A story beyond the screen.
Adapting Austen for YouTube, building a world across platforms, and finding a community.
Explore at the AcademyTelevision Academy Foundation · The Interviews
A life in stories.
The work. The wrong turns.
The people who made it possible.
A candid conversation with Adrienne Faillace for the Television Academy Foundation’s oral history collection.
An oral history · Recorded March 31, 2026
Every chapter has a story.
From early web series to The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Emma Approved, Artificial, and the possibilities ahead. Explore the full conversation or start with a subject that speaks to you.
When the audience matters.
Live production, consequential choices, and the creative challenge of sharing authorship.
Explore at the AcademyWhat becomes possible next?
Whispers, emerging technology, and the search for new forms of audience participation.
Explore at the AcademyFinding a way in.
Early influences, Compulsions, and the leap from a day job into making stories.
Explore at the AcademyBuilding a fictional world.
Character, fashion, music, and the ambition of a story that lives across media.
Explore at the AcademyThe value of kindness.
The collaborators, lessons, and human connections behind a creative career.
Explore at the AcademyFrom reflection
to what’s next.
The interview offers a view of the creative thinking behind the projects. Explore the work itself, or bring the conversation to your next event.