Prime Video has announced that Charlotte Br\u00e4ndstr\u00f6m, Sanaa Hamri, and Louise Hooper will each helm multiple episodes for Season Two of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Readers will, of course, recall that Br\u00e4ndstr\u00f6m directed a pair of Season One’s episodes: (1X06\/\u201cUd\u00fbn\u201d and 1X07\/\u201cThe Eye\u201d). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hamri, an acclaimed music video director who has collaborated with artists such as Mariah Carey, Prince, and Snoop Dogg, recently completed executive producing and directing The Wheel of Time\u2019s second season. Hooper has directed episodes of The Witcher, as well the season finale of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The announcement states that Hamri and Hooper will each direct two episodes, with Br\u00e4ndstr\u00f6m to oversee the remaining four and serve as co-executive producer for the eight-episode season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Season 2 is currently in production in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rings of Power Season Two’s directors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Charlotte Br\u00e4ndstr\u00f6m<\/em> is an award-winning director and graduate of the directing program at the American Film Institute. She recently finished directing a pilot for Netflix Sweden titled The Unlikely Murder, and her other directing credits for television include The Outsider for HBO; Jupiter\u2019s Legacy, The Witcher, and Away for Netflix; The Man in the High Castle for Prime Video; and Outlander and Counterpart for Starz. Br\u00e4ndstr\u00f6m also directed the entirety of two European limited series: Conspiracy of Silence for Viaplay and Disparue for FR2, and has also directed over 30 feature films, miniseries, and movies-of-the-week. Additionally, Br\u00e4ndstr\u00f6m is an international Emmy award nominee for\u00a0Julie, Chevalier de Maupin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sanaa Hamri<\/em> is a renowned film, television, music video, and commercial director from Tangier, Morocco. She recently completed executive producing and directing The Wheel of Time\u2019s second season for Prime Video. Previously Hamri was executive producer\/director for FOX\u2019s hit series Empire, and her other episodic television directing credits include Shameless, Rectify, Nashville, Elementary, Glee, and Desperate Housewives. Hamri is also an acclaimed music video director, and has collaborated with numerous hip-hop\/R&B musicians including Prince, Common, Lenny Kravitz, Rhianna, Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg, Jay Z, and Mary J. Blige. She has also won an NAACP Image Award for India.Arie\u2019s \u201cLittle Things\u201d video, as well as an MTV VMA for Nicki Minaj\u2019s \u201cSuper Bass.\u201d In addition, Hamri directed Mariah Carey\u2019s sold-out five arena concert documentary, The Adventures of Mimi, and has also directed the feature films Something New, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and Just Wright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Louise Hooper<\/em> is an acclaimed British drama director, known for the 4-part limited thriller Flesh and Blood, starring\u00a0Imelda Staunton and\u00a0Stephen Rea; and Cheat, the\u00a04-part drama starring Molly Windsor. Her additional directing credits include the first season finale of\u00a0Neil Gaiman\u2019s The Sandman, The Witcher, Inside No. 9, and Treason. Hooper began her career directing BBC Arts documentaries, working with David Lynch, Helmut Newton, Arthur Miller, David Attenborough, and Bj\u00f6rk, and has also received a BAFTA nomination for directing Our Gay Wedding: The Musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prime Video has announced that Charlotte Br\u00e4ndstr\u00f6m, Sanaa Hamri, and Louise Hooper will each helm multiple episodes for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":115948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3127,3119,497,3769,3734],"tags":[3123,3206,3630,3433,4059,3725,4058,3726],"class_list":["post-115947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amazon-studios","category-amazon-tv-series","category-production-directors","category-lotr-on-prime","category-the-rings-of-power","tag-amazon-middle-earth-tv-series-amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series","tag-amazon-studios","tag-director-charlotte-brandstrom","tag-lord-of-the-rings-tv-series","tag-louise-hooper","tag-prime-video","tag-sanaa-hamri","tag-the-rings-of-power"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t