Click here for 2010 NDS Entry Form

SHOOT's 8th ANNUAL
NEW DIRECTORS SEARCH is on
YOU COULD BE ONE OF TOMORROW'S HOT NEW DIRECTORS...

CLICK  HERE FOR SUBMISSION FORM & ENTER TODAY

Great opportunity to advance your career!

SHOOT is conducting a worldwide search to discover the best up-and-coming directors who, based on their initial work, show promise to soon make major positive contributions to advertising and/or entertainment in its traditional and emerging forms. This global search is conducted by SHOOT's editorial staff with input from advertising agency creative directors & heads of production, as well as production company heads and established directors. Official 2010 NDS Entry Form Here

After the best work is chosen SHOOT will compile the 2010 SHOOT New Directors Showcase Reel and interview the directors for a special feature that will appear in SHOOT's May 7th issue, pdf version, HTML e.dition, and on SHOOTonline.com, bringing worldwide attention to the work and the directors. In addition, the work will be screened for an audience of 400 key advertising agency and production industry decision-makers at SHOOT's 2010 New Directors Showcase Event at the DGA Theatre in New York City on May 11th.  The Showcase Reel will be posted on SHOOTonline after the event and coverage of the event will appear in SHOOT, The SHOOT>e.dition and SHOOTonline in June.  

Directors receive enormous career-making exposure! 

"Being included in SHOOT's New Diretors Showcase is one of those great touchstones.  Besides the breadth of industry exposure only SHOOT can provide, it provides a very real increase in offers for work as well as the validation that you're doing something right.  I will always count it as a big moment in my career."
               Kevin Kerwin, 2009 New Directors Showcase, Authentic Films

"There are many wonderful phone calls one can receive in life. But I have to say, few feel as good as, ‘Hello, you’ve just been included in SHOOT's New Directors Showcase.’ Like the chicken and the egg, I’m still not sure which came first: getting to direct good scripts or getting into SHOOT's New Directors Showcase.” 
              Harold Einstein, 2008 New Directors Showcase, Station Film

"As directors, we are continually inspired by the imagination of our peers.  SHOOT Magazine does a fantastic job of filling our brains with the most exciting, creative ideas of the day and it's New Director's Showcase is no exception.  We were thrilled and honored to be included in such a highly talented event.  It was almost like telling our Grandmother we had won an academy award... or two."              
           Jason & Matt Docter, DOCTER TWINS, 2008 New Directors Showcase, Mortar, Inc.   

 "I have read SHOOT for many years, and being included in the 2007 New Director's Showcase was truly an honor. SHOOT consistently has an eye out for fresh and exciting new talent, and this Showcase does not disappoint. This is one of the finest new talent presentations in our business."  
                    Nir Bashan, 2007 New Directors Showcase 
             
"It was an honor to be recognized in SHOOT's 2007 New Directors Showcase.  As a new director in such a competitive market, you need all the street cred you get since there's just over 150 million directors in the U.S. alone."
              Rob Luehrs, 2007 New Directors Showcase, Reactor Films                

"I was honored to be to be included with other new directors in the 2005 showcase. It's always invigorating to see new work and exchange ideas. The showcase is an ideal opportunity for new directors, industry leaders and agency producers to come together for the first time.
             Harry Cocciolo, 2005 New Directors Showcase, Tool of North America

See the directors' work that was chosen for last years showcase event on SHOOT's 2009 New Directors Web Reel. The helmers selected for the Showcase come from diverse backgrounds. Some first established themselves on the agency side of the business, while others were DPs, feature filmmakers or film students. One bond the directors share is great style and vision, whether it be reflected in comedy, visuals or storytelling.

In the 2009 New Directors Web Reel, each director reveals how he or she got into the business, as well as his or her aspirations. Included are credits for the work that was screened in May 2008 during SHOOT's 7th Anuual New Directors Showcase event at the DGA Theatre in NYC.

Click here to see last years New Directors Showcase 2009 Web Reel
Click here for information on becoming a
Sponsor fo the 2010 New Directors Showcase Event

ENTER SHOOT'S 2010 NEW DIRECTOR SEARCH TODAY It could be a big step towards being noticed by the companies that can represent you and the advertising agency creatives and producers that can hire you.

Where To Mail/Overnight Official Submission Form
(must be completely filled out).  Send form, entry fee, and work (on DVD) to SHOOT's East Coast office below. Note: Include high quality dvd verision AND a web quality duplicate of the entry. Web version should be in Quicktime format at 320 x 240 and no more than 5 megabytes in size. 

SHOOT
Attn: New Directors Entry
256 Post Road East, Suite 206
Westport, CT 06880 USA
Att: New Directors Entry
Phone: 203/227-1699 x13

For the 8th Annual Showcase, Directors can submit work that was completed in the last 15 months. (January 2009- March 2010) (excerpts from shorts, longform film or other entertainment fare must be NO MORE than 5 minutes in length) 

Entry Deadline
Entry MUST be postmarked by March 31, 2010

For submission form questions, please contact: 
rgoldrich@shootonline.com
or by telephone at
323/960-8035, ext 6681 

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Become a 2010
New Directors Showcase event Sponsor!
Please click here for sponsorship info.

For additional information, please contact
Roberta Griefer

rgriefer@shootonline.com

or by telphone at 

203/227-1699, ext 13

 

2010 NDS Publicity Release