Program Overview:
ADG Credit Maker is a high calibre initiative that will support 4 early mid-career women and non-binary directors to attain a career defining credit on a scripted production. The ADG Credit Maker program is supported by Screen Australia’s Gender Matters in partnership with the Australian Directors' Guild.
All applications will be reviewed by a panel who will shortlist 20 candidates, and then 4 finalists will be placed with series productions. The productions will be long running or high-end series (one or half-hour format) or premium fiction in other formats, and where applicable, non-fiction, if this
is considered most appropriate for the selected Placee. The ADG will negotiate the period, location, production and structure of the program with the Placee, production, and supervising Director. The length of the placement will be dependent on the given production, the availability of the supervising Director, but will be between minimum 6 and maximum 8 weeks.
The Placee will ‘shadow’ and are mentored by an agreed supervising Director, then the Placee will lead, and the supervising Director ‘shadows’ them in the production setting, resulting in the Placee receiving a Director credit. The supervising Director and production company/entity will be paid a modest fee for hosting the Placee.
The Placee will be remunerated at the applicable rates, and fringes and superannuation will be paid. Carer costs can be covered up to a set amount, and where applicable, some relocation costs supported, pending location of Placee and production.
Deadline to send EOI: 27 March 2023
Eligibility requirements for Placement Company, production and Supervising Director:
- The production will be a high end series (one-hour or half-hour episodes) of any genre.
- The Placee will be mentored by the Supervising Director.
- The Placee will be given Director credit on one of the episodes of the series.
- The placement will need to last between 6-8 weeks.
