On July 26, 2007, the 2007 the new trainees of the Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan’s Assistant Directors Training Program (ADTP)attended a welcome dinner in their honor at the Walt Disney Studios Commissary in Burbank, California. The trainees hail from all across the nation and most of them are already working on various television projects. The application period for 2008 is officially underway. The deadline for application submission is November 30, 2007.

Class of 2007 ADTP West Coast Trainees: (front row) Heather Epps, Jenna Kehrli, Elisabeth Winter, Nicole Rodgers, Nate Murphy and Imhotep Coleman (middle row) Gary Cotti, Lisa Zugschwerdt, Alicia Cho, Erin Rutland, Kendall Nichols and Alexis Schmidtberger (back row) Cecilia Mak, Marie-Helene Riverain, Jose Fikes, Shanice Anderson and Robert Morrone. - Photo by: John Emmons