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DGA Director Development Initiative Labs & Workshops

The DGA provides programming focused on education, networking, career development and mentorship around episodic television directing through the Director Development Initiative. Since the program launched in 2016, 4 cohorts of members have completed the mentorship program as Protégé while hundreds of members have engaged with learning opportunities through the DDI Labs.

DDI Labs

The DDI Labs are learning opportunities open to all Guild members periodically throughout the calendar year aimed at achieving the following outcomes:

Creating space for peer-to-peer learning within the Guild;
Giving members opportunities to explore new areas of directorial interest; and
Supporting the strength of the craft through learning opportunities focused around episodic television.

Click here to watch video highlights and review events from the DDI Labs.

Understanding the Director’s Creative Rights

A Director Development Initiative Conversational Lab

Director SJ Main Muñoz and DGA Associate Executive Director Daniel Tenkman walked the attendees through the basics of Creative Rights in television directing during this DDI Conversational Lab.

How to Interview for a Directing Job in Television

A Director Development Initiative Conversational Lab

Directors Nzingha Stewart, Dinh Thai and Robert Townsend shared tips for navigating the interview process in a conversation moderated by Director Carl Seaton.

Storyboards: Why and When to Use Them

A Director Development Initiative Conversational Lab

Directors Stacey K. Black and Pete Chatmon shared valuable insights on using storyboards for their projects in a conversation moderated by Television Diversity Task Force Co-Chair/Director Edward Ornelas.

Strategic Branding: Marketing Yourself for Directorial Success

A Director Development Initiative Conversational Lab

Directors Maureen Bharoocha, Tara Miele and Salli Richardson-Whitfield shared insights on how to make your brand memorable in a crowded field in a conversation moderated by Director Linda Mendoza.

How the DDI Mentorship Program Can Benefit You

A DGA Director Development Initiative conversational lab

Past participants of the Mentorship Program — Directors Jessica Lowrey, Kim Nguyen, Marcus Stokes and Valerie Weiss — discussed the impact of the program during a conversation moderated by Television Diversity Task Force Co-Chair Michael Goi.

Making Your Day While Making a Great Episode

A DGA Director Development Initiative conversational lab

Directors Norberto Barba, DeMane Davis and Viet Nguyen shared strategies for how to adapt when things go wrong in a conversation moderated by Director Rachel Raimist.

Television Mentorship Program Hosts Craft Workshop Weekend in New York

A DGA Director Development Initiative Event

See text and photos from this workshop where members learned more about the craft of episodic television directing from Mary Lou Belli and Bethany Rooney, then applied that information in an actual session working with professional actors.

Contact

Breannah Oppenhuizen
Diversity & Inclusion Program Executive (310) 289-5377
baoppenhuizen@dga.org