2nd Asst. Director
Playlists
All Videos (33)
- What I Do
- What Asst. Directors Do
- How the AD Helps the Director on Set
- Tools of the Trade for Assistant Directors
- A Typical Day
- Why Girls Should Consider a Career Behind the Camera
- What Makes a Good AD
- Great Part
- Working with Beyonce on Dream Girls
- Teamwork in Filmmaking
- Staffing on a Movie or TV Show
- Why an AD
- Challenges
- Deciding on a Filming Schedule
- Shows I've Worked On
- My First Jobs in TV
- My First AD Job on TV: Beverly Hills 90210
- Education
- Starting as an AD with DGA Training Program
- Favorite Subjects
- Goals
- Helpful Teachers
- Filmmakers that Inspired Me
- Skills From Childhood
- How Can Girls Prepare for a Career in Film and TV
- How Can Girls Make Films
- Getting Started in Public Access TV
- Learning to Prioritize
- Family Support
- Staying Motivated
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Did It Anyway
- Advice
Bio
Watch Renee Hill-Sweet, 2nd Assistant Director on “Finding Carter”, share how she enjoys a wonderful career behind the camera on scripted television shows and movies. As a 2nd Assistant Director, she helps coordinate and organize everything that goes on behind the camera while filming. Some of the fun projects she has worked on over the course of her career include the movies “Dream Girls”, “Norbit” and “Yes Man”. On television she has worked on “Single Ladies”, “The Practice”, “Halt and Catch Fire” and many others. You can see all of her projects by searching for her on the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB). She encourages girls to think about careers behind the camera because that’s where the creative control and power behind what we see resides.
