| The New York Assistant Director Training Program is designed to provide opportunities for a limited number of individuals to become Assistant Directors of Motion Pictures. This is a two year program consisting of up to 350 days of on-the-job training combined with seminars and special assignments. A rotation system places Trainees on the sets of various features, television series and commercials shooting primarily in the New York City vicinity. There they work under the supervision of DGA members - Second Assistant Directors, First Assistant Directors and Unit Production Managers until graduation. Upon completion of the program, graduates are qualified to join the DGA (Directors Guild of America) as Second Assistant Directors.
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| COMMERCIAL TRAINING PROGRAM |
| After close to 30 years of successfully training Assistant Directors for careers in feature film and television, the Program is expanding into the area of commercial production. This year, the Program has selected Trainees who will spend the next two years learning and working predominantly in the production of television commercials. |
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