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S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 I 3 5 AD Training Programs Seek Applicants The application period for the 2019 Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan's Assistant Director Training Program (ADTP), and the New York DGA Assistant Director Training Program are currently under way. Applications will be available for the West Coast program online by Tuesday, September 4, 2018 and must be transmitted by Friday, November 2, 2018. Online submission for the New York program must be transmitted by Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Trainees undergo on-the-job work experience, participating in a series of rotations that places trainees on the sets of various feature films and television series under the supervision of DGA 2nd ADs, 1st ADs and UPMs. The training lasts 400 days for West Coast Trainees and 350 days for New York Trainees. All Trainees also attend a number of mandatory seminars on various aspects of the industry. After the successful completion of training, graduates are eligible to join the DGA as a 2nd AD. If you know of eligible candidates, have them visit the West Coast website at www.trainingplan.org, or call (818) 386-2545; or the New York website at www.dgatrainingprogram.org or call (212) 397-0930. photo by Tricia Noble photo courtesy ADTP DGA Trainee News & Events On July 26, during the Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan's welcome mixer for its 2018 class, UPM Richard Prince was recognized for his consistent support of the Assistant Director Training Program (ADTP). A graduate of the ADTP class of 1977, Prince has employed 50 trainees since he joined the Guild in 1979. Prince is the Co-Producer and UPM of the series Brooklyn Nine Nine. He also currently serves as a co-chair of the Western AD/UPM Council's UPM Committee, is a member of the Education Committee, and has served as an alternate member of the Council. For more information about hiring a Trainee see page 36. photo courtesy ADTP UPM Richard Prince Honored by Training Plan photo courtesy ADTP On July 27, new ADTP Commercial trainees Eugena Neumann and Jakob Robledo initiated their training with an orientation at DGA headquarters in LA. Front Row: Trainees Jakob Robledo and Eugena Neumann ('20). Middle Row: ADTP's Laure Scott, DGA Staff members Jack Noble and Fabiana Ochoa, ADTP's Sandra Forman, AICP's Jane Nunez, Trainees Amber Boynton ('18), Atena Assaiee ('19). Back Row: 1st AD Fred Childress, DGA Staff member Gabe Kahsay, 1st AD Lee Blaine and 2nd AD Brent Martin. New York ADTP New Trainees & Graduates Front Row: Jonathan Ibañez ('19), Kelly Mahoney (1st AD), Melissa Garcia ('18), Mitchell Allen ('20). Middle Row: Sarah Harding ('18), Kyler Griffin ('18), TJ Hallet ('20), Alannah Fehrenbach ('19), Lisha Johnson ('20), Rachel Sikora ('18), Sarah Bowers ('20), Stephanie Fox ('20), Abel Herrera ('18). Back Row: Felix Jordan ('19), J. Michael Polisano ('18), Luke Wittel ('20), Larry McGee ('18), Peter Nix ('19), Davis Woodall ('18), Nuekellar Hardy ('20), Cody Maher ('19), Jimmy Waltrip ('20). West Coast ADTP Graduates Front Row: Andrea Block and Zachary Davenport. Back Row: Katherine Wincor, Anja Lill, Alexis Dvorak, and LaTrisa Jackson. (Not pictured: West Gibson and Jordan Radar.) photo courtesy ADTP Assistant Director Training Programs Add New Trainees, Graduates Classes & Holds Commercial Orientation The ADTP recently announced the names of those newly accepted to the program that began in 2018 and the names of this year's graduates. photo courtesy ADTP West Coast ADTP New Trainees Front Row: Jacqueline Wilton, Michelle Musser, Jessica Wan, Grace Jordan. Middle Row: Michelle Akeley, Ruddy Salazar, Chad Shields. Back Row: Esraa Darwish, Keegan Limbrick. For more information about the ADTP programs, click the Training Programs link on the homepage of www.dga.org