1984 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
| Tisha Campbell
Actor | Rosalind Cash
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| Jeff Daniels
Actor | Anthony Edwards
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| James Hong
Actor | Anna Maria Horsford
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| Mark Jenkins
Actor | Richard Jenkins
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| Don Lewis
Actor | Andrew McCarthy
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| Peter Masterson
Actor | Donald Moffat
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| Elizabeth Sung
Actor | Carol Sutton
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| Mark Taylor
Actor | Margaret Thomson
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| Lauren Tom
Actor | Michael Wright
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| Deborah Aal
Creative Advisor | Jane Alsobrook
Creative Advisor |
| Miranda Barry
Creative Advisor | Saul Bass
Creative Advisor |
| Jesse Beaton
Creative Advisor | Roland Betts
Creative Advisor |
| Tom Bernard
Creative Advisor | Ian Calderon
Creative Advisor |
| Ellen Chenoweth
Creative Advisor | Frank Daniel
Creative Advisor |
| Howie Deutch
Creative Advisor | Janet Fleming
Creative Advisor |
| Jim Glennon
Creative Advisor | Carlin Glynn
Creative Advisor |
| Michael Hausman
Creative Advisor | Larry Jackson
Creative Advisor |
| Vojtech Jasny
Creative Advisor | Irvin Kershner
Creative Advisor |
| Lynzee Klingman
Creative Advisor | Nathaniel Kwit
Creative Advisor |
| Lindsay Law
Creative Advisor | Jeff Lurie
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| Alexander Mackendrick
Creative Advisor | Donald March
Creative Advisor |
| Richard Marks
Creative Advisor | Peter Masterson
Creative Advisor |
| Sue Pollock
Creative Advisor | David Puttnam
Creative Advisor |
| Robert Redford
Creative Advisor | Jonas Rosenfield
Creative Advisor |
| Waldo Salt
Creative Advisor | Dina Silver
Creative Advisor |
| Bertrand Tavernier
Creative Advisor | Juliet Taylor
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| Walter Teller
Creative Advisor | Jeffrey Townsend
Creative Advisor |
| Daniel Vigne
Creative Advisor | David Walsh
Creative Advisor |
| Claudia Weill
Creative Advisor | William Witliff
Creative Advisor |
| David Wisnievitz
Creative Advisor | Eric Edwards
Creative Advisor |
| Joseph Friedman
Creative Advisor | Pamela Godfrey
Creative Advisor |
| Henry Golas
Creative Advisor | Lawrence Meyers
Creative Advisor |
| Joy Pereth
Creative Advisor | William Devane
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| Jim Brooks
Creative Advisor | Moctesuma Esparza
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