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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.

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.

Visual Storytelling: Editing and the Magic that is Post

A DGA Director Development Initiative Virtual Lab

During the Initiative’s first interactive lab of 2022, Director Arthur Forney led and online session that explored how Directors can shape a story through editing and post-production.

The Shoot: Blocking, Staging and Setting a Tone of Leadership

A DGA Director Development Initiative Virtual Lab

The Initiative’s third interactive lab of 2021 featured a curated panel of Directors who laid out the elusive keystones to establishing leadership through designing blocking and staging intended to maximize the unique visual style of the show.

Contact

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