Corus Entertainment and the National Screen Institute – Canada are pleased to announce the five students accepted to the 2024 Corus Diverse TV Director (formerly Shaw Media Diverse TV Director) training program.

The program is designed for participants with directing experience who are interested in making the leap to directing scripted television series.

The 2024 students are:

• Tricia Lee – Toronto, ON
• Tarique Qayumi – Whistler, BC
• Adam Garnet Jones – Toronto, ON
• Tanya Lemke – Toronto, ON
• Amy Jo Johnson – Toronto, ON

“We are excited to partner with NSI to offer vital training to emerging diverse Canadian filmmakers and welcome these talented participants to the program,” said Barb Williams, EVP & Chief Operating Officer, Corus Entertainment. “The firsthand TV set experience will help them to gain valuable skills and advance their careers to the next level.”

Elise Swerhone is the program manager, and DGC award-winning director Gail Harvey is the program advisor.

“These five directors were selected from a large pool of talented Canadian filmmakers,” said Program Manager, Elise Swerhone. “We have received an overwhelmingly positive response to this program, reaffirming the need for it – and others like it across the industry.”

Workshops and seminars in class and on-set will be led by industry experts.

The Corus Diverse TV Director  is an advanced two-phase diversity training course for diverse directors who are female and/or Aboriginal (male or female) and/or a visible minority (male or female) and/or a person with a disability (male or female). The program includes an intensive boot camp in Toronto in June and a four-week director job shadowing experience on the set of a series in production.