REPLAY: Hanelle Culpepper — Emmy Nominee, and the First Woman to Launch a Star Trek Series
Hanelle Culpepper is nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for "Exodus," the season two finale of Paradise on Hulu. She is the second Black woman ever nominated in that category.
So we are bringing back our 2020 conversation with her, with a new introduction from Fanshen recorded ahead of the ceremony.
In this episode, Hanelle tells Fanshen Cox and Anya Adams how she became the first woman to launch a Star Trek series in the franchise's history. One meeting. No script. A weekend to build a look book. Then Patrick Stewart's approval. She also talks about having no…
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