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East Coast Director

Job Description

A creative agency is expanding its East Coast network and is seeking directors for future creative collaborations. Experienced directors with a distinctive creative perspective, strong storytelling skills, and a professional body of work are encouraged to connect for potential commercial, branded, and creative productions.

Job Responsibilities

• Direct creative and commercial productions.
• Develop and execute creative concepts alongside producers and other collaborators.
• Guide talent and production teams throughout projects.
• Translate creative briefs into compelling visual stories.
• Collaborate with photographers, designers, producers, and other production professionals.
• Maintain the creative vision throughout production.

Requirements

• Professional directing experience.
• Strong portfolio or reel demonstrating relevant work.
• Excellent visual storytelling and creative leadership skills.
• Comfortable collaborating with multidisciplinary production teams.
• Based on or available for opportunities on the East Coast.

Compensation

• Compensation details will be discussed based on individual projects and collaborations.

Job Description

AMSEM is expanding its production team and seeking an experienced Production Director to help lead upcoming creative projects. The role involves overseeing production processes, coordinating creative and operational teams, and helping ensure projects are delivered smoothly from planning through execution.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee production activities from planning through completion.
• Coordinate with creative, design, and production teams.
• Manage production schedules, workflows, and on-site execution.
• Help maintain creative and operational standards across projects.
• Resolve production challenges and keep projects running efficiently.

Requirements

• Relevant experience in production direction or a similar leadership role.
• Strong organizational and team coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple production requirements effectively.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced creative environment.

Compensation

• Compensation details not specified.

Job Description

An upcoming psychological thriller titled Tentation is seeking a Director of Photography (DP) for a two-day production in the Whittier area. The film explores themes of desire, repression, guilt, manipulation, and the unconscious through a dark, psychologically driven story. The DP will help establish the film’s unsettling visual language and translate its atmospheric treatment into compelling cinematic imagery.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the filmmaker to develop the visual style of Tentation.
• Plan and execute cinematography that supports the film’s psychological and dramatic tone.
• Establish appropriate lighting, framing, camera movement, and composition.
• Help create the uncanny nighttime atmosphere described in the film treatment.
• Maintain visual consistency across scenes and locations.

Requirements

• Experience as a Director of Photography or cinematographer preferred.
• Strong understanding of cinematic lighting, composition, and visual storytelling.
• Ability to work with dark, atmospheric, and psychologically driven material.
• Collaborative and creative approach to independent filmmaking.
• Must be able to work in the Whittier area.
• Interest in psychological thriller and drama projects is a plus.

Compensation

• Unpaid position.

Director for “Carrying Home” Short Film

Job Description

The short film “Carrying Home” is seeking a Director for an intimate, character-driven micro-budget production filming in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The story follows Achia, a nurse and single mother balancing two jobs, financial pressures, and family responsibilities between the U.S. and her home country. This passion project explores love, responsibility, sacrifice, and recognizing when enough is enough.

Job Responsibilities

• Direct the short film and guide its overall creative vision.
• Collaborate with the cast and crew to bring the character-driven story to life.
• Direct actors through intimate and emotionally grounded scenes.
• Work closely with the camera and sound departments throughout production.
• Maintain an efficient and collaborative environment during the one-day shoot.

Requirements

• Directing experience or relevant filmmaking experience preferred.
• Strong interest in intimate and character-driven storytelling.
• Comfortable collaborating with a small cast and crew.
• Must be available to work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Able to work effectively within a micro-budget independent film production.

Compensation

• Modest stipend.
• Meals provided.
• Credit provided.
• Footage for professional reels provided.

Job Description

A fashion content production is seeking a London-based Director/Producer to lead an upcoming creative shoot. The storyboard and overall creative direction are already established, and the selected professional will take responsibility for bringing the concept to life through production and directing. The project has a surreal, experimental, and visually distinctive style, making experience with fashion or lifestyle brands particularly relevant.

Job Responsibilities

• Direct and produce a fashion-focused content shoot.
• Execute the existing storyboard and creative direction.
• Coordinate casting, crew, location, equipment, and other production requirements.
• Manage the production process from preparation through the shoot.
• Translate surreal and experimental concepts into strong visual content.
• Collaborate with the creative team to maintain the intended aesthetic.

Requirements

• Professional directing and/or producing experience.
• Able to independently manage cast, crew, locations, and equipment.
• Experience working with fashion or lifestyle brands is preferred.
• Experience creating surrealist, experimental, or visually unconventional content is a plus.
• Strong production management and creative communication skills.

Compensation

• Paid opportunity.