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Director Dee Koppang O’Leary on Working on ‘The Crown,’ ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘The Split’

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K.J. Yossman Director Dee Koppang O’Leary cut her teeth on documentaries such as “Justin Bieber: All Around the World” for NBC and Sky One’s “Minnie Driver’s Excellent Adventure” before moving into drama via a brief shadowing stint on “Sherlock,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

From there, she stepped up to second unit director, working across three seasons of “The Crown” as well as the first season of “Bridgerton”Now, she makes her lead directorial debut on SundanceTV’s third and final season of “The Split,” the Abi Morgan-penned drama about a family of divorce lawyers, which stars Nicola Walker in the lead role.Koppang O’Leary sat down with Variety to talk about working with Morgan, her move from unscripted to scripted and what the landscape looks like right now for female directors. How did you get into directing?I literally have never really wanted to do anything else.

I started off in entertainment, so I worked in non-scripted for years, producing and directing. I ended up doing lots of observational documentary and extreme travel documentary, so I used to do lots of things in jungles and mountains, like Minnie Driver swimming with humpback whales in Tonga, and I would do all these kind of weird and wonderful shows all around the world.

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