2019

Jake Zalutsky

Jake Zalutsky

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first professional job as a director was a :60 spot for USA Hockey on the Paralympic Team, released summer 2018. Prior to that I had directed a few short films in longer form. 2) How did you get into directing? Films were…

Mikael Tyrsen

Mikael Tyrsen

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? Nickelodeon On Air Rebrand campaign, December 2017 2) How did you get into directing? I always loved movies and making movies with my friends when I was a kid. Having enjoyed a successful career as a graphic designer and mobile game developer, it…

Dimitri Tsvetkov

Dimitri Tsvetkov

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first professional work was my own project Ost Boys. It is a web series which is rather popular in Germany and has now 1 million subscribers on Instagram and 800.000k on YouTube. 2) How did you get into directing? A friend of…

Cuba Tornado Scott

Cuba Tornado Scott

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? The first project I directed was a branded short film titled 9 1/2 for Fairmont Hotels. We shot last August in San Francisco and it was premiered at TIFF later in 2018. 2) How did you get into directing? Up until the point…

Samantha Scaffidi

Samantha Scaffidi

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? The first piece I directed professionally was the PSA “Bound” for Healing TREE Nonprofit in 2018. It was a piece shedding light on trauma bonding in a domestically abusive relationship. 2) How did you get into directing? It’s been a long and interesting…

Alfredo Rodriguez-Allen

Alfredo Rodriguez-Allen

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? A former colleague and close friend of mine hired me last fall to do a small series of interviews for a non-profit. It was a small job but I cherish the memory because it was an important step in my early career. Earning…

Charlotte Regan

Charlotte Regan

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? Standby was my first short film which I made about two years ago, though me and the producer made it with about 2k of our own savings so I’m not sure it counts as professional. The Wretch 32 video I did with Knucklehead…

Jane Qian

Jane Qian

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? The first job I did as a director was a branded content piece for Buzzfeed three years ago, in collaboration with Aflac. 2) How did you get into directing? I’ve wanted to be a director since the age of 12. People didn’t believe…