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The Chair

Chris Moore, The Chair, TCA Award 2015

Starz CEO says The Chair’s future is up to creator Chris Moore

August 2, 2016 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

What’s happening with Starz’s The Chair and its second season? Starz CEO Chris Albrecht gave a brief update about the filmmaking competition.

Starz The Chair

Updates on The Chair season two

January 11, 2016 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

It’s been more than a year since the first season of Starz’s The Chair ended, but a second season of the DGA-award-winning and TCA-award winning series is at least further along than it was one year ago. But there is some behind-the-scenes progress on season two.

The Chair TCA award backstage

The Chair, The Jinx win TV critics awards

August 9, 2015 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

The Television Critics Association has given two TCA awards to unscripted series, The Chair and The Jinx. Also in nonfiction, the award for outstanding achievement in news and information went to HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The Chair,… continue reading

Shane Dawson comes out as bisexual

The Chair winner Shane Dawson comes out as bisexual

July 7, 2015 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Earlier this year, fellow YouTube star and Amazing Race cast member Joey Graceffa came out as gay, and now the winner of Starz’s The Chair and YouTube star Shane Dawson has come out as bisexual via a video. “I always… continue reading

The Chair director Anthony B. Sacco won the reality TV DGA award

The Chair’s Anthony B. Sacco wins Directors Guild award

February 8, 2015 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Anthony B. Sacco, the director of Starz’s The Chair, has won the Directors Guild Award for outstanding directorial achievement in reality programs. It’s his second win; he previously won for NBC’s Treasure Hunters in 2006, and in was nominated for an… continue reading

The Chair's Chris Moore

A second season of The Chair seems very possible

January 15, 2015 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

The Chair was one of my favorite series of 2014, and there seems to be a chance it could return for a second season. The network, Starz, is “totally open” and its creator, Chris Moore, has promised to go back… continue reading

Not Cool director Shane Dawson

Shane Dawson on winning The Chair, Not Cool critics, Big Brother

November 9, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Shane Dawson has won The Chair and $250,000, a coda tacked on to the ending of one of the best reality TV series I’ve ever watched. I talked to him about making Not Cool under the scrutiny of reality TV cameras, criticism of his work (including… continue reading

Anna Martemucci

Anna Martemucci on The Chair, directing, collaboration, creativity

November 7, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Starz’ The Chair comes to an end tomorrow night, with either Anna Martemucci (“Hollidaysburg”) or Shane Dawson (“Not Cool”) winning $250,000. But despite that large prize, the contest has truly been secondary to the reality series’ extraordinary ability to capture the filmmaking process. I… continue reading

Zachary Quinto on The Chair

Zachary Quinto’s brutal take-down of Shane Dawson’s movie

November 2, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

On the penultimate episode of The Chair, Zachary Quinto delivered a brutal, withering take-down of Shane Dawson’s movie Not Cool. After screening Anna Martemucci’s film Hollidaysburg, the film and TV show producers talk, and Quinto delivers this monologue: “When we… continue reading

Anna Martemucci and Shane Dawson

How The Chair is trying to prevent a popularity contest for its $250,000 prize

October 31, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Besides being an exceptional documentary reality series (and if you are not watching, fix that immediately), Starz’ The Chair also a contest. The two directors, Shane Dawson and Anna Martemucci, are competing for $250,000, and voting is open until 12:59 p.m. Sunday. So how do you… continue reading

Anna Martemucci and Shane Dawson

The Chair is flawless, riveting reality TV

October 16, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

In the third episode of Starz’s The Chair, one of the two directors using the same script to film a movie says, “If we can’t find locations, if we can’t find actors, if we can’t find crew, then how are we gonna… continue reading

The Chair star Shane Dawson, director of Not Cool

Watch The Chair’s films, Not Cool and Hollidaysburg, online now

September 25, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

The films whose creation is currently being documented on Starz’s The Chair have been released in theatres and digitally, so you can now watch how two different filmmakers did with the same script. The five episodes that Starz has made available… continue reading

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