Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticLenny Abrahamson was nominated a few years ago for the Best Director Oscar for helming Room, which opened up several cinematic opportunities for him.
Yet for his latest project, Hulu’s Normal People, he says there was no question he wanted to work in television.During Deadline’s virtual Contenders Television: The Nominees all-day event, Abrahamson, an Emmy nominee for Outstanding Direction of a Limited Series or Movie, told me why he thought the medium was perfect for the adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel.“Television is not in any way the little brother of movies,” he said. “TV in this new sort of renaissance has had great impact in the quality of shows and is amazing.
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