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Alliance of Women Directors and Starz Launch Creative Leadership Lab to Support Female TV Directors (EXCLUSIVE)
- Starz and Alliance of Women Directors launch the Creative Leadership Lab to boost women and gender-expansive episodic TV directors.
- The four-week program targets directors at a transition point after their first episodic opportunity but before repeat hires.
- Six AWD members will be selected through an independent evaluation process for the program.
- Participants will receive mentorship, leadership training and tools to navigate episodic production.
- The program includes a public panel at AWD’s directing intensive, Back to Set.
- Applications for the Creative Leadership Lab are expected to open later this month.
- The announcement aligns with Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day.
- The initiative supports Starz’s broader efforts to amplify stories by and about women and underrepresented groups on screen and behind the camera.
- AWD will publicly showcase participants through events linked to its ‘Back to Set’ program.
- The alliance will use select participants to build sustainable careers in television directing.
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