Step 1 of 2 50% Selected New Director's Name(Required) First Last Cell Phone(Required)Alternate PhoneNew Director's Email(Required) Enter Email Confirm Email Selected New Director's Headshot Upload(Required)Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, tif, tiff, jpeg, Max. file size: 5 MB.Must be Hi Resolution 300dpiI certify that I have been directing advertising and/or entertainment content professionally for less than 3 years (nothing prior to April 2021)(Required) Yes No I certify that the work I entered and has been selected for the 2023 New Directors Showcase was completed between April 2023 and July 2024.(Required) Yes No What is your Production co and/or Talent Agency Affiliation? (MUST include: Company name & URL, EP or Agent name & their email address) that represents you. Or, If you don't have representation & have an interest in obtaining representation, we suggest listing "Unaffiliated" with your email address & personal website URL)(Required) Survey Questions You can print this out for your convienincePrint Questions 1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)(Required)2) How did you get into directing? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)(Required)3) What is your most recent project? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)(Required)4) What is the best part of being a director? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)(Required)5) What is the worst part of being a director? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)6) What is your current career focus: commercials and branded content, television, movies? Do you plan to specialize in a particular genre--comedy, drama, visual effects, etc.? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)7) Have you a mentor and if so, who is that person (or persons) and what has been the lesson learned from that mentoring which resonates with you? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)8) Who is your favorite director and why? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)9) What is your favorite movie? Your favorite television/online program? Your favorite commercial or branded content? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)10) Tell us about your background (i.e., where did you grow up? Past jobs?) (Response may be up to 1250 characters)(Required)11) Have you had occasion to bring your storytelling/directorial talent to bear in the Metaverse, tapping into the potential of AR, VR, AI, NFTs and/or experiential fare? If so, tell us about that work and what lessons you have taken away from the experience? (Response may be up to 1250 characters)