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Award-winning writer/director Millicent Shelton is still on top of her game. Having originally wowed the world with her impressive producing and directing skills in over 100 music videos, her second act has been all the more impressive. Now as a television director, Shelton has directed episodes for hit shows like “Everybody Hates Chris,” “My Name is Earl” and “The Bernie Mac Show”— the last of which earned her an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series. As Shelton looks back over her extraordinary career, she can’t help but reflect on the mindset that allowed her to make it in Hollywood.“I think that this job is just like any other job,” Shelton says. “You really have to enjoy what you do, because at the end of the day it’s work. On the outside, I think a lot of people fantasize about working in the entertainment industry, and they think that it’s all glitz and glamour. But it’s not easy. If it were, then everyone would be doing it. It takes hard work, it takes perseverance and it takes a lot of skill.”

The skill department is where Shelton has never suffered a deficiency as evidenced by her superior résumé. But that hasn’t stopped her from constantly working at her craft, and pushing herself to even higher heights of greatness. “I never want to stop learning,” she explains. “No matter how much I accomplish, I still feel like there’s so much more to learn.” - dewayne rogers

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