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SHOOT^® Magazine, the leading publication for Film, TV & Commercial Production and Post, today announced the names of the 31 individual directors and 1 duo who made the final cut to be included in the SHOOT 2022 20th Annual New Directors Showcase.

The NDS 2022 Showcase Reel will debut at the SHOOT 20th Annual New Directors Showcase Event at the Directors Guild of America (DGA Theatre) on Thursday, November 17th, and go live later that night on the SHOOT NDS website.  Compiling the SHOOT New Directors Showcase and producing the New Directors Showcase Event at the DGA in NYC represent one of SHOOT's most anticipated annual highlights. While we had to cancel the in-person event the last two years due to the pandemic, we are thrilled to be back this year.  This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the NDS Showcase and both SHOOT and the DGA look forward to a great Event.  

SHOOT is pleased to announce the lineup of directors for the SHOOT 2022 20th Annual New Directors Showcase:

• Rebecca Applebaum 
• Amandla Baraka 
• Ilanna Barkusky 
• Alec Basse 
• Annie Bercy
• Sheena Brady 
• Jeffrey Brown 
• Eva Doležalová 
• Ariel Ellis 
• Taylor Ellis 
• Alexander Gilbert 
• Evan Ari Kelman 
• Tess Lafia 
• Maren Lavelle 
• Kyle LeClaire 
• Bethany Mollenkof 
• Jeremy Nachbar
• Bola Ogun 
• Andrew Rhee
• Kimberly Stuckwisch 
• Walter Thompson-Hernández 
• Steven Tralongo 
• Drew Vaughan 
• Clayton Vila 
• Noah Wagner
• Robert Wagner
• Rog + Bee Walker 
• Wes Walker 
• Miles Warren
• Gabrielle Woodland 
• Wukda
• Courtney Sofiah Yates 

As is the tradition, we're keeping company affiliations and selected work under wraps until the Novemeber 17th NDS Event.  We can tell you that this year's NDS Class of 2022 is a fantastically diverse group of directors with backgrounds that include recent film school grads, agency creatives, photographers, actors, writers, an assistant director, an athlete who broke in with surf and skiing films, producers and live theater artisans. Our ‘22 Class consists of 18 male and 15 female directors; there is one directing duo. 22 of the directors have production company affiliations and 11 are currently unaffiliated. Each year the mix of work on the SHOOT New Directors Showcase Reel is a reflection of the industry at large–as is SHOOT itself as exemplified in our multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary, multi-platform coverage, including our regular reporting on feature, TV and commercial directors residing side by side in our lineup of stories and features. As embodied in our coverage and underscoring the relevance of our NDS competition and event, SHOOT's mission is to connect the worlds of advertising and entertainment while also bringing content creators together with the collaborators who can hire them. At midnight on November 18th, SHOOT's New Directors Showcase website will go live where the industry will be able to view the NDS Reel along with individual profile pages on each director with headshot, video of selected work, additional Q&As, and contact information.  And, SHOOT's Nov/Dec Issue will be published in both Print & PDF Issues with mini-profiles of all the directors in this year's NDS Showcase.

Join us for one or more of the following great NDS Marketing Opportunities – Deadlines Are Fast Approaching…

SHOOT New Directors Showcase Event Sponsorship

Become a Lead, Silver or Bronze Event Sponsor 
Click Here for Info.  Contact marketing@shootonline.com for Sponsor fees.
Join SHOOT and our Sponsors to Date: The DGA, harvest, The-Artery, FKKS

"We Support New Directors" Logo Package

Click Here for SHOOT NDS "We Support New Directors" Logo & Banner Package Info.  
Your logo will appear on the following:

1. NDS website & the NDS website Sponsors & Supporters Page and will stay live for the next year
2. "We Support New Directors" Ad that will run in SHOOT's December Print & PDF Issue.
3. Special "Meet the NDS Class of 2022" Custom email blast. Click Here to see last year's email.

"NDS Congratulations" or Regular Ad in the Nov/Dec Print (+PDF Issue with Digital Distribution) with mini-profiles of all the NDS Directors in this year's Showcase 

Click Here for SHOOT NDS  "Congratulations" Advertising info for the Nov/Dec NDS Issue with digital distribution.
High Profile exposure for the directors in the Showcase, companies that represent them or companies that have worked with them. The Issue has always been
an important way for the industry to learn about the directors. This opportunity is ideal for production companies and talent agencies representing a director
in the Showcase.  Also, great for any production and post-related company to promote their company, services, roster or products  
Click Here for what else will be in the issue.
Click Here to see the 2021 NDS Issue
Click Here to see the 2020 NDS Issue
Click Here to see the 2019 NDS Issue
Ad Deadline: Reserve Space by 11/1 |  Ad PDF File due by 11/4 

For Reservations & more info, please contact SHOOT Publisher
Roberta Griefer at rgriefer@shootonline.com or 203-227-1699, ext 701.

About The New Directors Search / Showcase Reel
Each year SHOOT conducts 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 year's search entry period was April-June 2022.  Criteria for entry are directing any type of advertising or entertainment content professionally less than 3 years and submitted work must have been produced during the 15-month period of April 2021-June 2022.

Categories of entry:

1. Traditional Broadcast: TV Spots, spec work, cinema ads, branded content, music videos, trailers, broadcast promos
2. Alternative media content: webisodes, spots created for online, mobile phone content, in-game advertising, advergaming, virals, alternative reality gaming, ads created for PDAs
3. Film/TV Entertainment: Feature films, independent films, short films, TV programs.

About SHOOT Magazine / SHOOTonline
SHOOT^® Magazine and SHOOTonline are the leading publication and website for film, TV & Commercial Production & Post; edited for agency, cable/TV/Online/Mobile networks and movie & studio creative and production executives, executives at commercial and entertainment production/post companies, brand marketer production executives, independent filmmakers and artisans including directors, cinematographers, editors, colorists, VFX supervisors/artists/animators, composers, sound designers & mixers. Through its "News" and "ScreenWork" sections, "Columns" and in-depth "Features", SHOOT publishes timely news, relevant information and a behind-the-scenes look at the best new work and profiles/interviews with industry news makers. In addition, SHOOT reports on the latest cinematography, post & editing technology and equipment. If the work involves advertising and entertainment motion picture content that consumers view on a screen—a TV screen, Cinema screen, Computer screen, Mobile screen or Game screen, SHOOT is searching out who's doing the most innovative work and what's coming next. For further information please visit https://www.SHOOTonline.com^®. Follow SHOOT on Twitter #SHOOTonline

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