Luhrmann, Luc Besson, and others. Soon after, she was accepted into the prestigious Directors Guild of America Training Program. 

While in the program, Natalie produced and directed her first short film, The SharkTank Redemption, a parody of The Shawshank Rede ...