DO YOU HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES
TO BECOME AN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR?
DO YOU HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES
TO BECOME AN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR?
DO YOU HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES
TO BECOME AN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR?
DO YOU HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES
TO BECOME AN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR?
DO YOU HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES
TO BECOME AN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR?
DO YOU HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES
TO BECOME AN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR?
The New York Assistant Director Training Program is designed to provide opportunities for a limited number of individuals to become Assistant Directors in film, television & commercial production. This is a two-year Program consisting of 350 days of on-the-job training combined with monthly seminars. Trainees are placed on the sets of various features, television series and commercials shooting primarily in the New York City vicinity working under the supervision of DGA members – Second Assistant Directors, First Assistant Directors and Unit Production Managers – until graduation. Upon completion of the Program, graduates are qualified to join the DGA (Directors Guild of America) as Second Assistant Directors.
Trainees enrolled in the DGA Assistant Director Training Program have the opportunity to work on feature films, TV and commercials for companies that have a contractual relationship with the Directors Guild of America. Learn about what you can expect while enrolled in the program.
Assistant Directors are responsible for the assembly of all the elements needed for filming and for the daily operation of the shooting set. Their objective is to provide the Director with everything he or she needs to put his or her vision on film.Their duties are supervisory, organizational, administrative — and multifarious. Read more.
