Filmmaker Labs and Fellowships offer writers and directors mentorship, support, and shadowing opportunities. Learn what they are, where to find them, and what to expect from the submission process to acceptance and participation.

Panelist include: 
Angela Barnes Gomes is an Atlanta based episodic TV director. She started her TV career as an Assistant Director, spending over 12 years as an episodic TV 1st AD. She was in the 2014 - 2016 class of the ABC/Disney Director Fellowship, as well as the 2016 classes of the Fox Global Director Initiative and Fox Comedy Apprentice Program. In the past year, she has directed on "The Quad," "Life In Pieces" and "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn." 

Katie Orr studied Writing and Theater at Georgia State University. She has collaborated on numerous short and feature length films with the film collective Fake Wood Wallpaper. She recently completed her directorial debut Poor Jane, which was chosen for the 2016 IFP Narrative Lab in NYC.

Moderated by: Linda Burns - Producer - Plexus Pictures