Julian Fellowes and Beau Willimon, creator of the U.S. version of House of Cards, have a slight difference of opinion when it comes to the art of television versus film.
‘Downton Abbey’s’ Julian Fellowes shares his problem with TV by committee
| May 19, 2014
Is good TV the product of 100 people collaborating harmoniously or one authoritative voice working his or her will over supportive underlings? Julian Fellowes, creator of “Downton Abbey,” and Beau Willimon, creator of the U.S. version of “House of Cards,” have a slight difference of opinion.
It was one of the issues raised at The Envelope’s Emmy Show Runners Round Table, which featured Fellowes, Willimon, Scott M. Gimple of “The Walking Dead,” Michelle Ashford of “Masters of Sex” and Joel Fields of “The Americans” in conversation with Los Angeles Times TV critic Mary McNamara.While you can learn a lot from a TV writer in a one-on-one interview, you can learn even more when he or she is brought together with several peers to talk about their work. Fellowes, whose “Downton Abbey” has become a huge success for PBS, sees TV as the product of a singular vision — his — brought to the screen by an army of creative people working for him.
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