Director Sara Pirozek leads a conversation featuring Directors JJ Adler, Liz Hinlein, Savanah Leaf, and 1st AD Andi Budman on making commercials. They discuss how they found their way into the ...
Director Liz Hinlein explains the process of bidding for a commercial as a director.
1st AD Andi Budman shares a story about how she knew she should become a 1st AD.
Director Savanah Leaf, a former Olympian, tells how an injury led her to directing commercials.
Director Anh Vu talks about how her path to directing led through animation and visual effects.
Assistant Director Stacey Beneville suggests directors break stunts into segments to help actors perform each shot as perfectly as possible.
Moderator/Director Arthur Seidelman and choreographer Kay Cole share what they learned from working with non–dancing actors on the stage and film versions of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.
Director Kenny Ortega shares the challenges and what he learned from working with Director John Hughes on two of the most famous dances in Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Director Anne Fletcher emphasizes the importance of working as a team with the choreographer and maintaining communication throughout the shooting process.
Feature Film Director Jeff Wadlow discusses the process of creating the stunt sequences in Never Back Down with fight choreographer Damon Caro.
Director Arthur Seidelman leads a discussion on the collaboration of the director and choreographer with Directors Anne Fletcher, Kenny Ortega, Adam Shankman, Sandra Restrepo–Considine and ...
Director Adam Shankman speaks about keeping the "dance language" in his 2007 film Hairspray rooted in the time period and how it signified the way in which characters related to each other.