# Tessa Blake - Taking a Career in Television Directing into 3rd Feature!

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Podcast: [Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie Filmmaking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking-1342)
Published: 2026-08-31T14:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week we welcome writer director Tessa Blake on the show to talk about her latest feature If I Tell You, why she took such a long break from features and what she's took from directing hundreds of hours of Television at a very high level.! After that we play another round of the GAME, enjoy! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking/id1006416952 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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