Directors Digest — Thursday 20 July 2023

Director Yvonne Littlewood has died aged 95. In other news, the SAG-AFTRA strikes continue, and the Grierson Awards shortlist is announced.

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Yvonne Littlewood, the first female television producer and director in the BBC’s light entertainment department, has died aged 95. (The Guardian)

SAG-AFTRA’s National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, writes about the ongoing Hollywood strikes in a guest column for Deadline.

The BBC’s director general has committed to publishing a plan about the future role of the broadcaster by Christmas, Broadcast reports.

For Television magazine, Tara Conlan investigates the rise of unemployment in unscripted TV.

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Read the 2023 Grierson Awards shortlist, via Televisual. Congratulations to our members whose work was recognised!

Warp Films executives Mark Herbert and Emily Feller speak out on the need for working-class voices in TV. (Broadcast)

And finally, IndieWire explores director Taylor Sherdian’s 5 camera set-up for Paramount+ series 1923.