SeriesFest and Shondaland Announce Women Directing Mentorship
We are elated to announce, in partnership with our friends at Shondaland, that the winner of the 2024 Women Directing Mentorship competition is writer/director Shelby Blake Bartelstein.
The Women Directing Mentorship, which first launched in 2018 in partnership with Shondaland — the prolific storytelling company founded by Shonda Rhimes and long known for inspiring inclusion in front of and behind the camera — offers a unique opportunity for a rising female director to shadow an already established episodic director on a Shondaland produced series. Highlighting past winners, Jennifer Morris recently completed her shadow on Station 19 (ABC), and Tamika Miller has directed two episodes of the ABC production since winning in 2020.
In addition to announcing the winner, nine semi-finalists were selected for recognition by a panel including both SeriesFest and Shondaland team members. Those semi-finalists are Adriana González-Vega, Caralene Robinson, Dhwani Shah, Jhanvi Motla, Margaux Susi, Marissa Díaz, Miida Chu, Tamika Lamison, Tara Motamedi.