Directors UK

Directors UK has been a member of Linktree for 5 years and joined in December 2020. The social media accounts linked to from Directors UK are: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Bluesky. Besides social media accounts, DirectorsUK has populated their site with Strategic Career Planning Workshop For Mid-Career Unscripted Directors, CEO Andy Harrower reacts to BBC commissioning cuts, Beryl Richards awarded MBE in King’s Birthday Honours List, Sheffield DocFest Networking Breakfast, Come to our next member meeting, Become a Member, Career Development, What directors need to see in the next BBC Charter, New parliamentary group to champion freelancers, Directors UK Inspire 2026, Principles for Mentally Healthy Productions, Directors UK CEO Andy Harrower on TV Makers Podcast, Member Events, Director’s Engagement Guidelines, Partner Screenings, Book a space in our Members’ Lounge, Directing The Traitors, Directors UK Inspire 2026-27 — Apply Now!, Timetable of Distributions, Directors UK Podcast, Know Anyone From Our Unregistered Directors List?, Painting Sound: an interview with James Maycock, Our website, Directors UK Advent Calendar 2025, Pitch your idea for a workshop or session to Spotlight, MiraBan UK Film Awards - 30% discount, Chloé Zhao in conversation on Hamnet, Paul Andrew Williams on directing, mental health, and accepting what you can’t control, William Webb’s Inspire Experience, Interview—Wendy Wong on Directors UK Inspire, Fair pay for directors, whatever their employment status — Paul Evans' industry blog, An interview with Atomic director Shariff Korver, Report - Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers, The Creative Freelancer’s Experience I RSA Livestream, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor in conversation on Dreamers, CISAC Global Collections Report 2025, Bullying & Harassment: A Handbook for Screen Directors, Bullying, Harassment, and Discrimination:… | The Film and TV Charity, Akinola Davies Jr in conversation with Chiwetel Ejiofor on My Father's Shadow, 100% Faithful: Directing The Traitors, An interview with Paul Sng on directing Reality Is Not Enough, Book now to come to our next member meeting, Bringing Drama to Your Documentary Workshop, Delivering For Freelancers Creative UK Report, An interview with Paul Compton on Dogspiracy, Meet our second cohort on Directors UK Inspire 2025-26, EVENT In Conversation: Olaide Sadiq on Grenfell: Uncovered, An interview with Clair Titley on directing the documentary The Contestant, Government announces Creative Industries Sector Plan, Three directors selected for ScreenSkills High-end TV Regional New Directors Champion Programme, Alexander Jacob steps down from the Directors UK Board, Royalties Assistant Job - Apply by Sun 15 Jun, Diamond: The Seven Point Five Cut Report, Walking with Dinosaurs roundtable interview, Directors UK Inspire 2025-26: A Mentoring and Career Development Programme, Session Takeaways: Financial Planning with Emily Man, Career Consultancy for Unscripted Directors, We paid out £3.1 million in our May international distribution — take a look behind-the-scenes, From our archives — Directing Eurovision: A Roundtable with Nikki Parsons, Ollie Bartlett, and Richard Valentine, Directors UK recommendations reflected in CMS’s British film and high-end television report, ScreenSkills HETV Regional Directors Champion Programme, in association with Directors UK, Director Clare-Louise English on bilingual filmmaking and creating accessible experiences, Director Charlotte Mikkelborg on immersive filmmaking and shooting the Apple TV+ Adventure series, Fearless Pitching: Career Development Workshop, https://directors.uk.com/news/haolu-wang-on-black-mirror-s-hotel-reverie, Celebrating the importance of IP and copyright on World Intellectual Property Day 2025, Financial Planning with Emily Man and David Croft, From Inspire to directing an award-winning short: an interview with Jamie Benyon, From 2022 — Remembering Roger Graef OBE, FULLY BOOKED - Industry networking: Directors and Cinematographers Mixer, “Everyone had each other’s backs” — An interview with Adolescence director Philip Barantini, committees.parliament.uk, Working with Actors: Practice, Call the Midwife: Paid Placement Opportunity from Neal Street Productions and BBC, BFI Flare Industry Networking Happy Hour, Join us for our next Town Hall, Into the Archive: director James Giles brings stories to life through the use of archival footage, 2025 JETS Initiative Winners Announced, Directors UK Inspire Mentoring Programme 2025-26: meet our latest cohort, Directors UK members share their thoughts on directing EastEnders on the show’s 40th anniversary, Director of Membership Strategy and Support, Article - how your distribution payment reaches you, Paid Director Placement Opportunity — Go Away Productions, BBC Workplace Culture Review—Briefing and Feedback Meeting (Online), FULLY BOOKED — In Conversation: Sean Baker on Anora, Directors have a big role to play in shaping our industry’s working culture. Here’s how. — Paul Evans’ industry blog, Accessing Unique Worlds in Documentary Filmmaking: an interview with Havana Marking, CIISA Standards Briefing (Online), In Conversation: Brady Corbet and Sam Mendes on The Brutalist, A 2025 New Year Message from Directors UK Chair Karen Kelly, DAY 24 — Directors UK Advent Calendar 2024, In Conversation: Jesse Eisenberg and Armando Iannucci on A Real Pain, The Adaptable Leader Conference Session at FOCUS 2024, Imagine a TV industry that didn’t run on freelancers — Paul Evans’ industry blog, “Lightning was striking and everyone was trying to bottle it” — A week behind the scenes of The Day of the Jackal, Members’ Winter Drinks, In Conversation: John Crowley on We Live In Time, In Conversation: Shiori Ito on Black Box Diaries, In Conversation: Edward Berger on Conclave, Cardiff Industry Mixer with Spotlight and the BBC, In Conversation: Robert Eggers on Nosferatu, In Conversation: Greg Kwedar on Sing Sing, Working with a Casting Director: A Masterclass on Queenie, Owen Tooth: from Directors UK Inspire to EastEnders, In Conversation: Jon M Chu on Wicked, Virtual Production Insider Training with Final Pixel Academy - Glasgow, In Conversation: Brett Story and Stephen Chaing on Union, In Conversation: Ellen Kuras on Lee, In Conversation: Lyttanya Shannon on Sweet Bobby, Directors UK at 2024 Film the House Awards, In Conversation: Steve McQueen on Blitz, Film + TV Charity Webinar - Exploring The Whole Picture Toolkit, Directors UK AGM 2024 - Online, Directors UK AGM 2024 - In Person + Summer Drinks, Events Manager (5 months FTC), Directors UK x British Society of Cinematographers Networking Event, In Conversation: Sean Wang on Dìdi (弟弟), Working with under 18s in Film and TV, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR 2021 — DAY 1 — Building Bridgerton: an interview with the directors of the hit Netflix drama, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR 2021 — DAY 2 — TRANSCRIPT + PODCAST: Small Axe — Steve McQueen in conversation with Asif Kapadia, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR 2021 — DAY 3 — Securing and Managing Your Agent Relationship, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 4 —  Creating Positive Collaborations: Writers & Directors, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 5 — Directing Actors: How we made the workshops possible online, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 6 — PODCAST + TRANSCRIPT: Collective — Alexander Nanau in conversation with Orlando von Einsiedel, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 7 — Breaking through on The Break: Aurora Fearnley and Benedict Cohen on gaining their first broadcast credit under COVID, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 8 — “There’s so much about a person’s identity that can be drawn from food”: Chris Chung on the making of Congee, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 9 — PODCAST: The Harder They Fall — Jeymes Samuel and Rapman in conversation, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 10 — PODCAST: It’s A Sin — Script to Screen Masterclass with Peter Hoar and Christine Lalla, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 11 — Three Families: Alex Kalymnios on telling the real stories of women living under Northern Ireland's abortion laws, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 12 — Find out more about Triple C Danc, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 13 — New Directors UK Board elected, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 14 — Directors UK - Careers - From mentoring to collaboration: Nicola Quilter and Robert Del Maestro on Directors UK Inspire, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 15 — PODCAST: Poly Styrene — Paul Sng in conversation with Jeanie Finlay, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 16 — Freelance Charter unveiled by The Coalition for Change, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 17 — Living The Long Call: an interview with David Allain, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 18 — PODCAST: The People Vs Climate Change panel with Harriet Bird, Steve Smith, Mike Harris, Jessica Edwards and Edward Watts, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 19 — On the Edge, on the record — we talk to the 4Stories directors about how they made their short films, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 20 — PODCAST + TRANSCRIPT: CODA — Sian Heder in conversation with Emerald Fennell, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 21 — Off the Rails: an interview with Jules Williamson, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 22 — PODCAST + TRANSCRIPT: Dune — Denis Villeneuve in conversation with David Oyelowo, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 23 — Making Dreaming Whilst Black Come True: How I Took a Show from YouTube to the BBC, DIRECTORS UK ADVENT CALENDAR — DAY 24 — PODCAST + TRANSCRIPT: Nomadland – Chloé Zhao and Joshua James Richards in conversation with Asif Kapadi.