January 13, 2026
AFI Announces DWW+ Class of 2027 and Names Lily Mariye as Guest Artistic Director for New Cohort
Today, AFI announced the filmmakers selected for the AFI DWW+ Class of 2027. Founded in 1974 as the Directing Workshop for Women, AFI DWW+ is a tuition-free year-long directing program, open to all applicants, that supports emerging narrative filmmakers through the production cycle of a short film, providing hands-on instruction led by industry experts. Eligible...
February 13, 2025
AFI Announces DWW+ Class of 2026 and Names Marie Jamora as Guest Artistic Director for New Cohort
Today, AFI announced the eight directors selected for this year's edition of the prestigious AFI DWW+ directing program. Founded in 1974 as the Directing Workshop for Women, AFI DWW+ is a tuition-free year-long directing program, open to all applicants, that supports emerging narrative filmmakers through the production cycle of a short film, providing hands-on instruction...
January 22, 2024
AFI Announces Participants for Prestigious AFI DWW+ Program and Names Hanelle M. Culpepper Guest Artistic Director
Photo: Top Row (L-R): Julia Bales, Jahmil Eady, MG Evangelista, Marissa High; Bottom Row (L-R): Jasmine J. Johnson, Natasha Mynhier, Karina Lomelin Ripper, Ezra Rose Today, AFI announced the participants selected for the AFI DWW+ Class of 2025. AFI DWW+ is a year-long directing program that supports women and traditionally underrepresented narrative filmmakers through the...
August 11, 2023
AFI DWW+ Now Accepting Applications for Class of 2024-2025
APPLY NOW AFI is excited to announce applications are now open for the next class of the AFI DWW+ program, a year-long directing workshop that educates traditionally underrepresented narrative filmmakers through the production cycle of a short film, providing hands-on instruction led by industry experts. In 2024, the program will celebrate its 50th anniversary. AFI...
March 11, 2020
Watch the Films: AFI Directing Workshop for Women Class of 2020
Today, the AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) launched the online premiere of the films by the Class of 2020. Congratulation to the DWW filmmakers: Robin Cloud, Revati Dhomse, Ashley Eakin, Tiffany Frances, Marie Jamora, Bridget Moloney, Lara Panah-Izadi and Nicole Taylor-Roberts! Watch all the films HERE. Meet the DWW Class of 2020: Learn…
March 6, 2020
AFI Directing Workshop for Women 2020 Showcase: Meet the Filmmakers. Watch the Films.
Congratulations to the AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) Class of 2020: Robin Cloud, Revati Dhomse, Ashley Eakin, Tiffany Frances, Marie Jamora, Bridget Moloney, Lara Panah-Izadi and Nicole Taylor-Roberts! On March 11, DWW will host an invitation-only screening of the filmmakers' eight short films, projects that were over fifteen months in the making. Nancy C....
August 6, 2019
Pippa Bianco Discusses the Evolution of Making SHARE and Directing HBO’s Hit Series EUPHORIA
It’s been a busy summer for AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) alumna Pippa Bianco, the talented, rising filmmaker who adapted her Cannes-winning DWW short SHARE into her first feature film. Produced and financed by A24, the film world-premiered at Sundance, where it was quickly scooped up by HBO. In the critically celebrated, riveting and…
July 1, 2019
AFI Directing Workshop for Women Alumna Valerie Weiss Talks Being Ready to Helm a Studio Franchise and Her Unconventional Path to Hollywood
Valerie Weiss’ experience as a scientist-turned-filmmaker has served as an unconventional springboard as she sets her sights on directing within the Hollywood studio system. She discovered her passion for directing while majoring in Molecular Biology at Princeton and minoring in theater and dance. “For the first time I felt like my intellectual side and my…
January 15, 2019
AFI Directing Workshop for Women Unveils New Class of Participants
The AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) — AFI’s filmmaker training program launched in 1974 — continues its longstanding commitment to increasing the number of women working as directors in film and television. The prestigious program has announced eight new participants for the Class of 2020, who will receive several months of tuition-free film education,…
August 2, 2018
AFI Directing Workshop for Women Now Accepting Applications for 2019
Applications have opened for the 2019-20 cycle of the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW).
May 7, 2018
Lena Waithe Speaks at AFI Directing Workshop for Women Showcase: “Be Unafraid of the Images in Your Head”
On Thursday, May 4, at the AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA, the American Film Institute hosted the AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) 2018 Showcase.
April 25, 2018
Lena Waithe to Deliver Keynote at Annual AFI Directing Workshop for Women Showcase
The annual AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) Showcase on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The opening keynote will be delivered by Emmy®-winning creator, writer and actor Lena Waithe.
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