EXCLUSIVE: Apple Studios has introduced the three individuals chosen for its inaugural Administrators Program, described as an inclusive, new initiative centered on increasing alternatives for mid-career administrators throughout the U.S.
Maureen Bharoocha, Yoko Okumura and Marshall Tyler had been chosen to take part within the six-month program which presents masterclasses centered on constructing and sustaining a profession as a working episodic director. This system additionally will function discussions with seasoned business professionals specializing in the craft and enterprise of directing, alternatives to take part as shadowing administrators on Apple Studios sequence, and a “one-of-a-kind expertise” in Apple Park tailor-made to encourage innovation and creativity.
Profitable individuals will likely be positioned to direct content material for Apple TV+.
Tv initiatives hailing from Apple Studios embrace Masters of the Air from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Tv and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone; Classes in Chemistry, based mostly on the bestselling e book and starring Oscar winner Brie Larson; Manhunt, from Monica Beletsky; and comedy Palm Royale, led by Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern and Carol Burnett.
Upcoming sequence embrace Firebug, from creator Dennis Lehane, starring and govt produced by Taron Egerton; and drama Your Mates and Neighbors, starring and govt produced by Jon Hamm.
The inaugural Apple Studios Administrators Program individuals are as follows: Descriptions supplied by Apple.
Maureen Bharoocha
Maureen Bharoocha has directed function movies, late night time, premium cable, episodic tv and brief movies. Her latest function movie “The Prank,” starring the legendary Rita Moreno and Keith David, was theatrically launched this March and her first theatrical film “Golden Arm” was bought to HBO in 2020. Maureen’s tv credit embrace three years as a section director on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!, NBC’s “Grand Crew,” “Crank Yankers,” “Saved By The Bell,” Peacock’s “Pitch Excellent” spin-off, “Bumper in Berlin,” and an episode of Hulu’s new upcoming present “Deli Boys.” She is at the moment co-writing a brand new horror comedy “Tina’s fortieth Birthday Celebration,” with Mary Holland and Betsy Sodaro, and can also be set to direct with Sharon Horgan’s Merman Tv producing.
Whereas she thrives on discovering the humorous in no matter scene she’s directing, Maureen is equally adept at eliciting highly effective dramatic performances. Raised in a half Irish Catholic and half Indian Pakistani Burmese Muslim family, Maureen focuses on tales about conflicted characters and is a grasp at straddling opposing worlds and mixing genres. She evokes everybody round her together with her motto: Make Cool Shit! Maureen Bharoocha is represented by Ellen Jones at CAA and Merideth Bajana and Delaney Morris at Grandview.
Yoko Okumura
Yoko Okumura (she/her) is a genre-fluid author and director who thrives within the intersection of grit and glamour. Born in a Buddhist temple in Japan and raised within the frostbite of Minneapolis, she is obsessive about telling rebellious tales by way of underrepresented views.
She directed the function thriller “Unseen” for Blumhouse/Paramount, and her episode “Ball of Twine” for Sam Raimi’s horror anthology “50 States of Fright” is streaming as a Roku Unique. Yoko has additionally directed quite a few one-hour episodes of tv, together with “Good Bother” and “The Daring Kind.”
She is a sponsored director beneath the Ladies In Movie + Sundance ReFrame Rise Program, and has participated in high directing initiatives such because the Warner Bros. Directing Workshop, Ryan Murphy Half Initiative, and the Fox Directing Program. Her movies have received quite a few accolades together with an Austin Movie Competition Jury Award, DGA Award and a Webby.
Yoko has a B.F.A. from CalArts and an M.F.A. from AFI, and lives and works in Los Angeles. When not on set, she will be discovered dabbling in fireplace dancing, in addition to aerial arts, and she or he would like to learn to do a backflip.
Marshall Tyler
Born in Philadelphia, however raised in Hawaii and San Diego, Marshall Tyler is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and tv director. His episodic directing credit embrace “9-1-1” (Angela Bassett) for FOX, “Metropolis on a Hill” (Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge) for Showtime, “Leverage: Redemption” (Noah Wylie and Aldis Hodge) for Amazon, and the edgy, suspense-driven dark-comedy “Common Joe” (Deon Cole) for BET+/Paramount+. As a author/director, Marshall’s brief movies “Night time Shift,” “Cap” and “Sluggish Pulse” have gained important acclaim premiering at movie festivals like Sundance, the ABFF HBO Brief Movie Competitors and Tribeca. All three had been Oscar-qualified after profitable the Chicago, City World and Pan African movie festivals, respectively, and have aired on HBO, CBS and BET.
Along with being chosen for the Apple Studios Administrators Program, Marshall can also be a 2018-2020 alumni of the ABC Disney Tv Directing Program, and is a 2018 fellow of the Ryan Murphy Half Initiative. By way of his firm New Bumper & Paint, Marshall is at the moment creating his narrative function debut, “Fever Dream” and has partnered with Vogue Studios/Condé Nast Leisure for his upcoming function documentary “The Prince of seventh Avenue” in regards to the lifetime of legendary designer Willi Smith and his iconic label-brand, WilliWear. Marshall is represented by Gersh and Pacific Artists Administration.