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Assistant Director Department Assistant Director Department

Head of Department: Michelle Rapoport Kesten

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Terms of Admission – Directors
Departmental Professional Classifications
  • 1st Assistant Director
  • 2nd Assistant Director
  • Trainee Assistant Director

 

In any event, a candidate cannot be immediately accepted into the union as a 1AD but initially only as a 2AD, other than in exceptional cases where the client has a proven Resume and vast experience in the view of the assistant directors qualified to approve the request.

Every exceptional circumstance will be reviewed in depth and will be addressed by the Direction Department’s representative on the Administrative Committee.

  • A trainee in any case cannot serve as the sole 1st Assistant Director.
 Criteria for classification as Trainee (3rd) Assistant Director
  • Membership request form
  • Current CV.

 

Criteria for classification as 2nd Assistant Director
  • Proven professional experience on professional sets, subject to the 1st assistant director who is a union member and has worked on at least 3 movies and / or TV series, and accrued no less than 100 days of proven professional work, of which no less than 50 days involved location or studio filming (including advertising and / or promotional materials) and who in general has experience working with the Movie Magic software.
  • Current professional CV.
  • Application form signed by two references who are union members, heads of departments, and directly linked to the department (1st assistant directors, 2nd assistant directors, makeup artists, costume dressers).
  • Participation in mentoring new members.
  • Fully fluent in the union’s rules and agreements, and in the department’s professional definitions.

 

Criteria for classification as 1st Assistant Director
  • A candidate registered in the union as a 2nd assistant director and presents proven professional experience on professional sets as a 2nd assistant director who worked on 5 films and / or TV series, and who accrued no less than 200 days of proven professional work, of which at least 100 days of filming were on location or in the studio (including advertising and / or promotional days). Additionally, the candidate will have worked as 1st assistant director on a film / series for over 30 days, of which at least 15 were filming days.
  • Current professional CV.
  • Application form signed by two references who are union members, heads of departments, and directly linked to the department (1st assistant directors, photographers).
  • Fully fluent in the union’s rules and agreements, and in the department’s professional definitions.

 

Remarks:

The candidate’s request file will be transferred for approval to the department representative in the administrative committee. In any event the candidate’s request will be reviewed by the department representative on the administrative committee in conjunction with the union CEO and / or Chairperson, and may be approved based on their considerations in exceptional cases.

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