Over 150 women have been given the opportunity to participate in this innovative and unique training program for tomorrow's directors. The DWW is designed specifically for women who are working in the arts and are ready to seriously pursue narrative directing. Previous applicants' experiences run the gamut from film and television production to theater production to acting and writing. This provides the program with a wide range of backgrounds and levels of experience in its participants.
Selection is very competitive.
Participants will be chosen through a three-tier process. Final selections are made by a selection committee composed of leaders in the film and television community and Workshop alumnae. Participants enter the program with a short screenplay, which they develop for three weeks within the Workshop. There are ONLY five weeks from the end of the Workshop training to the beginning of the first production. An AFI Production Coordinator will be provided for each production.