Exclusive: Warner Bros. Television Group has announced the seven directors selected for the 2022 Wbtv Directors’ Workshop.
The 2022 edition will be the first in-person class of the workship since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Wbtv Directors’ Workshop launched in 2013 with the aim to discover new and innovative talent, to prepare directors from other creative fields for the transition to television, and to provide increased opportunities for women helmers and those from underrepresented groups. Since its founding, the Directors’ Workshop has helped to launch or further the TV directing careers of more than 60 women and/or people of color, according to Wbtv.
This year’s class was instructed by directors Bethany Rooney and Stacey K. Black.
Prior Directors’ Workshop graduates include Bola Ogun, Stacey Muhammad, Pamela Romanowsky, Marcus Stokes, Jennifer Phang, Alexis Ostrander, Sherwin Shilati, Michael Goi, Antonio Negret, Jude Weng, and Jaffar Mahmood, among many others.
The following participants, culled from more than 650 applicants, comprise the Class of 2022:
Kayla Compton is set to direct an episode of Warner Bros. Television/The CW’s DC drama The Flash. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, she has been writing and directing since the age of 8 and acting professionally in Los Angeles for 12 years. Kayla recently wrote and directed the short film In Training, which is currently on the festival circuit. She also currently plays the role of DC Super Hero Allegra Garcia on The Flash.
Claire Fowler, a Welsh writer and director, is set to direct an episode of Wbtv/Netflix’s Manifest. After studying at Oxford University, she made several documentaries focused on human rights before attending Columbia University’s M.F.A. program in film on a Fulbright scholarship. She has since participated in AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, the Ryan Murphy Half program, and the Sony Directing program. Her short films have screened at more than 200 international film festivals, including Tribeca, London, Palm Springs and Outfest. In 2020, she won a BAFTA Cymru award for her short film Salam.
Tiffany Frances, a Taiwanese American writer and director, will direct an episode of Wbtv/The CW’s Kung Fu. She is an alum of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, a Blackmagic Collective fellow, and a SeriesFest + Shondaland Women Director Mentorship Finalist. She wrote and directed an original film for Elle and Lexus that screened at the Elle Women in Hollywood event in October 2021. Her short Dot was selected for the Caz Matthews Fund. Her short film Hello from Taiwan won the Grand Jury Prize at the Taiwanese American Film Festival, Best Drama and Best Director at SeriesFest, and screened at MoMA. She has worked with Levi’s, Vogue, Citibank, Acura, Lancome, National Geographic, and more. She is currently developing two TV series as well as two feature films. Tiffany received her BA from Ucsd and her Mfa in Directing from the Art Center College of Design.
Calvin “Jai” Jamison Jr., a writer/director from Richmond, Va, will direct an episode of Wbtv/The CW’s Superman & Lois. He is an alum of Almanack Screenwriters (fka Nantucket Screenwriters Colony), is a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellow, and a graduate of Hampton University, and American University’s Mfa Film program. His feature film Tri led to his selection for the Shoot Magazine New Director’s Showcase. Slave Cry, his most recent short film, won The Commonwealth Award at the Virginia Film Festival and screened at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival. He is currently a story editor on Superman & Lois.
Leon Lozano, an Oakland native, will direct an episode of Wbtv/The CW’s acclaimed drama All American: Homecoming. He is the founder of Son of Oakland Productions. His directing credits include Renée, an episode of Tales set to premiere this summer on BET Network, and the short film My Father Belize, which premiered at the 2021 Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner. Lozano is currently in post-production on his feature film A Little Hope for Chicago and his documentary short Prom Night Flex.
Geeta Malik will be directing an upcoming episode of the breakout Wbtv/ABC hit comedy Abbott Elementary. Malik is an award-winning writer and director whose accolades include the inaugural Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. She won the Austin Film Festival Comedy Screenplay Award for her feature script Dinner with Friends, later retitled to India Sweet and Spices, which she also directed. Starring Bollywood superstar Manisha Koirala, Adil Hussain, Sophia Ali, and Rish Shah, India Sweet and Spice premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, was released theatrically by Bleecker Street, and is currently streaming on Hulu.
Alvaro Ron is set to direct an episode of Wbtv/The CW’s Superman & Lois. He is an award-winning filmmaker and environmentalist, and an alum of UCLA, Nalip’s Latino Lens Program, the Sony TV Diverse Directors Program and the Berlinale Talents. Some of his short films include Swimming in the Desert and The Red Thunder (with more than 300 film festival selections). Alvaro Ron has directed critically acclaimed international TV series like Hernán for Amazon, and Palomares and Velvet Collection for Netflix, for which he received a Platino Award nomination.
The 2022 edition will be the first in-person class of the workship since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Wbtv Directors’ Workshop launched in 2013 with the aim to discover new and innovative talent, to prepare directors from other creative fields for the transition to television, and to provide increased opportunities for women helmers and those from underrepresented groups. Since its founding, the Directors’ Workshop has helped to launch or further the TV directing careers of more than 60 women and/or people of color, according to Wbtv.
This year’s class was instructed by directors Bethany Rooney and Stacey K. Black.
Prior Directors’ Workshop graduates include Bola Ogun, Stacey Muhammad, Pamela Romanowsky, Marcus Stokes, Jennifer Phang, Alexis Ostrander, Sherwin Shilati, Michael Goi, Antonio Negret, Jude Weng, and Jaffar Mahmood, among many others.
The following participants, culled from more than 650 applicants, comprise the Class of 2022:
Kayla Compton is set to direct an episode of Warner Bros. Television/The CW’s DC drama The Flash. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, she has been writing and directing since the age of 8 and acting professionally in Los Angeles for 12 years. Kayla recently wrote and directed the short film In Training, which is currently on the festival circuit. She also currently plays the role of DC Super Hero Allegra Garcia on The Flash.
Claire Fowler, a Welsh writer and director, is set to direct an episode of Wbtv/Netflix’s Manifest. After studying at Oxford University, she made several documentaries focused on human rights before attending Columbia University’s M.F.A. program in film on a Fulbright scholarship. She has since participated in AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, the Ryan Murphy Half program, and the Sony Directing program. Her short films have screened at more than 200 international film festivals, including Tribeca, London, Palm Springs and Outfest. In 2020, she won a BAFTA Cymru award for her short film Salam.
Tiffany Frances, a Taiwanese American writer and director, will direct an episode of Wbtv/The CW’s Kung Fu. She is an alum of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, a Blackmagic Collective fellow, and a SeriesFest + Shondaland Women Director Mentorship Finalist. She wrote and directed an original film for Elle and Lexus that screened at the Elle Women in Hollywood event in October 2021. Her short Dot was selected for the Caz Matthews Fund. Her short film Hello from Taiwan won the Grand Jury Prize at the Taiwanese American Film Festival, Best Drama and Best Director at SeriesFest, and screened at MoMA. She has worked with Levi’s, Vogue, Citibank, Acura, Lancome, National Geographic, and more. She is currently developing two TV series as well as two feature films. Tiffany received her BA from Ucsd and her Mfa in Directing from the Art Center College of Design.
Calvin “Jai” Jamison Jr., a writer/director from Richmond, Va, will direct an episode of Wbtv/The CW’s Superman & Lois. He is an alum of Almanack Screenwriters (fka Nantucket Screenwriters Colony), is a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellow, and a graduate of Hampton University, and American University’s Mfa Film program. His feature film Tri led to his selection for the Shoot Magazine New Director’s Showcase. Slave Cry, his most recent short film, won The Commonwealth Award at the Virginia Film Festival and screened at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival. He is currently a story editor on Superman & Lois.
Leon Lozano, an Oakland native, will direct an episode of Wbtv/The CW’s acclaimed drama All American: Homecoming. He is the founder of Son of Oakland Productions. His directing credits include Renée, an episode of Tales set to premiere this summer on BET Network, and the short film My Father Belize, which premiered at the 2021 Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner. Lozano is currently in post-production on his feature film A Little Hope for Chicago and his documentary short Prom Night Flex.
Geeta Malik will be directing an upcoming episode of the breakout Wbtv/ABC hit comedy Abbott Elementary. Malik is an award-winning writer and director whose accolades include the inaugural Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. She won the Austin Film Festival Comedy Screenplay Award for her feature script Dinner with Friends, later retitled to India Sweet and Spices, which she also directed. Starring Bollywood superstar Manisha Koirala, Adil Hussain, Sophia Ali, and Rish Shah, India Sweet and Spice premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, was released theatrically by Bleecker Street, and is currently streaming on Hulu.
Alvaro Ron is set to direct an episode of Wbtv/The CW’s Superman & Lois. He is an award-winning filmmaker and environmentalist, and an alum of UCLA, Nalip’s Latino Lens Program, the Sony TV Diverse Directors Program and the Berlinale Talents. Some of his short films include Swimming in the Desert and The Red Thunder (with more than 300 film festival selections). Alvaro Ron has directed critically acclaimed international TV series like Hernán for Amazon, and Palomares and Velvet Collection for Netflix, for which he received a Platino Award nomination.
- 6/23/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Dalip Sethi has been promoted to partner at Los Angeles-based management/production company Rain Management Group.
Dalip has been with Rmg since 2009, joining the company as an assistant. He was promoted to manager in 2012, and has since built an impressive television and film client roster with a focus on writers, filmmakers, producer-directors and showrunners. His client list includes Ryan Maldonado & Eduardo Canto, Ryan Shiraki, Bob Dearden, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Joe Chappelle, Stacey K. Black, Jorge Zamacona, Steve Robin, Jessica Kaminsky, Craig Siebels, Jim & Steve Armogida, Ron McGee, Ryan Zaragoza (Madres) and Daryl Wein (Something From Tiffany’s) among several others.
“Dalip’s partnership is greatly deserved and part of our...
Dalip has been with Rmg since 2009, joining the company as an assistant. He was promoted to manager in 2012, and has since built an impressive television and film client roster with a focus on writers, filmmakers, producer-directors and showrunners. His client list includes Ryan Maldonado & Eduardo Canto, Ryan Shiraki, Bob Dearden, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Joe Chappelle, Stacey K. Black, Jorge Zamacona, Steve Robin, Jessica Kaminsky, Craig Siebels, Jim & Steve Armogida, Ron McGee, Ryan Zaragoza (Madres) and Daryl Wein (Something From Tiffany’s) among several others.
“Dalip’s partnership is greatly deserved and part of our...
- 1/7/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The first installment of Lifetime’s “Highway to Heaven” film series is set to debut in November, and the cable network has just shared the first trailer for the reboot of the classic ’80s series starring Michael Landon.
Starring Jill Scott in the lead role of Angela Stewart, the projects centers on an angel who is sent back to Earth to help others in need. Lifetime picked up the reboot back in June, with Scott and her co-star Barry Watson set to return for future installments.
“Just like the original series, Lifetime wishes to retain the same messages of hope and encouragement for its audience, while exploring social and emotional issues with sensitivity, joy, and humor,” the network said. Read the full description of the first film, titled “Highway to Heaven,” below, and see the new trailer above.
In the premiere movie, Angela takes on the role of a temporary...
Starring Jill Scott in the lead role of Angela Stewart, the projects centers on an angel who is sent back to Earth to help others in need. Lifetime picked up the reboot back in June, with Scott and her co-star Barry Watson set to return for future installments.
“Just like the original series, Lifetime wishes to retain the same messages of hope and encouragement for its audience, while exploring social and emotional issues with sensitivity, joy, and humor,” the network said. Read the full description of the first film, titled “Highway to Heaven,” below, and see the new trailer above.
In the premiere movie, Angela takes on the role of a temporary...
- 8/17/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Nickelodeon announced that the two new animated series “The Patrick Star Show” and “Middlemost Post” will debut back-to-back on July 9 at 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Both series will continue to roll out new episodes on Friday nights.
“The Patrick Star Show” marks the second “SpongeBob SquarePants” spin-off series after “Camp Coral” made its debut on Paramount Plus earlier this year. The series will follow a younger Patrick Star living at home with his family, where he hosts his own variety show for the neighborhood from his television-turned-bedroom.
In the premiere episode, “Late for Breakfast,” Patrick presents a show about food after missing out on a hearty breakfast. Then in “Bummer Jobs,” Patrick and SpongeBob experience the wonders of the workforce.
Bill Fagerbakke returns to voice the iconic starfish alongside an array of new cast members, including Tom Wilson as Cecil Star; Cree Summer as Bunny Star; Jill Talley...
Both series will continue to roll out new episodes on Friday nights.
“The Patrick Star Show” marks the second “SpongeBob SquarePants” spin-off series after “Camp Coral” made its debut on Paramount Plus earlier this year. The series will follow a younger Patrick Star living at home with his family, where he hosts his own variety show for the neighborhood from his television-turned-bedroom.
In the premiere episode, “Late for Breakfast,” Patrick presents a show about food after missing out on a hearty breakfast. Then in “Bummer Jobs,” Patrick and SpongeBob experience the wonders of the workforce.
Bill Fagerbakke returns to voice the iconic starfish alongside an array of new cast members, including Tom Wilson as Cecil Star; Cree Summer as Bunny Star; Jill Talley...
- 6/17/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: An updated version of Highway to Heaven is coming to the small screen. Lifetime has greenlighted event movie series Highway To Heaven, a modern take on the classic Michael Landon TV series, starring Grammy winner Jill Scott (First Wives Club) in a gender-switching lead role, and Barry Watson (The Loudest Voice). Scott also serves as an executive producer.
Scott stars as new angel Angela who comes down to Earth to help people in crisis. Landon played the male version of the character in the original series, the angel Jonathan, who was sent to Earth to help people in need. Watson portrays Junior High School principal Bruce to whom Angela reveals her true identity.
Cast also includes Ben Daon (The Astronauts), Robert Moloney and Ashley Ross (A Series of Unfortunate Events).
In cooperation with Cindy Landon and the Michael Landon Estate, the movies are inspired by...
Scott stars as new angel Angela who comes down to Earth to help people in crisis. Landon played the male version of the character in the original series, the angel Jonathan, who was sent to Earth to help people in need. Watson portrays Junior High School principal Bruce to whom Angela reveals her true identity.
Cast also includes Ben Daon (The Astronauts), Robert Moloney and Ashley Ross (A Series of Unfortunate Events).
In cooperation with Cindy Landon and the Michael Landon Estate, the movies are inspired by...
- 6/17/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Take a look at the live-action Oni Press comic-book adaptation "Stumptown" and the episode "The Past and The Furious", directed by Stacey K. Black, starring Cobie Smulders as private investigator 'Dex Parios', airing January 15, 2020 on ABC:
"...with the help of 'Sue Lynn', 'Dex' works to find a fellow veteran's birth parents after discovering he's adopted.
"Meanwhile, 'Ansel' creates a birthday bucket list for turning twenty-one and enlists the help of 'Grey' to complete each item.
"Elsewhere, Grey continues to work with 'Hoffman' and goes undercover to infiltrate a car ring operation..."
Cast also includes Inbar Lavi as 'Max', Jake Johnson as 'Grey McConnell', Tantoo Cardinal as 'Sue Lynn Blackbird', Cole Sibus as 'Ansel Parios', Adrian Martinez as 'Tookie', Camryn Manheim as 'Lieutenant Cosgrove' and Michael Ealy as 'Detective Miles Hoffman'.
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"...with the help of 'Sue Lynn', 'Dex' works to find a fellow veteran's birth parents after discovering he's adopted.
"Meanwhile, 'Ansel' creates a birthday bucket list for turning twenty-one and enlists the help of 'Grey' to complete each item.
"Elsewhere, Grey continues to work with 'Hoffman' and goes undercover to infiltrate a car ring operation..."
Cast also includes Inbar Lavi as 'Max', Jake Johnson as 'Grey McConnell', Tantoo Cardinal as 'Sue Lynn Blackbird', Cole Sibus as 'Ansel Parios', Adrian Martinez as 'Tookie', Camryn Manheim as 'Lieutenant Cosgrove' and Michael Ealy as 'Detective Miles Hoffman'.
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- 1/7/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Hey, "NCIS: New Orleans" fans. Yes indeedy, it is that time once again. Episode 3 has wrapped up. So, it's time to take a look at what the showrunners have cooked up for this next, new episode 4 installment of this 6th season. Thanks to CBS, we do have a few teaser descriptions for episode 4 via their press release that we can run by you guys. To get things started, there's an official title for episode 4. It's called, "Overlooked." It sounds like episode 4 will feature some very interesting, scandalous and possible action scenes as the NCIS: New Orleans crew discovers a very sinister plot in the works! Lasalle and Sebastian go on a road trip to Alabama and more. We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the sinister plot situation. It turns out that the NCIS: New Orleans team will definitely have their hands full in this episode.
- 10/9/2019
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
Hey, "NCIS: New Orleans" fans. We hope you guys totally had a blast watching tonight's episode 2 of this current 6th season. Now that it's officially over, it's time to take a look at a couple of these storylines the producers have cooked up for the next, new 3rd episode. Thanks to CBS, we do have a few via their official press release. So, let's just get right into it shall we? Of course we shall. To get things started, we've got a title for this 3rd installment. The producers came up with the name, "Bad Apple." It sounds like episode 3 will feature some pretty interesting stuff. Actually, now that I take a look at this full description, CBS didn't give us a lot to work with for this episode. We've got one storyline teaser. It reveals that agent Pride will be doing some major traveling in this episode. At some point,...
- 10/2/2019
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
I’ve written elsewhere about my admiration for the filmmaking on NCIS: New Orleans, a procedural that channels the spirit of Rio Bravo-era Howard Hawks to combine laid-back charm and camaraderie with kinetic, expertly choreographed action sequences. Under the guidance of producing director James Hayman, whose “Aftershocks” episode from season three is a clinic in Hitchcockian suspense, NCIS: New Orleans has assembled one of the best rotating companies of directors in episodic television: James Whitmore, Jr., Stacey K. Black, Rob Greenlea, and Bethany Rooney are just some of the superb helmers who have done fine work on the series over the […]...
- 9/7/2017
- by Jim Hemphill
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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