Tyler James Williams On Making His Directorial Debut On ‘Abbott Elementary’ & Preserving The Network Comedy

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SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Wednesday night’s episode of Abbott Elementary. Gregory Eddie is a bit absent from Wednesday night’s episode of Abbott Elementary, which sees Mr.

Morton (Jerry Minor) trying to entice the rest of the teachers to help facilitate the science fair, in part because Tyler James Williams spent this episode behind the camera instead.

The actor made his directorial debut with Episode 413 after toying with the idea of it “since I was a child, really,” Williams told Deadline. “I think the first time I got interested in directing is when we did Everybody Hates Chris and Jerry Levine, who was our producing director, would just talk shots with me, and would let me look behind the camera and see how things worked and really educated me on the process, not from the perspective of a child, but from the perspective of an artist.

That’s where it piqued my interest,” he said. In the interview below, Williams opens up about his experience directing for the first time and his goals to direct more network comedy in the future. DEADLINE: Tell me more about where your interest in directing came from. TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS: It’s something I’ve been thinking about and kicking around since I was a child, really.