Welcome to Directors UK

Directors UK was launched in June 2008 as the single voice of British film and television directors. It is now both a collecting society and campaigning body with nearly 5,000 members.

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Directors' Cut

Exclusive content available to members

Interviews

Richard van't Riet is one of the most established studio entertainment directors working in Britain today, with a resume boasting such landmark shows as Deal or No Deal, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and The Cube. Recently Richard's been busy working his magic on two of the most-talked about shiny floor shows, The Voice and Got to Dance, with the latter using 3D for the first time last month. We caught up with Richard to ask how things had gone with both programmes, how he learnt his trade and what advice he'd pass on to other directors looking to follow in his footsteps.

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For ten years Olly Lambert has travelled across the globe documenting life in wartime. In this article, Olly provides an unflinching account of his recent journey to Syria, and his efforts to capture on camera a nation torn apart by conflict. But when death is everywhere and professionalism is paramount, can retaining one's humanity become the hardest battle a filmmaker has to face?

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Blogs

Please join us for the first industry screening of six short films featuring graduating actors on LAMDA's Two Year Acting course.

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Posted by A J QUINN

Blind Encounter has made it to the last stages of Shooting Peoples Film of the Month, https://shootingpeople.org/watch/116451/blind-encounter  

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Posted by KEVIN L ANDREWS

Events

Join Directors UK and Doc Heads for a special "best of" evening, where we will showcase the very best of short documentaries, handpicked from the last year of Doc Heads events and introduce the Doc Heads team, where you can find out more about them, their funding schemes and opportunities for documentary filmmakers.

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Stuart Urban's latest film, which just won the European Competition on its overseas premiere at Brussels Int’l Fantasy Film Festival earning the Silver Melies Award, will be showing in the market at Cannes.

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News and Updates

Broadcast will launch the Commissioning and Funding Forum this summer, combining insights from the biggest traditional TV players and their emerging online counterparts.

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Bryan Forbes, the director behind such British classics as Whistle Down the Wind and The Stepford Wives, died earlier this month at the age of 86.

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The BFI is giving directors and other creatives the chance to put their questions to the BFI's Head of Film Fund Ben Roberts over Twitter this week.

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