Bafta Guru

How do you secure your first break as a director? Should you stay at one company for a while or move around to accrue credits? How do you get a production to trust you to take the step up to direct your first hour? A panel of established directors working in factual and entertainment discuss their trajectory, the key elements to their success and offer insights on directing that crucial first hour. Featuring: Matt Rudge, Documentary Filmmaker (The Autistic Me, My Dad -the Serial Killer, My Crazy Christmas Lights Chloe Thomas, Director and Writer (Angelo’s, Horrible Histories, Hetty Feather, Give Out Girls) Zara Hayes, Director (12 Year Old Lifer, Battle of the Sexes, Clothes to Die For) Julian Smith, Multicam Director (Pointless, Million Pound Drop) Interested in the craft of directing? Watch our web series 'On Directing' or catch the archive of our David Lean Lectures on bafta.org/guru