January 19, 2023
AFI Announces Participants for DWW+ Class of 2024
AFI is thrilled to announce the participants selected for the AFI DWW+ Class of 2024! AFI DWW+ is a year-long directing workshop that supports women and traditionally underrepresented narrative filmmakers through the production cycle of a short film, providing hands-on instruction led by industry experts. The short films completed in the workshop will premiere at...
August 12, 2022
AFI DWW+ Class of 2023-2024 Applications Now Open
AFI is thrilled to announce a call for applicants for the next cohort of DWW+ participants. The application portal is now open and will remain open until 11:59 p.m. PT, Sunday September 25, 2022. Full details about the program, application eligibility and submission requirements are available on afi.com/dww. DWW+ is a year-long directing workshop that...
April 1, 2022
AFI DWW Showcase 2022: Launching the Next Generation of Directors
Photo: (L to R) April Maxey, April Moreau, Kelly Pike, Mary Angélica Molina, Lucretia Stinnette, Michelle Krusiec - Credit: AFI/Rodin Eckenroth April 1 - 30, 2022: Watch Films Here On March 30, the Class of 2022 DWW participants – Michelle Krusiec, April Maxey, Mary Angélica Molina, April Moreau, Kelly Pike and Lucretia Stinnette – shared...
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…
January 13, 2017
AFI Taps 25 Alumnae for Fox Filmmakers Lab
Following a rigorous selection process, AFI selected 25 alumnae from the AFI Conservatory and the AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) to advance to the next phase of the Fox Filmmakers Lab.
December 10, 2015
The AFI Interview: UNREAL Creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro
Sarah Gertrude Shapiro (AFI DWW, Class of 2012) continues to receive acclaim and accolades as co-creator of the Lifetime original series UNREAL, which grew from her AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women (AFI DWW) short SEQUIN RAZE. AFI spoke with Shapiro about her series’ meteoric success story, and how her AFI DWW experience shaped her…
December 8, 2015
AFI and Lifetime Team Up to Employ Female Filmmakers
AFI and Lifetime will join forces next year to create and offer production jobs for each graduate of the AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women (AFI DWW) throughout the A+E Networks’ portfolio of platforms starting with the Class of 2015. The alliance is part of Lifetime’s Broad Focus initiative to provide women with more opportunities to write, develop,…
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