dia sokol savage
dia sokol - savage on the set of sorry, thanks. photo courtesy of dia sokol - savage
dia sokol - savage (third from left) alongside the cast of teen mom. photo courtesy of sokol - savage
dia sokol savage was born on january 3, 1976 in denver, colorado, usa as dia jamie sokol. she is a producer, known for
dia sokol savage shares her experience as the executive producer of mtv' s hit series
16 & pregnant
and
teen mom
.
he is a son of louann lelacheur savage of los angeles, and norm dennis savage of irvine, calif .
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dia sokol savage, executive producer: my day - to - day varies enormously. i help to oversee all the creative and editorial content and also manage the logistical details .
“teen mom og” is executive produced by morgan j. freeman and dia sokol savage. lauren dolgen is executive producer. larry musnik and kirsten malone are co - executive producers. nick predescu and janay dutton are mtv executives in charge of production. lauren dolgen, jessica zalkind and sara cohen are executives for mtv. concept by lauren dolgen, morgan j. freeman and dia sokol savage .
teen mom og
is executive produced by morgan j. freeman and dia sokol savage. lauren dolgen is executive producer. larry musnik and kirsten malone are co - executive producers. nick predescu and janay dutton are mtv executives in charge of production. lauren dolgen, jessica zalkind and sara cohen are executives for mtv. concept by lauren dolgen, morgan j. freeman and dia sokol savage .
production: an anxious engine production in association with film theory. produced by lauren veloski. executive producer, monte j. robison. directed by dia sokol. screenplay, sokol, lauren veloski .
executive producer of 16 and pregnant and teen mom, dia sokol savage, sits down and talks with us about the her shows' educational benefits, the role of a producer and the biggest challenges on set .
dia jamie sokol and garret scott savage are to be married sunday at the evergreen lake house, an event space in evergreen, colo. jacqueline st. joan, a retired denver county judge and the bride’s godmother, is to officiate .
dia sokol savage began her career in the film industry as the in - house producer for acclaimed director errol morris on “the fog of war, mr. death” and his television series, ”first person. ” dia also produced andrew bujalski’s “mutual appreciation” and “beeswax, ” joe swanberg and greta gerwig’s “nights and weekends” and “girls” star alex karpovsky’s “woodpecker. ” .
teen mom executive producer dia sokol savage (who' s also worked on queer eye for the straight guy and kimora: life in the fab lane) has been on board with the series since its precursor, 16 & pregnant. savage spoke to jezebel about her job, the show' s reshaped format and what it might mean for reality tv in the future .
morgan freeman, executive producer: i oversee all aspects of the franchise in partnership with dia .
dia sokol - savage will discuss and screen clips from 16 and pregnant and teen mom 2 tonight, friday, november 14, at 7 p. m. , at the college of communication, room 101, 640 commonwealth ave. the event, part of the bu cinematheque series, is free and open to the public .
executive producers morgan j. freeman & dia sokol savage (16 and pregnant, teen mom) are the principal partners of 11th street productions. freeman (laguna beach, dawson’s creek) made a name for himself as the sundance award - winning writer / director of “hurricane streets, ” and savage was an independent spirit award nominee for her work as an indie producer and winner of the adrienne shelly directors grant for her first feature film “sorry, thanks. ”
executive producers morgan j. freeman & dia sokol savage (16 and pregnant, teen mom) are the principal partners of 11th street productions. freeman (laguna beach, dawson' s creek) made a name for himself as the sundance award - winning writer / director of
hurricane streets ,
and savage was an independent spirit award nominee for her work as an indie producer and winner of the adrienne shelly directors grant for her first feature film
sorry, thanks .
the study’s findings were a validation for executive producer, dia sokol - savage, who also produces the mtv spin - offs teen mom and teen mom 2. “that’s all you hope to do with a show like this—have a positive impact, ” she says. “especially for a show that garners the opposite opinion, where people say that we glorify teen pregnancy. ”
sokol - savage will be on campus tonight to talk about and screen clips from 16 and pregnant and teen mom as part of the cinematheque series, a college of communication program that brings accomplished filmmakers and producers to campus to screen and discuss their work .
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sokol - savage, who was nominated for a 2010 independent spirit award for producing bujalski’s film beeswax, about a pair of twins, spoke with bu today about the early days of the shows, the behind - the - scenes work that goes into reality tv, and what it’s like to work as a producer for a major network .
reality producer 11th street prods. , the company behind the hit mtv teen mom franchise, has signed with caa. it was previously at uta. led by morgan j. freeman and dia sokol savage, 11th street prods. developed and produces teen mom and the series that spawned it, 16 and pregnant, for mtv. teen mom 2 is currently the no. 2 show in women 18 - 34 and 18 - 49 in all of primetime cable, only behind amc’s the walking dead .
dia directed and wrote her first feature film “sorry, thanks, ” which debuted at the south by southwest film festival in 2009 and was distributed by ifc .
reality producer 11 th street prods. , the company behind the hit mtv teen mom franchise, has signed with caa. it was previously at uta. led by morgan j. freeman and dia sokol savage, 11 th street prods. developed and produces teen mom and the series that spawned it, 16 and pregnant, for mtv. teen mom 2 is currently the no. 2 show in women 18 - 34 and 18 - 49 in all of primetime cable, only behind amc’s the walking dead .
dolgen, freeman, savage, musnik and kramer became acquainted with the foursome during' 16 and pregnant,' while malone met the girls during the inaugural season of' teen mom.'
smith co - created the series with andrea seigel (laggies), with the latter on board to pen the script for the comedy. smith will exec produce with morgan j. freeman and dia sokol savage of 11th street productions. trinkets expands the company' s relationship with mtv, with the company also producing teen mom and 16 and pregnant. the comedy is the company' s first foray into scripted programming. (for his part, freeman' s directorial debut hurricane streets won three awards at the sundance film festival. )
currently dia is the executive producer of the mtv hit series “16 and pregnant” and “teen mom”. she currently runs 11th street productions with her producing partner morgan j. freeman .
the directorial bow of dia sokol (producer of films by joe swanberg and andrew bujalski), “sorry, thanks” stays true to mumblecore form in charting some aimless hours between san franciscan twentysomethings who probably aren’t right for each other. dramatic tension is (expectedly) slack. but with its improved packaging, pic could at least duplicate the limited [ … ]
dia sokol savage: the way that we' ve approached this season is fundamentally, it' s still a show about the girls and their lives and their relationships and their roles as parents. but we' ve incorporated the fact that they are on a television series and the fact that teen mom is being filmed. so you see some of that production process, some of those conversations with producers. the cameras are there. basically, it' s opened up the world a little bit so it acknowledges that they' re in a room with people who are making the show .
before joining mtv, sokol - savage, a smith college graduate, produced and directed television shows such as abc’s wife swap and bravo’s queer eye for the straight guy, and worked alongside directors errol morris (as a production manager on his oscar - winning documentary, the fog of war) and andrew bujalski (as an actress for his first film, funny ha ha, and as a producer on his next film, mutual appreciation) .
lv: i think we probably do each have different relationships to max and kira. dia definitely knows kira in a way i don’t quite. but it was different for dia all around, because on - set, she had to be the go - to person for everything because she’s dealing with stuff from the director’s vantage. so it wasn’t like, “don’t tell me what kira would say here! ”
the directorial bow of dia sokol (producer of films by joe swanberg and andrew bujalski), “sorry, thanks” stays true to mumblecore form in charting some aimless hours between san franciscan twentysomethings who probably aren’t right for each other. dramatic tension is (expectedly) slack. but with its improved packaging, pic could at least duplicate the limited theatrical exposure of “funny ha ha” and “mutual appreciation, ” if not buzzier “humpday. ”
ifc films has picked up two alums of the 2009 sxsw film fest, “ made in china ” and “sorry, thanks, ” for on - demand distribution. helmed by judith krant and co - written by krant and dan sumpter, “ made in china ” scored the grand jury prize in the 2009 narrative competish at sxsw. pic follows an inventor who heads to shanghai in an effort to find a manufacturer for the household product he’s thought up. “sorry, thanks, ” directed by dia sokol and penned by sokol and lauren veloski, follows the comedic aftermath of a one - night stand. both pics will hit ifc’s on - demand platform in june. urltoken
the sokol movement (from the slavic word for falcon) is a youth sport movement and gymnastics organization first founded in prague in the czech region of austria - hungary in 1862 by miroslav tyrš and jindřich fügner. primarily a fitness training center, the sokol, through lectures, discussions, and group outings provided what tyrš viewed as physical, moral, and intellectual training for the nation. this training extended to men of all classes, and eventually to women .
although he' s in a relationship with sara (ia hernandez), max callahan (wiley wiggins) develops an obsession with kira (kenya miles), his recent one - night stand. while he tries to figure whether he has a conscience, kira seriously questions her personal and professional choices. andrew bujalski co - stars as max' s best friend, mason, and dia sokol directs this romantic drama that explores the heart' s questionable emotions .
sokol - savage: i was an independent film producer and director, and my boyfriend saw a facebook posting from morgan j. freeman [ a director, not the oscar - winning actor ], that he was looking for a coproducer on an mtv show. i was finishing up a movie i had directed, called sorry fix, and i went in and met him, and i think i got the job the next day. two days later we were on our way to the first shoot for 16 and pregnant .
the movement also spread across all the regions populated by the slavic culture (poland (sokół), slovene lands, serbia (sk soko), bulgaria, the russian empire (poland, ukraine, belarus), and the rest of austria - hungary (e. g. present day slovenia and croatia) ). in many of these nations, the organization also served as an early precursor to the scouting movements. though officially an institution
above politics ,
the sokol played an important part in the development of czech nationalism, providing a forum for the spread of mass - based nationalist ideologies. the articles published in the sokol journal, lectures held in the sokol libraries, and theatrical performances at the massive gymnastic festivals called slets helped to craft and disseminate the czech nationalist mythology and version of history .
savage: there' s not necessarily a reason for someone being selected or not, and in the case of that first group of six, it was devastating to us only to be able to continue to work with four of them because we knew that every single one of those young women faced unique struggles and had a story worth telling .
the 25th annual film independent spirit awards were announced on tuesday, and two austin - related projects were honored with nominations: christian mckay was nominated in the best supporting male category for his portrayal of orson welles in local filmmaker richard linklater' s latest feature, me and orson welles. you can see photos of mckay and linklater in our photo essay from the me and orson welles red carpet in austin. dia sokol, producer of beeswax, was nominated for the piaget producers award. beeswax was filmed locally and starred many local filmmakers in acting roles. jette reviewed the movie at sxsw this year; the above photo, with sokol in the middle, was taken at the sxsw q & a for beeswax. austinites may recognize many other titles on the list, which you can read in full after the jump. a number of the nominated films played at sxsw or at austin film festival this year .
lv: but dia’s being really humble. i think anyone — whether you’re a professional or not — when you’re told to act, your instinct is to feel like you’re supposed to “act”. she was able to communicate with non - professionals in a way where they knew they had to be real .
brittany snow, sharon osbourne, kelly osbourne, natasha leggero, jameeliah garrett, john roberts, jessica lowe and nasim pedrad are set to lend their voices to the mtv half - hour animated comedy series
fancy bastards
at titmouse inc. the story centers on a small town that is shocked to learn its five most awkward outcasts all share the same father - a notorious ginger cad who had an indiscretion filled night during a whirlwind visit to vegas nine years ago... and just happens to be a prince. the misfits turn into royal rock stars overnight. that isn' t the only new series mtv has in the works though. the network will also team with young adult author kirsten' kiwi' smith on a tv series adaptation of the 2013 novel
trinkets
. andrea seigel (
laggies
) will pen the script, while smith, morgan j. freeman and dia sokol savage will executive produce. the story revolves around three teenage
dia sokol: i basically had a version of the script written a year before lauren came on. i kept trying to write this max character, and i kind of knew he was the key, but i wasn’t doing a particularly good job. i didn’t get it, really. so i reached out to lauren for help. but we didn’t plan — we just sort of took off with this idea that these two characters would be sort of separate, unrelated. she really just kind of creatively went off on her own and wrote that side of the story, and then we figured out where it intersected .
following on from the top 10 screenwriting tips from script to screen post, i thought i’d write a companion piece on pitching, as saturday’s script to screen conference also featured “pitch intermission” sessions in which a panel of experts fielded pitches and then offered advice on how the screenwriters could hone their spiel. the industry figures giving their insider expertise were: ron simons, the producer of gun hill road and night catches us; dana o’keefe, a sales agent at cinetic; dia sokol, a producer of both mtv reality shows and mumblecore movies; and david young, head writer at collegehumor. com. below are [ … ]
savage: even though we have to remain objective, when one of the participants is struggling, it can be really hard to watch. it was very scary to see amber at the height of her drug abuse, so it feels like such a huge accomplishment to see her clean. and it makes me so happy for leah that she is able to have a mom who is drug - free .
savage: oh man, so many great moments throughout the years. obviously, hearing about the impact that the show has had is enormously gratifying but also just watching the cast members grow and develop and see the direction their lives have taken is kind of a documentary filmmaker' s dream. to be able to be immersed in a subject' s life for eight years has been an incredible privilege and honor .
the new york - based duo behind visit films - - the international sales agents responsible for such films the myth of the american sleepover, the taqwacores, trash humpers, the freebie and aaron katz' s cold weather, are getting into the distribution game with the newly launched division called baxter brothers film releasing. fox searchlight and focus features need not worry, as ryan kampe and sylvan tron are likely going to stick to what they know best - - smaller films looking for an entry point into the u. s. a dvd release have been laid out for ivan sen' s beneath clouds or dia sokol' s sorry, thanks, and i wouldn' t be surprised if they break the bread next year .
larry musnik, co - executive producer: i have a more unique type of position, similar in some ways to morgan and dia. but i think always, even from the very beginning, i’ve been a little bit more involved with the families, the cast, the show, the crew and the producers. i oversee everything - - all of the teams and groups on all of our shows and specials .
following on from the top 10 screenwriting tips from script to screen post, i thought i’d write a companion piece on pitching, as saturday’s script to screen conference also featured “pitch intermission” sessions in which a panel of experts fielded pitches and then offered advice on how the screenwriters could hone their spiel. the industry figures giving their insider expertise were: ron simons, the producer of gun hill road and night catches us; dana o’keefe, a sales agent at cinetic; dia sokol, a producer of both mtv reality shows and mumblecore movies; and david young, head writer at collegehumor. com. below are the best 10 bits of advice that were handed out. 1. wear your heart on your sleeve. “put across why you’re passionate about in your project, ” said ron simons, “because that will help us be passionate about it too. ” 2. keep it loose. “try and be personal and conversational ,
lv: they would just fail here. [ laughs ] they would absolutely fail, because we have a different speed here. they’re not totally unambitious characters, but they’re mellow californians. and i think it has a lot to do with pacing. there are a lot of silences in their conversations. which is definitely not the case in new york. in new york, everyone is anxious to fill the space. like when dia and i talk: not a lot of silences. [ laughs ]
savage: in the early days, i think the show allowed the audience to be privy to private conversations around unplanned pregnancy that you never would have heard otherwise, which is powerful. it opened up new ways for kids to talk to their parents about sex and birth control - - for example, it is probably much easier to start a conversation with your mom about getting an iud or a depo shot by talking about a decision maci made or discussing something that cate and ty were just doing. and as the show has evolved, people have just continued to be invested in the lives of the teen moms as they have taken different directions .
savage: i met amber before i ever saw her casting tape - - i' d just talked to morgan about what was going on with her. our first shoot was on 4th of july weekend, and it was filled with a lot of drama because gary had just spent all of their money on a video game console. amber and her family were really upset, and everyone was meeting for the first time for a bbq (take a trip down memory lane with part of her episode below). my first impression when i showed up at her house the night before we were supposed to begin filming was that she had a lot to say and wasn' t afraid to articulate it, which is always something you are grateful for as a producer. and that she and gary were hilarious and that i could listen to them talk all day. and that she was stubborn !
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lauren veloski: so even though it was kind of incidental, it ended up being perfect. i purposely didn’t read her pages and i didn’t realize, actually, when she asked me to write the max character that she’d been working on it for so long. so to me, the whole concept felt really new, and i felt like she was very generous and gave me tons of freedom to completely invent this character with basically no information aside from his name and an entry point for the story .
ds: if we were rewriting — when you’re on set, you’re constantly figuring out what works, what doesn’t work, and you write jokes in your own voice and the actor brings something different to them. certainly, lauren was max’s person, for all the characters that originated in her head .
lv: no! no, you weren’t like that. because on set, no matter how invested she was in the character, she just had to be the director. so, that part was really hard i think. i don’t know how you do like ten different things at once, anyway .
lv: yeah, i actually think it was really brave of us. to go the anti - chemistry route and approach max and kira separately. i think that a lot of scripts, indie or otherwise, fail because they’re going out of their way for the happy ending. they have this really organic story building and they go out of their way to make the characters come together .
ds: or the coincidences are just so big. i think our coincidence is pretty organic and very small. i think you need to feel like it’s authentic, otherwise it becomes this story where magical forces are at work, intervening…
fp: the kira character maintains this emotional consistency throughout the film. working with a non - professional actor in the role, was that something that scared you as a director ?
ds: i think in a traditional hollywood narrative you have the character who has a lot going on, who’s really internal. i think that might be more challenging for a traditional actor to tone it down and not be overly emotive. i just think that her great skill was to really make things natural .
fp: you both live here. why did you decide to shoot this in san francisco ?
ds: we really wanted to set the movie in san francisco because it’s vibrant and it’s got a good vibe. but we also thought san francisco was kind of a mindset within the film — the way that the characters are not the same characters that you find in new york .
fp: how did wiley wiggins get hooked up with the project? i can’t remember seeing him in anything since dazed and confused .
ds: i met him when i was at south by southwest back in 2005, and we’ve been friends ever since. i was producing a film in austin, and i was walking down the street thinking about who could play the character of max. suddenly i realized, “wiley wiggins is max! ”
lv: i didn’t really know who he was, so i wound up being shocked by how uncannily well - suited he was for the part .
ds: but then we had to convince wiley to do it. he had a life down in austin. he’s been a few friend’s projects over the past few years, but nothing major. and maybe i wasn’t clear when i said to him, “oh i’m making this movie in san francisco; you should come be in it. ” he said sure, but when i called him to schedule things, he was like “whoa, wait, rehearsals? ” i think he must have read the first scene and that was it. i was like, “you’re the star. ” he was surprised, but he was totally on board .
ds: honestly, no. i mean there are subtle things. i think that we might have a different perspective. for example: there’s a kind of alternative buddy movie in this film that may or may not be attributed to lauren being a female writer. but in a more traditional script, the friend would intervene. here, he just watches his friend self destruct .
lv: but that’s just good writing. [ laughs ] i think it doesn’t necessarily behoove us as writers or filmmakers to talk about “women writers” as a single, uniform group. i think it’s really limiting. but the stuff that we do that’s unique is judged more harshly because there are so few of us. i’m really proud of the fact that we very contentiously made a story that plays equally well for men and women. i don’t like stuff that get’s called chick flicks. i think it sucks. here, you have the humor and you have emotions — but it’s not a sappy story .
lv: not for me because i had just gone through a really tumultuous time and i was just hating the world. [ laughs ]
ds: no, i think aesthetically we’re not that sappy. neither of us were looking to make a film that neatly tied up everything. we were looking to make something with the rhythm of a comedy until things got more serious in the script .
lv: comedy is seen as a man’s form. it’s assumed that women make social issue documentaries. i think that’s changing, with women like tina fey and amy poehler, getting huge deals and making a lot of money — and of course they have men in their audiences like crazy. but if you look at who’s on top on the roster specifically at comedy agencies and management firms, it’s like 99 percent male. so it’s really difficult .
lv: i feel like a pioneer everyday! [ laughs ] it’s sad but true. but i hope that it’s changing. humpday has done well — really well. it was warmly received at sundance. it got a standing ovation. and [ lynn shelton’s ] very much the force behind that film. so i really hope it’s changing because i hate talking about it in this way that sounds so frustrated and victim - y. but really if you’re a male writer and you’re 22 years old, it doesn’t matter. you are taken seriously instantly. it’s much easier to get an agent and find jobs. so i think the approach needs to be: you have to be positive. you have to take yourself seriously. you cannot afford to take yourself less seriously or get bitter because you’re not part of the boy’s club because then you will get locked out .
we won the adrienne shelly director’s grant a year and a half ago. at the beginning of the night, they had this quote from adrienne about how when she first started her career, all she wanted to do was talk about how challenging it was to be a female director. and then supposedly she didn’t want to talk about it anymore. after about ten years, she wanted to talk about it again because she saw it was a real problem. it wasn’t just bullshit. you are up against different challenges .
lv: i think she both embraced that female filmmaker label and kind of hated it. but it’s important. you have to be able to say, yes, it has been a struggle; yes we need to change this. because, let’s face it, regardless of your gender, making any movie is war. it’s really like war. [ laughs ]
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stays true to mumblecore form in charting some aimless hours between san franciscan twentysomethings who probably aren' t right for each other .
with: with: wiley wiggins, kenya miles, andrew bujalski, ia hernandez, donovan baddley, moshe kasher, mackenzie keegan, raluca ioanid, ryan tresser .
still - babyfaced wiley wiggins of “dazed and confused” is max, a senator’s jaded office assistant. even his few close friends consider max a bit of a jerk. at the start, he snoozes through the walk - of - shame departure of one - night stand kira (kenya miles), who’s just severed a lengthy relationship and is downsizing from her travel - heavy corporate job to a much humbler one. the majority of the pic traces the separate paths of the middle - class hipster leads as they deal with uninspiring employment, critical friends, promiscuity, preexistent relationships (max already has a g. f. , played by ia hernandez) and general bored ambivalence. none of which is terribly interesting. still, youthful post - collegiate life is well captured, the perfs ring true and tech aspects are above indie average .
crew: camera (color, hd), matthias grunsky; editor, jennifer lilly; music, team love. reviewed at mill valley film festival (u. s. cinema), oct. 12, 2009. (also in sxsw, sarasota, nashville film festivals .) running time: 93 min .
with: with: wiley wiggins, kenya miles, andrew bujalski, ia hernandez, donovan baddley, moshe kasher, mackenzie keegan, raluca ioanid, ryan tresser .
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a sharp - witted and effortlessly quirky dramatic comedy that’s deftly judged and hugely likeable... with “play it safe” pahlow marks himself out as a director to watch and an exciting new talent who’s not afraid to follow a curve ball .
“play it safe” is what i want other australian films to aspire to. pahlow has created a film that is refreshingly real and startlingly engaging... there’s an authenticity that a lot of films struggle to achieve, with all the emotion, conflict and woes that come along with being twenty - something .
first time director chris pahlow is a talent to watch... “play it safe” is a film to relish – something fresh and brave but with likeable characters you’ll easily engage with, and a heartfelt connection to the city of melbourne and its vibrant music scene .
there is a sense of immediacy and a fresh rawness to this style of filmmaking that reminds me of john cassavetes’ films... chris is a terrific director, and it was a pleasure to be part of the first of what i think will be many great films from a great talent .
. the film stars nicholas kato as jamie, a 26 - year - old musician who is out of work and down on his luck. when jamie' s band breaks up, he' s left with no money, no career and no girlfriend. now he teaches piano at a soul - destroying music school. will he take a risk and follow his dreams? or will he surrender to his new - found unhappiness and play it safe ?
following in the footsteps of filmmakers like andrew bujalski, lena dunham, noah baumbach, and the duplass brothers, play it safe explores a generation caught between endless opportunity and the pressures of conformity. the film features unobtrusive black and white camerawork, naturalistic dialog, and unaffected performances. the result is an engaging, refreshing look at twenty - something life filled with authentic emotion, humour, and pathos .
part of our mission with play it safe is to support great independent music, and in many ways the film is a love letter to melbourne' s music scene. the soundtrack features music from over twenty incredible melbourne - based acts, including :
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jezebel: this new season of teen mom og sounds similar to the changes i' ve seen on the real world, where they showed producers talking to the cast and scenes with cameramen. how will that play out on teen mom ?
we hadn' t filmed with these girls in two years. and i think we are tasked with trying to tell their stories in the most accurate way possible. the biggest motivation was just to be true to what' s going on with them, like who they have become in those two years is a big part of them having been on the show for four or five seasons prior to that. they' ve become spokespeople for teen pregnancy. caitlin and tyler travel around and speak about adoption. it played such a big part in what they did between the last season and this current one that i think it would' ve felt inauthentic not to address that. that was really the motivation .
right, i always thought that' s what was weird about jersey shore. we saw the cast becoming famous in real life, but not on the show. these are real people who blew up. i like that this format acknowledges that there' s a world outside of tv .
absolutely. and by the end of teen mom, it was something we really did have to produce around. they would walk out of buildings and there would be paparazzi or people coming up to them in the middle of our shooting and asking for autographs and those kinds of things. their roles shifted so much in the time we were making the show that it was really the big motivator for when we came back with this season to sort of be true to where they are in their lives. it felt like you had to acknowledge that they' d been on a show called teen mom and they occupied that role in their lives in every way. it really changed things for them. it changes the way they go and get a cup of coffee, so being able to show that lets us do our jobs, which is to portray in an accurate way what their lives are like.
dia sokol savage is an american film and television producer , director and writer . she is best known as the executive producer of mtv ’s hit series 16 & pregnant and teen mom franchise and as a producer on andrew bujalski ’s films “ mutual appreciation ” and “ beeswax . ” she currently runs 11th street productions with her producing partner morgan j. freeman .
dia sokol savage is an american film and television producer, director and writer. she is best known as the executive producer of mtv ’s hit series 16 & pregnant and teen mom franchise and as a producer on andrew bujalski ’s films “ mutual appreciation ” and “ beeswax. ” she currently runs 11th street productions with her producing partner morgan j. freeman.
dia sokol savage is an american film and television producer, director and writer. she is best known as the executive producer of mtv ’s hit series 16 & pregnant and teen mom franchise and as a producer on andrew bujalski ’s films “ mutual appreciation ” and “ beeswax. ” she currently runs 11th street productions with her producing partner morgan j. freeman.