M88 Signs ‘The Dropout’ And ‘Snowpiercer’ Director Erica Watson
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: M88 on Tuesday announced its signing of in-demand director Erica Watson for management. Watson is best known for helming the penultimate and final episode of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Hulu miniseries The Dropout, charting the rise and downfalll of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried).
She most recently directed two episodes of the epic drama series King Shaka, produced by Antoine Fuqua for CBS Studios, which will now likely be shopped after being cut loose by Showtime.
Watson is otherwise known for directing two episodes of Snowpiercer for TNT/Tomorrow Studios, along with half of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s David Makes Man for OWN/HBO Max.
She’s also previously mounted episodes of Manifest, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Gossip Girl, All Rise, Power Book II: Ghost, For Life, All American, The L Word: Generation Q, Claws and Krypton, among other series.
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