Career Development

We work with the industry to offer skills development and training support that enhances the careers of directors.

DEADLINE: 5 SEPTEMBER 2025

Vigil: Paid Placement Opportunity for a Scotland-based director from World Productions and BBC

DEADLINE: 26 AUGUST 2025

Counsels: Paid Placement Opportunity for a Scotland-based director from the BBC and Balloon Scotland

DEADLINE: 25 AUGUST 2025

Bringing Drama to Your Documentary: A Workshop with Director Havana Marking

Collaborative Feedback: A Workshop on Building Successful Collaborations

Meet our second cohort on Directors UK Inspire 2025-26

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Beyond Paradise: Paid Placement Opportunity for deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent members from Red Planet Pictures and the BBC

Three directors selected for ScreenSkills High-end TV Regional New Directors Champion Programme, in association with Directors UK

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Career Consultancy for Unscripted Directors

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The Capture: Paid Placement Opportunity from Heyday Television, Universal International Studios and BBC

From Inspire to directing an award-winning short: Jamie Benyon

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Fearless Pitching: a Career Development Workshop

Expanding the Directing Toolkit: Nichola Wong on Towards Zero placement

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Working with Actors: Practice

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Working with Actors: The Foundations

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Call the Midwife: Paid Placement Opportunity from Neal Street Productions and BBC

Directors UK Inspire Mentoring Programme 2025-26: meet our latest cohort

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