In this episode of the Big Apple Film Festival Podcast, BAFF founder and director Jonathan Lipp speaks with veteran filmmaker John Gray on his career spanning decades of writing, producing and directing for TV, streaming series and feature films, as well as advice for aspiring filmmakers.John Gray is a New York based writer-director-producer. He created the long-running hit CBS series GHOST WHISPERER, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. He has also written and directed many award-winning and critically acclaimed movies for television, such as MARTIN AND LEWIS, starring Sean Hayes and Jeremy Northam. His Emmy-nominated works include A PLACE FOR ANNIE with Sissy Spacek and the mini-series HAVEN with Natasha Richardson and Anne Bancroft. Gray’s other projects include HELTER SKELTER with Bruno Kirby, as well as many others.He has directed dozens of episodes of series across the broadcast TV, including Grimm (NBC), The Family (ABC), Empire (ABC). He was also the producing director of the CBS series RECKLESS.Gray has written and directed several studio and independent feature films, including the award-winning WHITE IRISH DRINKERS, starring Stephen Lang and Karen Allen, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. His acclaimed short films have screened at the Big Apple Film Festival, as well as other film festivals all over the world, including the Cannes Short Film Festival.