Renuka Jeyapalan - How to become a Netflix director and what to do when your actor can’t cry on cue (and why auditioning sucks).

Renuka Jeyapalan didn’t know anybody in the film industry. She was a student at University of Toronto studying biochemistry when she took a film studies class for fun and GOT HOOKED. She enrolled into film school and wrote and directed an award winning short film called Big Girl. Although her career started out on a roll, join us today for a conversation on how her career hit a major speed bump, and how she made it back into the game and started directing for Netflix. We also chat about why she hates auditioning actors, and why questions, are the greatest gift an actor can give her