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Interview: Director Amanda Marsalis on Making Classic Television with a Modern Appetite on ‘The Pitt’

In The Pitt, Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) leads a team at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital emergency room through a fifteen-hour work shift. Among the chaos and devastation the doctors, nurses, residents, and medical students encounter is the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a musical festival.

Awards Buzz spoke with director Amanda Marsalis, who helmed the second, fourth, eighth, and twelfth episodes of season one. Watch the video above to hear about the ambitious undertaking of each hour, especially the twelfth, and the remarkable popularity the show has attracted.

Season one of The Pitt is streaming on Max.

Abe Friedtanzer
Abe Friedtanzerhttp://www.AwardsBuzz.com
Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of MoviesWithAbe.com and TVwithAbe.com since 2007, and has been predicting the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards since he was allowed to stay up late enough to watch them.

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