The Amazing Stories Foundation is working with WarnerMedia for the Film and TV apprenticeship Program.
The upcoming program is paid training for adult career seekers looking for full-time opportunities in Georgia’s film and TV workforce. The program will start on Monday, October 26th in East Point, Georgia for adults ages 24 and up. In response to the lack of diversity on productions, the Amazing Stories Foundation was started by Rob Hardy, a producer, director, and owner of Rainforest Entertainment, as a way to train diverse talent. He based the apprenticeship program in Atlanta to use Georgia’s growing entertainment industry and build a pipeline of highly qualified talent to work in the TV and film industry.
In the first season of the Amazing Stories Foundation, the pilot season trained 14 production assistants who gained work on experience not he sets of various shows including WarnerMedia’s “Black Lightning” (CW), “Dynasty” (CW), “Legacies” (CW) and “Lovecraft Country” (HBO). More than 86% of past participants were employed by productions based in the Atlanta area within the first three months.
The new partnership with WarnerMedia will give Amazing Stories Foundation apprentices training and placement through WarnerMedia’s Access to Action, a program that provides opportunities to communities who do not have a traditionally direct pathway to the entertainment industry. It was created to help a more creative and inclusive workforce through production assistant jobs on TV shows and movie productions.
Applicants must live in the metro Atlanta area with reliable transportation and open availability for full-time employment after completing the classroom training located in East Point, GA. The application deadline is Thursday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. ET.
Applicants may apply at www.amazingstoriesfoundation.org.
In relevant news, Devotion starring Jonathan Majors is now hiring crew in Savannah, Georgia. According to Variety, Lovecraft Country star Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell of the Netflix romantic comedy Set It Up will star in Devotion. The upcoming feature film is based on the 2014 nonfiction book of the same name by author Adam Makos. The duo will play Jesse LeRoy Brown and Tom Hudner respectively, two “elite U.S. Navy fighter pilots who form a firm friendship” while in the service. J.D. Dillard will direct the movie. He previously directed Sweetheart in 2019 and Sleight in 2016. Producers are now accepting submissions for all production jobs and crew positions. Filming is set to begin in early February 2021 and will continue through late April 2021. Preproduction starts on October 19th.
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