2020

Brandon Lavoie

Brandon Lavoie

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? In 2018 I directed a short documentary for Project Home Again, a non-profit organization that provides household furnishings, goods and appliances to low income families in need in the Boston area. The film is an intimate portrait of a family that faced daunting…

Rachel Knoll

Rachel Knoll

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?  My first professionally directed work was a branded content piece for Hyundai with artists at the LACMA.  2) How did you get into directing?  I’ve been initiating my own projects for as long as I can remember.  I studied interaction design initially and…

Andrew Madsen Jasperson

Andrew Madsen Jasperson

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?  I did a Wieden + Kennedy/Old Spice Campaign for the 2019 NFL Season that featured NFL players Montez Sweat and Von Miller. The concept was wonderfully dumb, which is my wheelhouse–it was Old Spice running negative political style ads against Montez Sweat because…

Foley Ellis Ibidapo

Foley Ellis Ibidapo

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?  My first professionally directed work was this year with my film Lucy. 2) How did you get into directing?  I’ve been in the advertising and marketing industry for several years on the producing side of things, and I’ve always wanted to get into…

Blythe Haaga

Blythe Haaga

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?  The first time I professionally directed was in 2017, a short pilot presentation for TruTV called Happy Hour. It was an unscripted woman-on-the-street style comedy show that I co-created with Shelly Gossman, who hosted. We shot a bunch on the Venice Beach boardwalk…

Victoria Granof

Victoria Granof

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?  Drop the Beet, November 2019 2) How did you get into directing?  In my work as a food stylist and creative director, I’ve typically come into the creative process earlier than most other stylists. I’ve always loved being involved holistically in a project,…

Danae Grandison

Danae Grandison

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?  I have not been hired to direct professionally as of yet. 2) How did you get into directing? I got into directing in 2011, when I took my first intro to film course during the summer at SVA. I was introduced to writing,…

Jazeel Gayle

Jazeel Gayle

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?  My first professionally directed work was a Nissan commercial entitled “Nissan GTR Dream.” It was shot in January of 2019. 2) How did you get into directing?  Directing has always been a passion of mine. Ever since I was young I loved putting…

Quinn Else

Quinn Else

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?  My first professional job was a short horror film I made with 20th Digital Studio called Jane. It was recently released on Hulu. It explores the strange, mystical and very human science of forensic sculpting. 2) How did you get into directing?  I’ve…

Jess Dunn

Jess Dunn

1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?  My first paid directing gig was June 2017 on a webseries for GO Magazine called @datingZoe. The cast and production team happened to be all women identifying, most of whom were in the LGBTQ+ community. It was the most fun I’ve had on…