Underrepresented creators who are on the FREE THE WORK database directed work that is showcased in this list. All work is shown in alphabetical order by first name, so don't forget to scroll all the way down to the bottom!
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In April, we were so happy to see our community supporting and uplifting each other through this rough time (special shoutout to Nathalie Christmas' IG guide on how to "hack quarantine" as a director!). FTW also brought you new ways to stay connected and discover talent through new programs and themed weeks. Here's a recap in case you missed it!
INSTA-VIEWS on IG Live
Check out our weekly @FREETHEWORK Q&A series to connect with your favorite creators! All INSTA-VIEWS episodes are recorded and uploaded to our Vimeo page. Here's just a few of them below to get you started.
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Ep #1 with Ally Pankiw and Mae Martin of "Feel Good" (Netflix)
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Ep #3 with Directors Andrew Thomas Huang & Floria Sigismondi
Animation Week
In partnership with Panimation, a collective founded by and for talented underrepped animators, we published several resources that can assist hirers, animation fans, and people who want to find work in this blossoming, in-demand field of entertainment.
Amazon x SXSW Film Festival Week
Amazon Prime Video hosted an online film festival showcasing SXSW-selected films from April 27-May 6th. We partnered with Amazon and SXSW to bring the following resources.
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Our A-Z Guide to Amazon Prime Video's SXSW 2020 Streaming Collection
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Amplifying Queer Cinema: Meet the Creators of Amazon x SXSW's LGBTQIA+ Stories
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How I Got Here: The Roadmap to Creating Music for the Screen with SXSW Composers
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Painting the Truth: The Artists Behind "Mizuko" on Making an Animated Documentary



Must-See Streaming Film Releases
We can't wait to enjoy movies again in theaters. Until then, we can still show our support for our fellow filmmakers by streaming their work at home. Save lives and stay indoors, people!
Please note that all dates are specific to the United States.
May 1
Alice Wu's The Half of It (Netflix)
Annie Silverstein's Bull (VOD)
Joe Robert Cole's All Day and Night (Netflix)
May 5
Glenn Leyburn & Lisa Barros D'Sa's Ordinary Love (VOD)
Hiroyuki Imaishi's Promare (VOD)
Kestrin Pantera's Mother's Little Helpers (VOD)
Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz's The Lodge (VOD)
May 7
Andrew Ahn's Driveways (VOD)
May 8
Coky Giedroyc's How to Build a Girl (VOD)
Keola Racela's Porno (VOD)
Rachel Lee Goldenberg's Valley Girl (VOD)
Emily Cohn's CRSHD (VOD)
May 12
Claire Scanlon's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend (Netflix)
Katharine O'Brien's Lost Transmissions (VOD)
Stella Meghie's The Photograph (VOD)
May 19
Autumn de Wilde's Emma. (VOD)
Tanya Wexler's Buffaloed (VOD)
May 22
Matt Eskandari's Survive the Night (VOD)
Rahshaad Ernesto Green's Premature (Hulu)
May 23
Sam Rega's Spelling the Dream (Netflix)
May 26
Lynn Chen's I Will Make You Mine (VOD)
May 27
Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick's On the Record (HBO Max)
Angel Manuel Soto's Charm City Kings (HBO Max)
May 29
Albert Shin's Disappearance at Clifton Hill (Hulu)
Nisha Ganatra's The High Note (VOD)



Must-See Episodic Releases
The following series feature episodes directed and/or created by underrepresented creators! Please note that the following dates are specific to the United States.
Released in March and April
*First Day (ABC iview)
All episodes directed by Julie Kalceff
*This series is currently only available to be viewed in Australia. If you would like to see the series available in another territory, please help the First Day filmmakers by filling out this short (2 min) survey: surveymonkey.com/r/L2JL7YD
*Drunk History: Australia (10Play)
Directed by Helena Brooks *This series is currently only available to be viewed in Australia.
Released May 1
Betty (HBO)
Created by Crystal Moselle.
Episodes 1 and 6 directed by Crystal Moselle & Lesley Arfin, Episode 2 directed by Patricia Breen, Episode 4 directed by Britta Lundin, Episode 5 directed by Naima Ramos-Chapman, Episode 6 directed by Veronica Rodriguez
Casi Feliz / Almost Happy (Netflix)
Created by Sebastián Wainraich and Director Hernán Guerschuny
Hollywood (Netflix)
Two episodes directed by Janet Mock, one episode directed by Jessica Yu
Upload (Amazon Prime)
Episodes 5 & 6 directed by Kacie Anning, Episodes 9 & 10 directed by Daina Reid
Released May 6
Workin' Moms: Season 4 (Netflix)
Created by Catherine Reitman. Episode 1 directed by Catherine Reitman. Episodes 5-8 directed by Joyce Wong.
May 8
Dead to Me: Season 2 (Netflix)
Created by Liz Feldman. 2 Episodes directed by Silver Tree
Into the Dark: Delivered (Hulu)
Directed by Emma Tammi
May 8 (cont'd.)
The Eddy (Netflix)
Episodes 3 & 4 directed by Houda Benyamina, episodes 5 & 6 directed by Laïla Marrakchi
The Hollow: Season 2 (Netflix)
Co-Created by Kathy Antonsen Rocchio
Valeria (Netflix)
Created by María López Castaño. Five episodes directed by Inma Torrente and three episodes directed by Nely Reguera
May 15
The Great: Season 1 (Hulu)
Episodes 3 & 4 directed by Bert & Bertie, Episodes 9 & 10 directed by Geeta Patel
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Season 5 (Netflix)
Created by Noelle Stevenson
May 22
Homecoming: Season 2 (Amazon Prime Video)
All 10 episodes directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez
May 28
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 7 Premiere (ABC, Hulu)
Upcoming episodes directed by Elizabeth Henstridge
May 29
Space Force (Netflix)
Two episodes directed by Daina Reid
Ramy: Season 2 (Hulu)
Created by Ramy Youssef, Ari Katcher, and Ryan Welch. Upcoming episodes directed by Cherien Dabis, Christopher Storer, Ramy Youssef, and Desiree Akhavan



SIGNINGS
Ava Benjamin Shorr & Mego Lin | Dattner Dispoto and Associates | LINK
Brandy Troxler | 1606 Studio | LINK
Karien Cherry | Outsider | LINK
Maya Margolina | ArtClass | LINK
Nina Meredith | Rattling Stick US | LINK
Oliver Hermanus | Lief | LINK
Rose Hendry | HLA | LINK
WATTS (including Jenna Watt) | Outsider | LINK
COMMERCIALS
Andrea Kapos, Calum MacDiarmid, Dominic Cyriax, Femi Ladi, and Paul Butterworth | Quaker Oats – "Quaker. Stay Home. Go Forridge." | AMV BBDO | Flare Productions | LINK
Agostina Gálvez | Gap 2020 – "Khaki Anthem | Relearn The Khaki" | Radical Media | LINK
Beatrice Pegard | H&M x Netflix To All the Boys I've Loved Before Campaign | Hobby Film, Stink Studios | LINK
Charlotte Regan | Gumtree – "Thanks" | Fold7 | Knucklehead | LINK
Cris Wiegandt | Adobe x Lush – "Tales of Scale" | SK – MP | HUSH London | LINK
Director Kit | Netflix – "What does JIVA! mean?" | LINK
Jasmin Tarasin | Bianca Spender 2020 | LINK
Lisa Gunning | OnStar "Road" | Campbell Ewald | Imperial Woodpecker | LINK
Melanie Chung | BC Children's Hospital | Cause/Effect | Will Creative | Nimble Content | LINK
Renee Mao | Wishes Need Stars Like You | 40 Years of Wishes Team One/Los Angeles | Greenpoint Pictures | LINK
Riley Hooper | AARP – "You've Got This" | LINK
Ruth Hogben (Lobster Eye) | American Ballet Theatre – "ABT 2020" | LINK
Similar But Different | CVS – "BEAUTY IN REAL LIFE" | StandardBlack | Division7 | LINK
WATTS (Jenna Watt) | Sloggi – "Oxygene 2020" | MullenLowe | Outsider | LINK



BRANDED CONTENT
Caroline Koning | Wrangler – Night Herder | Halal | LINK
Fanny Hoetzeneder | Mayor of London & London Assembly – "FGM stops HERE" | M&C Saatchi Worldwide | LINK
Mariana Cobra | NOSSO sangue, NOSSO corpo | FOX LAB & YOURMAMA | LINK
Melanie Chung | RBC "That Little Voice" | Grip Ltd. | Nimble Content | LINK
Shimmy Ahmed | Tena;Guardian Labs – "Wee, myself and I: comedians get real about incontinence" | Fat Lemon | LINK



MUSIC VIDEOS
Adi Halfin | Asaf Avidan – "Earth Odyssey" | LINK
Adinah Dancyger | Okay Kaya – "There Is A River" music video series | LINK
Alessandra (Ali) Kurr | Rina Sawayama – "XS" | LINK
Ali Roberto | All The Damn Vampires – "Saturday" | LINK
Ashleigh Jadee | Shacky x Showerman Sav – "100 Bagz" | LINK
Ashleigh Jadee | Ambush – "Eastenders" | LINK
Beatrice Pegard | M.Ward – "Unreal City" | Stink Films | LINK
Charlotte Rutherford | Charli XCX – "Claws" | LINK
Chloé Claverie | Gabriel Auguste – "Tu danses" | Rekorder | LINK Diane Martel | Jack Gilinsky – "My Love" | LINK
Erin Murray | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – "Phenom" | LINK
Hannah Dougherty | "Space Force" Western Centuries | LINK Kailee McGee | Whitmer Thomas – "Partied to Death" | LINK
Luján Islas | Luján Islas – "SOLEADO" | LINK
Malakai | Kandace Springs – "Pearls" | LINK
Michelle Gualda | Nicholas Btesh – "La Circulación" | LINK
Nina Ljeti | Phoebe Bridgers – "Kyoto" | LINK
Sarah McColgan and Hailee Steinfeld | Hailee Steinfeld – "I Love You's" | LINK
Savannah Setten | Scribz Riley – "East Side" | LINK
Sharon Liu | Nina Simone – "Color is a Beautiful Thing" | LINK
Wendy Morgan | Lous and the Yakuza – "Solo" | LINK



SHORT FILMS
Aly Bérubé | Never Finish Anythi – Nouvelle Vague | LINK
Catherine Losing | Portrait of a Village | LINK
Gemma Lee | Equilibrium | LINK
Hala Cherradi | ICH BIN EIN BERBERLINER | LINK
Lacey Uhlemeyer | A New Patriotism | LINK Lorena Medina | Not Mine. | LINK
Marianne Williams | ¿Qué Onda, México? (for GARAGE Magazine) | LINK
Morgan Gruer | Ghosted | Counterpart | LINK
Rae Ceretto | We Do Not Live Here | Honeypot Productions | LINK
Tatia Pilieva | Separated. Together | LINK


