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✨Massive congratulation to all the winners last night #BAFTAScotAwards 🏅

Shout out to our members, Kevin Macdonald and Saul Metzstein who took home the Factual and Fiction Director awards respectively 🎬

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A huge congratulations to our wonderful winners this evening ✨🏆

Explore the full list on our website https://t.co/Ws0jmseWiy

#BAFTAScotAwards

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ICYMI! Last week award-winning Director, and Directors UK Board member, Abigail Dankwa spoke to the TV Makers Podcast about the ins and outs of being a Multi Camera and Fixed Rig director.

Listen to their conversation now: https://t.co/BVfHhcbJmK

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“I’m watching this event that happened 110 years ago in the most remote place on earth, and that’s real”

Director Chai Vasarhelyi, alongside co-director Jimmy Chin, on ethically using AI to restore century old footage in "Endurance" doc. (Variety)

https://t.co/vEKfKNjFGo

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"how do you find the right balance between not sanitising war and making it acceptable for viewers, for the audience?”

—Director Mstyslav Chernov

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In the news...

🗞️ We condemn sexist remarks made ahead of Camerimage, support best practice to encourage fair representation + inclusion in our industry
🗞️ TV industry figures react to the loss of #Doctors

...all in this week's Directors Digest: https://t.co/Elv2t35She

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📬Members, time to check your inbox!

This week's newsletter has landed, filled with all the latest news and opportunities. Meet your new Board Vice-Chairs, a new networking event from Directors Charitable Foundation, and oh-so many events!

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Shiori Ito will be joining us #InConversation to discuss her debut feature documentary #BlackBoxDiaries, with Jeanie Finlay.

📅Thu 28 Nov
🖥️Online

Book Now: https://t.co/3wPydvy60X

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📣Members! Robert Eggers will be joining us for a screening of his latest film, #Nosferatu, followed by an #InConversation discussion with Nia Da Costa.

📅Mon 25 Nov

Book Now: https://t.co/sYiQpwnW72

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These findings confirm what our members in Scotland have experienced. PSBs have a responsibility to hire local talent, not least to encourage economic and creative growth across *all* of the UK. Failing to do this has a significant impact on the careers of directors in Scotland.

[Prolific North @ProlificNorth]

Screen Scotland: Two-thirds of biggest ‘Scottish’ PSB producers are in London
https://t.co/Ltf5mJrjnH @screenscots @bbc @Channel4

[Philip Ralph @PhilipRalph9]

24 years
4555 episodes
425 writers
148 script editors
46 producers
9309 actors
175 directors
59 cinematographers
42 editors
Hundreds and hundreds of crew, costume, make up, casting, drivers etc etc…

Never doubt that TV drama can change lives. It changed mine. End of an era.

[Steve Hughes @moviegoblin]

Today Doctors airs its final episode after 24 amazing years and thousands of stories. It’s been a huge part of British TV, launching countless careers and connecting with viewers across the UK. Proud to have directed 43 eps and grateful to have been part of this special journey.

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Director Edward Berger will be joining us for an #InConversation screening and discussion of his latest film #Conclave

📅Wed 27 Nov
🎟️Book Now: https://t.co/f5ToLhErWx

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“Can we stop using the word risk? Nobody wants to be around risk, because if it goes wrong somebody’s going to have to take the fall…which is why we don’t have people giving other people opportunities.”

—Abigail Dankwa on the TV Makers Podcast.

https://t.co/ZhAOxtiMS3

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"It's important culturally — this is about nurturing British stories and British storytellers."

Directors UK vice-chair James Hawes spoke to @Screendaily on the crucial role TV soaps play in supporting new talent and voices.

📰Be sure to pick up a copy!

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📣First in the Directing Outside the Box season of events from @DirectorsCF, attend a get-together with Lego + Bionic execs to learn about their new storytelling approaches, and how directors can contribute to their work.

📅Tue 26 Nov, 7pm

More Info: https://t.co/oWejXsubyN

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A special opportunity for Full and Associate members to gain hands-on experience with virtual production technologies!

Apply for the chance to take part in @_FPAcademy's 1 Day Virtual Production Insider training.

📅Apply by Mon 18 Nov: https://t.co/dAxMLn5XJt

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Our CEO @HarrowerAndy spoke to @TVBEurope on his dedication to artist support, the crucial role royalties play in a sustainable directing career, and his path to Directors UK.
https://t.co/TZjtPmTlcG

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"Every voice mattered, and I literally listened to everybody’s opinion on everything. I see my job as a director not to be a dictator. I always see the director as the person with the flag running at the front."

—Director Jordan Hogg