CHICAGO FIRE Director Tayo Amos Breaks Down the Ambitious ‘Danger Is All Around’

Tayo Amos directing. Credit: NBCU

CHICAGO FIRE’s “Danger Is All Around” was a big episode for the series—with big emotional beats for multiple characters, on top of several jaw-dropping sequences—but it was also a momentous occasion for director Tayo Amos: it was her broadcast television debut.

Amos, who has directed a number of shorts, including MAGNOLIA BLOOM and ON THE CLOCK, was a participant in NBC’s Female Forward program. (Female Forward was the first directing mentorship program to guarantee its participants an episode of television upon completion. Alumni have directed episodes of AMERICAN AUTO, CHICAGO P.D., LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER: SVU, and more.)

Here, she talks with Give Me My Remote about stepping behind the camera for “Danger Is All Around”… Read more