1983 Directors Lab
The Directors Lab is held for 3-4 weeks each June at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, Utah. A total of eight projects, the vast majority of which have participated in a previous Screenwriters Lab, are invited to participate. There is no open application for the Directors Lab; rather, applicants to the January Screenwriters Lab program are considered for the June Directors Lab after their projects have been selected for the January Screenwriters Lab.
Over the course of the Directors Lab, the Fellows work with an accomplished group of Creative Advisors and professional production crews, rehearsing, shooting, and editing key scenes from their scripts. Through this intense, hands-on process, the Fellows push the boundaries of their scripts, allowing them to workshop text, collaborate with actors, and find a visual language for their film in an atmosphere where experimentation is encouraged. Surrounded by seasoned professionals, yet removed from the typical pressures of production, Lab Fellows are offered a unique opportunity to see the script “on its feet,” develop skills, and take risks. Directors Lab Fellows also join in the week-long Screenwriters Lab with five additional Screenwriter projects to participate in individualized story sessions under the guidance of established screenwriters.
Credits
| Leah Ayers
Actor | Sarah Botsford
Actor |
| Sharon Chatten
Actor | David Clennon
Actor |
| Peter Coyote
Actor | Gail Young Duvall
Actor |
| Robert Duvall
Actor | Margaret Gipson
Actor |
| Carlin Glynn
Actor | Charlie Hill
Actor |
| James Hurdle
Actor | Karl Malden
Actor |
| Nick Mancuso
Actor | Mary Stuart Masterson
Actor |
| Peter Masterson
Actor | Zachery Richard
Actor |
| Don Shanks
Actor | Josef Sommer
Actor |
| Mirra Bank
Creative Advisor | Bob Bell
Creative Advisor |
| Diane Brennan
Creative Advisor | John Dillon
Creative Advisor |
| Robert Duvall
Creative Advisor | Kirk Hokanson
Creative Advisor |
| Adam Holender
Creative Advisor | Larry Jackson
Creative Advisor |
| Peter Jameson
Creative Advisor | Jeremy Kagan
Creative Advisor |
| Jeff Kanew
Creative Advisor | Lindsay Law
Creative Advisor |
| Lynne Littman
Creative Advisor | Dusan Makajev
Creative Advisor |
| Karl Malden
Creative Advisor | Frank Mancuso
Creative Advisor |
| Jane Morrison
Creative Advisor | Liz Oliver
Creative Advisor |
| Sandy Osawa
Creative Advisor | Sydney Pollack
Creative Advisor |
| J.A.C. Redford
Creative Advisor | Amy Robinson
Creative Advisor |
| Waldo Salt
Creative Advisor | Jiran Tabibian
Creative Advisor |
| Walter Teller
Creative Advisor | Jane Troell
Creative Advisor |
| David Wisnievitz
Creative Advisor | William Witliff
Creative Advisor |
| Saul Bass
Creative Advisor | Tom Bernard
Creative Advisor |
| Frank Daniel
Creative Advisor | Adam Holendar
Creative Advisor |
| Mel Howard
Creative Advisor | Bruce Pustin
Creative Advisor |
| Robert Redford
Creative Advisor | William Wittliff
Creative Advisor |
| Eugenia Zukerman
Fellow | Dianne Peterson Brennan
Fellow |
| Linda Remy
Fellow | Robert M. Young
Creative Advisor |
| Edward James Olmos
Actor | Edward James Olmos
Creative Advisor |
| Sterling Van Wagenen
Creative Advisor | Armand Assante
Actor |
Projects
| Animal Behavior | Belizaire's Waltz |
| Death of an Angel | Desert Bloom |
| Harold of Orange | Quartet |
| The Whales Hunters |